The six-volume Wang Jingwei & Modern China hardcover series (the first edition) was launched in 2019, featuring a trove of first-ever-published handwritten manuscripts by Wang Jingwei and his associates. In response to enthusiastic global response, the Wang Jingwei Irrevocable Trust followed up with individual paperback editions and e-books. While preserving the original content, the new editions include additional primary source … 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
Modern Echoes of Wang Jingwei’s Wisdom | 2025 Wang Jingwei Seminars
“Wang Jingwei as a Foreseer Against Communism” On May 4th and 11th, we are honored to welcome best-selling author Yu Jie and political commentators Sang Pu and Akio Yaita as keynote speakers at two must-see events moderated by Dr. Gabriel Chai from the New Asia Research Institute as well as Professor Eugene Chiu from Tunghai University. The speakers will re-examine … Read More
How Do Experts View the Wang Jingwei and Modern China Series?
Since the publication of Wang Jingwei and Modern China series in 2019, it has quickly become a focal point for both academia and history enthusiasts. By early 2024, expanded and revised standalone volumes have been released, encompassing Wang Jingwei’s political discourses, poetry, literary critiques, as well as his daughter’s diaries, his son-in-law’s memoirs, and prison literature written by his close … Read More
Wang Jingwei’s Unchanged Ideology | June 29, 2024 New Book Launch Seminar with Hsu Yuming
On 29th June 2024, the Wang Jingwei Irrevocable Trust invited Professor Hsu Yuming from Ritsumeikan University in Japan to host a seminar at the Kishuan Literary Forest moderated by Professor Eugene Chiu from Donghai University. Drawing on firsthand historical materials, Professor Hsu re-examined Wang Jingwei’s policies toward Japan, exploring the consistent spirit underlying his approach. From his early advocacy of “Sino-Japanese … Read More
Another Look at One of the Most Controversial Figures of Modern China | 2025 Wang Jingwei Seminars
From March to May 2025, the Wang Jingwei Irrevocable Trust will once again host a series of Wang Jingwei Seminars in Taiwan. Spanning four sessions from Taipei to Taichung, these are must-attend events for scholars and enthusiasts of literature and history, as well as the general public. Featuring prominent historians, literary experts, and renowned commentators, the seminars will explore various … 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 Did Wang Jingwei Aim to Achieve with His Government?
Wang Jingwei declares the establishment of the Reorganized National Government in Nanjing on March 30, 1940 (Wikimedia Commons)To this day, Wang Jingwei’s breakaway from Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government in Chongqing to form the Reorganized National Government (RNG) in Nanjing remains a heated topic. Academics and others around the world continue to debate the RNG’s success and failure; and most of … Read More