Lin Baisheng and Chu Minyi welcoming Wu Huawen to Nanjing in 1943. (Wikimedia Commons)A native of Xinyi, Guangdong, Lin Baisheng’s courtesy name was Shiquan. He studied at Lingnan University and the Moscow Sun Yat-sen University. After returning to China, he worked for Liao Zhongkai until Liao was assassinated, after which Lin became Wang Jingwei’s secretary. Later on, he managed propaganda … Read More
Zhou Fohai (1897-1948)
Zhou Fohai photographed with Wang Jingwei and Chen Gongbo. (Wikimedia Commons)A Chinese politician and second-in-command of Wang Jingwei’s Reorganized National Government (1940-1945), Zhou Fohai was a complex figure. Educated in Japan, credited as one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party, Zhou quit the Communist Party in 1924 to join the Guomindang, maintained strong ties with the party’s leftist … Read More
Chen Gongbo (1892-1946)
Che Gongbo in Japan (Wikimedia Commons)A Chinese politician with an extensive resumé both in and outside of government, Chen Gongbo was a founding member of the Chinese Communist Party, and left the CCP to join the leftist faction of the Guomindang and became a close associate of Wang Jingwei and a vocal critic of Chiang Kai-shek from the mid-1920s onward. … Read More
“Finding Mother’s Diary 86 Years Later – Cindy Ho Demands Nanjing Library For Its Return” / Chen Kuo-wei
As reported by award-winning journalist Chen Kuo-wei, Wang Jingwei’s granddaughter Cindy Ho sent an open letter to the Nanjing Library in June 2024, requesting the return of “Anonymous Diary.” Researcher Cao Tianxiao’s finding that the Diary was, in fact, written by Wang Wenxing (1914-2023), Wang Jingwei’s eldest daughter, has been confirmed by Cindy Ho, Wang Wenxing’s daughter. The Diary records … Read More