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