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Wu Chaoshu

Wu Chaoshu
Autochrome by Georges Chevalier, 1928
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1918–1923
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1923–1924
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byHuang Fu
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1927–1928
Preceded by?
Succeeded byWang Zhengting
Minister to the United States
In office
1928–1931
Preceded byAlfred Sao-ke Sze
Succeeded byYan Huiqing
Chinese Representative to the League of Nations
In office
1929–1930
Preceded byAlfred Sao-ke Sze
Succeeded byYan Huiqing
Personal details
Born(1887-05-23)23 May 1887
Tianjin, Qing China
Died3 January 1934(1934-01-03) (aged 46)
British Hong Kong
RelationsSir Kai Ho (uncle)
Parents
Alma materUniversity of London
Wu Chaoshu
Traditional Chinese伍朝樞
Simplified Chinese伍朝枢
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWǔ Cháoshū
Wade–GilesWu3 Ch'ao2-shu1
IPA[ù ʈʂʰǎʊʂú]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationNg Chiùhsyū
IPA[ŋ tsʰiw˩sy˥]

Wu Chaoshu (traditional Chinese: 伍朝樞; simplified Chinese: 伍朝枢; Wade–Giles: Wu Ch'ao-shu; 23 May 1887 – 3 January 1934), also known as C.C. Wu, was a Chinese diplomat and politician. He was Foreign Minister of the Republic of China in 1927–28, and was Minister to the United States from 1928 to 1931.[1]

Biography

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Wu was born in Tianjin, the son of former Minister to the United States Wu Tingfang and philanthropist Ho Miu-ling. He went to Atlantic City High School and was valedictorian there in 1904.[2] He graduated from the University of London in 1911.[1] He was elected a member of the Chinese parliament in 1913.[2] In 1917, he joined Sun Yatsen's Constitution Protection Movement, and in 1918 was made Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs. He remained in this post until 1923, despite Sun's exile and subsequent return.[1] In 1919 he was China's chief delegate to the Versailles Peace Conference.[2] In March 1923, Wu became Foreign Affairs Minister in Sun's government-in-exile. He became Foreign Minister of the Republic of China under Chiang Kai-shek in 1927. He then served as Minister to the United States from 1928 to 1931, and Representative to the League of Nations in 1929–30.[1] He was the delegate to The Hague Conference for the Modification of International Law in 1930. He resigned as Minister to the United States in 1931 as a protest against the supply of arms to the Nanjing government against the rival Cantonese government.[2] In 1934, he died of a stroke in British Hong Kong at the age of 46.[3]

Wu married Pao Fang-ho, and the couple had eight children.[2] Wu's grandson is US federal judge George H. Wu.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Saich, Tony (1991). The Origins of the First United Front in China: The Role of Sneevliet, Volume 1. BRILL. p. 222. ISBN 978-90-04-09173-3.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Dr. C.C. Wu Dead; Chinese Diplomet". The New York Times. 3 January 1934. p. 19. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. ^ "伍朝樞逝世後昨日擧行火葬死因為爆血管". Tien Kwong Morning News. 3 January 1934. p. 3.