He Xiangning

Ho Hsiang-ning (1880-), the wife of Liao Chung-k'ai (q.v.), was the first woman to join the T'ung-meng-hui (1905). A member of the Kuomintang's Central Executive Committee (1926-31), she left the party and helped to found the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee. She served the Central People's Government as chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission (1949-59). Although […]

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He Yaozu

Ho Yao-tsu (1859-16 July 1961), a Hunanese military leader, participated in the May Third Incident at Tsinan (1928) and later served Chiang Kai-shek in such posts as minister to Turkey (1934-36), special envoy to the Soviet Union (1938-40), director of the attendance office (1941-42), and mayor of Chungking. After 1949 he lived in Peking. Ninghsiang, […]

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He Yingqin

Ho Ying-ch'in 何應欽 T. Ching-chih 敬之 Ho Ying-ch'in (1890-), one of Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted military officers. As minister of war (1930-44), he negotiated the 1935 Ho- Umezu agreement, by which China capitulated to Japanese demands in north China. He was chief of staff in 1938-44, commander in chief of the Chinese army in 1944-46, […]

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He Zhonghan

Ho Chung-han (5 January 1900-), directed poUtical training in the Nationalist armies (1931-38) and headed the labor bureau of the ministry of social affairs (1942-47). In Taiwan, he served as minister of communications (195054) and chairman of the Kuomintang's Central Planning Committee (1962-). Yochow (Yoyang), Hunan, was the birthplace of Ho Chung-han. After receiving his […]

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Hu Feng

Hu Feng (1903-), Marxist literary critic, essayist, and poet. Because of his independent approach to Marxism and his affirmation that the artist is entitled to an individual vision of truth, he was singled out for attack in the 1955 campaign for ideological purity, which was led by Chou Yang (q.v.;. Although Hu Feng's father was […]

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Hu Hanmin

Hu Han-min 胡漢民 Orig. Hu Yen-kuan 胡衍鸛 Alt. Hu Yen-hung 胡衍鴻 T. Chan-t'ang 展堂 H. Pu-k'uei shih-chu 不匱室主 Hu Han-min (9 December 1879-12 May 1936), revolutionary leader and close associate of Sun Yat-sen, was the first republican governor of Kwangtung. In 1924 he became the topranking member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang […]

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Hu Wenhu

Hu Wen-hu (16 January 1893-4 September I954j, known as Aw Boon Haw, overseas Chinese entrepreneur, newspaper publisher, and philanthropist who made a fortune in pharmaceuticals. Although Aw Boon Haw was born in Rangoon, his native place was Yungting hsien, a Hakka-speaking district in western Fukien. In 1862 his father, Aw Chi Ching (Hu Tzu-ch'in), had […]

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Feng Ziyou

Feng Tzu-yu (1881-6 April 1958), an early associate of Sun Yat-sen who was prominent in the Hsing-Chung-hui and the T'ung-meng-hui. After the 1924 Kuomintang reorganization, his active political career ended. He later wrote a number of historical works about the revolutionary movement. A native of Nanhai (Namhoi), Kwangtung, Feng Tzu-yu was born in Japan, where […]

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Fu Zuoyi

Fu Tso-yi (1895-), a military officer who, as top commander in north China after 1947, negotiated the surrender agreement under which the Chinese Communist forces entered Peiping in 1949. He began his career under Yen Hsi-shan (q.v.) and served as governor of Suiyuan from 1931-47. In 1949 he became minister of water conservancy in the […]

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Gan Naiguang

Kan Nai-kuang (1897-September 1956), protege of Liao Chung-k'ai and early adherent of Wang Ching-wei, served the National Government as deputy secretary general of the Supreme National Defense Council (1942-44), vice minister of foreign affairs (1945-47), secretary general of the Executive Yuan (1947), and ambassador to Australia (1948-49). Little is known of Kan Nai-kuang's background or […]

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