101 years ago today, on September 8, 1924 (August 10, 1924 in the lunar calendar), warlord Wu Peifu became the first China on the cover of Time magazine in the United States. The portrait of Wu Peifu appeared on the cover of Time magazine in the United States on September 8, 1924. "The Strongest Man in China" appeared in a portrait of a China warlord on the cover of Time magazine in the United States on September 8, 1924. There are two lines of caption below the photo: "GENERALWU"(General Wu)"" BiggestmaninChina "(the strongest person in China)" General Wu "is Wu Peifu. The photo was taken very artistic. Wu Peifu, the bald head, was dressed in military uniform, his face slightly to the left, and his eyes were staring ahead. He looked confident and confident. It is more appropriate to translate "general" here as "general". Because at that time, people were more accustomed to calling Wu Peifu "Wu Da Shuai", while Zhang Zuolin, the Feng warlord who opposed him, was called "Zhang Da Shuai". At that time, Wu Peifu, as a hero of his generation, was at its peak. The direct forces he controls extend from Shanhaiguan in the north to Shanghai in the south, affecting most of China. When this issue of "Time" was published on September 8, 1924, in Shanghai in southern China, direct warlords and Anhui warlords were fighting fiercely for control of the city; in northern China, direct warlords and Feng-affiliated warlords were fighting for control of the north, and the second Zhifeng War was imminent. In the first Zhifeng War in 1922, Wu Peifu led his direct army to a complete victory, and the Feng-affiliated army withdrew outside the pass. This time, Wu Peifu was once again stationed in Beijing and dispatched 250,000 troops to confront Feng's troops. Even as far away as the United States, Time is well aware of Wu Peifu's weight on the political stage of China as a direct military commander: a powerful figure, a powerful man with heavy troops and a decisive influence on the political situation. It is against this background that the world pays attention to China and Wu Peifu. "Wu Dashuai" thus became the first China on the cover of "Time". Less than a month after appearing on the cover of "Time", he fell from the peak of his reputation. Zhang Xueliang in Time in 1924