Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont blamed Judgment_communication the `` old power clique '' as the group responsible for the bombings , referring to the deposed government of Thaksin Shinawatra as well as all those who had lost political power due to the 2006 military coup Change_of_leadership .

As they approached Arriving Beijing , Zhang Zuolin , leader of the Manchuria-based Fengtian clique , was forced to flee Escaping , and was assassinated Killing shortly thereafter by the Japanese .

His son , Zhang Xueliang , took over Change_of_leadership as the leader of the Fengtian clique , and in December 1928 , announced Expressing_publicly that Manchuria would accept the authority of the nationalist government in Nanjing .