Xia Qifeng
Xia Qifeng (
Biography
In 1911 Xia Qifeng graduated from the
Later he returned to China, was appointed labor and diplomatic editor of the Eastern Times in 1919 and assisted in the organization of the Returned Chinese Laborers Association, whose president he became.
In March 1938 Liang Hongzhi established the Reformed Government of the Republic of China. Xia Qifeng also participated in it, and was appointed Vice-Minister for the Interior. In September 1938 the Reformed Government and the Provisional Government of the Republic of China organized the United Council of the Republic of China (中華民國政府聯合委員會), Xia was appointed Deputy Manager of the General Office.[5] In August 1939 he was appointed acting Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Reformed Government.
After the Wang Jingwei regime was established in March 1940, Xia Qifeng was appointed Chief of the Auditing Bureau of the Control Yuan (監察院審計部部長). In December he was elected Central Executive Member of the Kuomintang (Wang's clique). He also held the positions of Member of the committee for requisitioning French settlement in April 1943, and Member of the committee for abolition of extraterritorial rights in January 1945.
After the Wang Jingwei regime had collapsed, Xia Qifeng was arrested by
Xia Qifeng died in prison on September 12, 1961.
Works
In 1931 Xia Qifeng and Li Shi (李實) translated Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi's Pan-europa (Chinese Title was 歐洲合眾國), and published from Dadong Shuju (大東書局) in Shanghai.
Notes
- ^ By History of Prison in Shanghai. Xu Youchun (main ed.), p.1137 wrote "1887". Committee for Problems of East Asia, The Biographies of Most Recent Chinese Important People, p.32 and Who's Who in China 5th ed., p.84 wrote "1889".
- ^ By History of Prison in Shanghai. Xu (main ed.) op. cit. wrote "September 11".
- ^ According to Committee for Problems of East Asia, op. cit. and Who's Who in China 5th ed. Xu (main ed.), op. cit. he became a writer and correspondent of Shanghai Shibao (Times) (上海時報).
- ^ According to Xu (main ed.), op. cit. Committee for Problems of East Asia, op. cit. he was "an agent (情報部員) of the League of Nations".
- ^ Xu (main ed.), op. cit. Committee for Problems of East Asia, op. cit. wrote "the Manager of the General Office".
References
- Xu Youchun (徐友春) (2007). Xu Youchun (徐友春) (ed.). 民国人物大辞典 增订版 [Unabridged Biographical Dictionary of the Republic, Revised and Enlarged Version] (in Chinese). ISBN 978-7-202-03014-1.
- 中國名人錄 第五版 [Who's Who in China 5th ed.] (in Chinese). The China Weekly Review (Shanghai) (上海密勒氏評論報). 1936.
- 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
- Liu Shoulin (刘寿林) (etc.ed.) (1995). 民国职官年表 [Republic of China Official Chronology] (in Chinese). ISBN 7-101-01320-1.
- Committee for Problems of East Asia (東亜問題調査会） (1941). 最新支那要人伝 [The Biographies of Most Recent Chinese Important People] (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun.
