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Wang Jingwei
Wang Zhaoming, widely known by his pen name Wang Jingwei, was a Chinese politician and poet who became leader of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China (RNG), a collaborationist regime with the Empire of Japan during World War II.
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politics · Chinese politician (1883–1944) · politician · diplomat · artist · also Wang Jingwei, Jingwei, Jixin, Wang Ching-wei, Jixun, Wang Zhaoming
Born 4 May 1883 · Died 10 November 1944 · Q22303
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2025· 1 entry
2024· 2 entries
BBC: Wang Jingwei: China’s traitor or protector?
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MutualArt.com: Wang Jingwei
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2021· 1 entry
Wenying, Wang's eldest son, donated Wang's personal papers to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University
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2012· 1 entry
The republication of his collected poems in Hong Kong, coupled with the rediscovery and reassessment of his work by scholars such as Chia-ying Yeh and Yu Ying-shih, brought renewed interest and readership
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2010· 1 entry
Wenxing, Wang's eldest daughter, and her husband, Ho Mang Hang, established the Wang Jingwei Irrevocable Trust, an independent nonprofit educational organization
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1994· 1 entry
A kneeling statue of Wang was installed at the summit of Plum Flower Mountain
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1988· 1 entry
A memorial tomb was erected at Sotai-in Temple, Tokyo, within which a fragment salvaged from the destroyed Nanjing tomb was interred
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1984· 2 entries
The couple retired to the United States in 1984 and founded the Wang Jingwei Irrevocable Trust in 2010.
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And founded the Wang Jingwei Irrevocable Trust in 2010
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1953· 1 entry
Cindy Ho (何重嘉, 1953–) — second daughter of Wenxing, born in Hong Kong and moved to the US in 1970; director of the Wang Jingwei Irrevocable Trust.
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1947· 1 entry
A pavilion was constructed under the orders of Sun Fo on the site of the former tomb
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1946· 1 entry
To 18 months' imprisonment for collaboration
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1945· 2 entries
Wang's estate was seized and his personal collections inventoried and confiscated
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A collection of poems was found in the coffin, including a final piece believed to have been composed shortly before Wang's death:
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1944· 1 entry
Died 1944-11-10.
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1943· 2 entries
Wang took advantage of Japan’s overstretch in the Pacific War to obtain greater self-rule for his government
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He Chongguang aka He Bingbing (何重光 aka 何冰冰, 1943–) — first daughter of Wenxing, born in Nanjing; named by Wang Jingwei, chongguang means "retrocession." She immigrated to the US in 1974 and retired to New Jersey.
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1940· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of the Republic of China (1940–1944).
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Wang established a collaborationist government in Nanjing, administering Japanese-occupied China
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1937· 2 entries
Wang accompanied the Nationalist government in its retreat to Chongqing, China's wartime capital
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Amid the ROC government's discussions of state funeral arrangements following the death of Zhu Peide, Wang was moved to commit his wishes to writing, entrusting a testament to his loved ones
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1934· 1 entry
As Chiang launched the New Life Movement, where law enforcement police sometimes inspected people's homes for cleanliness, Wang sought to persuade Chiang to rely less on coercive measures, contending, "Morality sets the
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1932· 1 entry
Career landmark: Premier of the Republic of China (1932–1935).
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1931· 3 entries
Wang joined an anti-Chiang government in Guangzhou, composed primarily of the defeated powers in the Central Plains War
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And 1932, Wang serialized a literary column about South Society in the Hong Kong-based South China Daily, under the nom de plume of Man Zhao (Chinese: 曼昭; pinyin: Mànzhāo; Wade–Giles: Man-chao), which has been generally
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But following the Japanese invasion of Manchuria reached an accommodation with Chiang whereby Wang led the government while Chiang commanded the military
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1930· 1 entry
Wang allied with Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan, and Li Zongren to form a government based in Taiyuan and then Peiping in opposition to Chiang, but their coalition was defeated in the Central Plains War
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1925· 1 entry
Wang, considered Sun's successor as leader of the KMT, became the first president of the Nationalist government, which at the time controlled only Guangdong province in opposition to the internationally recognized Beiyan
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1921· 1 entry
When Sun Yat-sen assumed the presidency of the Guangzhou government of the ROC that succeeded the Constitutional Protection junta, Wang became Sun's minister of education, the first official office of his career
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1919· 1 entry
Wang was appointed as a delegate by the Constitutional Protection junta, as opposed to the delegation of the internationally recognized Beiyang government, to attend the post-World War I Paris Peace Conference
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1917· 2 entries
Wang ended his three-year stay in France after Cai, now president of Peking University, invited him to head the Chinese department
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Rejoined Sun's inner circle and in 1925 drafted his political testament
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1912· 2 entries
Before he left for France, Wang joined the South Society, a literary club founded in Suzhou in 1909 by Tongmenghui members
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Wang left for France, where he initiated the Work–Study Movement
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1911· 1 entry
Wang was active in opposing the Qing government
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1910· 1 entry
For an attempted assassination of the Qing prince regent Zaifeng, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment but was released after the Wuchang Uprising the following year
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1905· 2 entries
Wang first met Sun Yan-sen, the exiled revolutionary leader, and soon joined the Tongmenghui, predecessor of the Kuomintang, in Tokyo
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And named after the mythical jingwei bird that attempts to fill the ocean with twigs and pebbles
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1903· 1 entry
Wang and his elder brother passed the prefectural examinations in Guangdong under Zhu Zumou, a renowned late Qing poet serving as educational commissioner, and were awarded the shengyuan degree
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1902· 1 entry
And went to study at Hosei University in Japan on a Qing government scholarship in 1903
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1883· 1 entry
Born 1883-05-04.
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