Cai Pei
Cai Pei | |
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蔡培 | |
Born | 1884 |
Died | 1960 Shanghai, China |
Nationality | Chinese |
Alma mater | Waseda University |
Cai Pei (
Biography
Cai Pei was born in
In March 1940, when the Reorganized National Government of China led by Wang Jingwei was established, Cai Pei was appointed Policy Affairs Vice-Minister for Commerce and Industry. In June he accepted the post of Mayor of Nanjing Special City. In December he assumed the office of Chairman of the Rationing Management Commission. Afterwards he served in the Political Affairs Committee of the Executive Yuan. In March 1943 he was appointed Ambassador to the Empire of Japan. After his return to Nanjing in May 1945, he was appointed a Member of the National Government.
After the surrender of Japan and collapse of the collaborationist Reorganized National Government of China, Cai Pei was arrested as a hanjian on orders of Chiang Kai-shek's National Government in September 1945. The following July he was charged with promoting "Sino-Japanese friendship" and sentenced to death by the Shanghai High Court. After appealing to the Supreme Court, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in November 1947.
Cai Pei served his sentence in Shanghai at the
References
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- History of Prison in Shanghai (上海监狱志), The Office of Shanghai’s History (上海地方志办公室) Website
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- The Biographies of Most Recent Chinese Important People (最新支那要人伝). Asahi Shimbun. 1941.