Shao Li-tzu (1882-29 December 1967), teacher and journalist who became a veteran leader of the Kuomintang. He served as governor of Shensi in 1933-36 and as ambassador to the Soviet Union in 1940-41. After 1949 Shao held a variety of posts in the People's Republic of China. The son of a government official, Shao Li-tzu […]

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 […]