Wu Ting-ch'ang (1884-August 1950), banker, newspaper publisher, and government official. After holding banking and financial posts at Peking in 1912-19, he headed the Yien-yieh Bank and the Joint Treasury of north China's four leading banks. In 1926-34 he also was chairman of the board and director of the Ta Kung Pao and the Kuo-wen enterprises. […]

Liang Shih-i (5 May 1869-9 April 1933), government official and financier whose activities in the development* of banking, railroads, and loan programs during the Peiyang period made him the recognized head of the so-called communications clique. His removal from the Peking government premiership in January 1922 was the immediate cause of the Chihli- Fengtien war. […]