This book was initially published as the first volume of the Wang Jingwei & Modern China hardcover series in 2019 which was sold out in less than two years. Responding to popular demand, Wang Jingwei: His Life, Ideas and Beliefs—Reconstructing the History of Republican China with Firsthand Materials will launch on December 9, 2025. Managing Editor Cindy Ho, historians Professor … Read More
“Who Wants to Erase Wang Jingwei’s Words?” by Cindy Ho
On May 25, 2025, Wang Jingwei’s granddaughter Cindy Ho, who serves as Managing Editor of the Wang Jingwei & Modern China series and trustee of the Wang Jingwei Irrevocable Trust, responded to a May 4 article in the newspaper Ming Pao. The following is the complete text, which includes illustrations and content that are not present in the newspaper version … Read More
Why Does Zhiyi Yang’s “Wang Jingwei Biography” Disappoint?
Zhiyi Yang’s Poetry, History, Memory: Wang Jingwei and China in Dark Times (“the Book”) is a biased portrayal of a controversial historical figure, packaged in sometimes artful, but frequently obtuse, language. This response, however, focuses on the Book’s biggest problems—distortion of facts, mischaracterizations and selective use of source material. The Book was published by the University of Michigan Press in … Read More
Wang Jingwei’s Associates & Family Members Continue to Preserve His Political Writings
News reports on the 1944 formation of the Editorial Committee to publish Wang Jingwei’s writingsWang Jingwei’s collection of essays and speeches comprises the most prescient and well reasoned political discourse created in China in the last century. Crowds would stand and cheer during his speeches because of what he said. From his early 20s, when Wang Jingwei first published his … Read More
What Kind of Wang Jingwei Biography are We Looking for?
I am not clever, or qualified to discuss history; I just connect the historical material together for future generations.HO MANG HANGThis post aims to clarify the relationship between Ho Mang Hang and Cai Dejin, due to a false assertion that Ho helped Cai in the recent book Poetry, History, Memory: Wang Jingwei and China in Dark Times. We also wish … Read More