1924 Beijing Coup

Beijing Coup 北京政變
Feng Yuxiang (center) during the coup
Date	October 1924
Location	Beijing
Caused by	Feng Yuxiang's desire to overthrow Wu Peifu; pro-Japanese interests and conspiracies of the Anhui clique; Japanese plans against Wu Peifu
Resulted in	Cao Kun removed as president Allowed the pro-Japanese Fengtian clique to defeat Zhili clique Expulsion of Puyi and the Qing royal family from the Forbidden City
Parties
Guominjun Anhui clique Supported by:  Empire of Japan[1] Zhili clique
Lead figures
Feng Yuxiang Duan Qirui Matsumuro Takayoshi[2] Cao Kun

The Beijing Coup (Chinese: 北京政變; pinyin: Běijīng Zhèngbiàn) was the October 1924 coup d'état by Feng Yuxiang against Chinese President Cao Kun, leader of the Zhili warlord faction. Feng called it the Capital Revolution (Chinese: 首都革命; pinyin: Shǒudū Gémìng). The coup occurred at a crucial moment in the Second Zhili–Fengtian War and allowed the pro-Japanese Fengtian clique to defeat the previously dominant Zhili clique. Followed by a brief period of liberalization under Huang Fu, this government was replaced on 23 November 1924, by a conservative, pro-Japanese government led by Duan Qirui. The coup alienated many liberal Chinese from the Beijing government.