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Xu Liang

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Xu Liang (Chinese: 徐良; pinyin: Xú Liáng; Wade–Giles: Hsu Liang; 1893[1] – 1951) was a diplomat and politician in the Republic of China. He was an important politician during the pro-Japanese collaborationist Nanjing Nationalist Government, serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the ambassador to Japan. His courtesy name was Shanbo (善伯). He was born in Sanshui, Guangdong.

Biography

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Xu Liang went to Japan, and entered to Yokohama Daidou School (横浜大同学校).[when?] He then went to the United States, where he graduated from Columbia University and Washington University (from which "Washington University" he graduated is uncertain).[when?] Later, Xu Liang returned to China and was appointed a secretary to the Ministry for Justice, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and the Interior Ministry.[clarification needed][when?] Afterwards he successively held the positions of secretary or advisor to many Local Governments or Legations.[clarification needed][when?] In the Nationalist Government era, he became a member of the Legation staff to the United States and an officer in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.[citation needed]

When the Wang Jingwei regime was established in March 1940, Xu Liang also participated in it. He was appointed Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chief of the Central Political Committee's Commission for Foreign Affairs, etc. In October 1940 he was appointed Ambassador to Japan, and sent to Manchukuo as a special envoy. That December he returned to Nanjing and was promoted to Minister of Foreign Affairs, a post which he held until October 1941. Later he was appointed member of the North China Political Council (華北政務委員會) and member of the National Government.[citation needed]

After the Wang Jingwei regime had collapsed, Xu Liang was arrested by Chiang Kai-shek's government. He was convicted of treason and surrender to the enemy (namely Hanjian) and sentenced to death.[2] But Xu wasn't executed, while being imprisoned in Tianjin.[2] In the end of 1948, as the Communist army approached Tianjin, he was released by the Nationalist authorities.[2] The following January he was once again arrested by the Communist authorities in Tianjin.[2]

In July 1951 Xu Liang was sentenced to death by the Tianjin authorities[3] and executed at Ningjin County, Hebei in the same year.[4]

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ By Xu (main ed.), p. 1195. Committee for Problems of East Asia, p.79 wrote he was born in "1892".
  2. ^ a b c d Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo), February 14, 1949, p. 1.
  3. ^ Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo), July 16, 1951, p. 1.
  4. ^ "Xiaowangzhuang, Hebei in old days" ifeng.com, February 21st, 2011.

Sources

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  • Xu Youchun (徐友春) (main ed.), ed. (2007). Unabridged Biographical Dictionary of the Republic, Revised and Enlarged Version (《民国人物大辞典》增订版). Hebei People's Press (Hebei Renmin Chubanshe; 河北人民出版社). ISBN 978-7-202-03014-1.
  • "Xiaowangzhuang, Hebei in old days (《昔日河北小王庄》)" ifeng.com (Phoenix TV (凤凰网)) referred to Zhonglao Nianshibao (《中老年时报》), February 21, 2011.
  • Liu Shoulin; et al., eds. (1995). 民国职官年表 [The Chronological Table of the Republic's Officer]. Zhonghua Book Company. ISBN 978-7-101-01320-7.
  • Committee for Problems of East Asia (1941). 最新支那要人伝 [The Biographies of Most Recent Chinese Important People]. Asahi Shimbun.
Government offices
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
(Wang Jingwei Government)

December 1940 – October 1941
Succeeded by