Wu Chih-hui (25 March 1864-30 October 1953), scholar and educator, social reformer and revolutionary, anti-Communist and longtime associate of Ts'ai Yuan-p'ei, Chang Jenchieh, and Li Shih-tseng. They came to be identified as the "four elder statesmen" of the Kuomintang. Wu was also known for his efforts to standardize the Chinese spoken language. Yanghu hsien (Wuchin), […]

T'ang Erh-ho (1871-8 November 1940), Japanese-trained physician and anti-Manchu revolutionary who founded and served as chancellor of Peking Medical College. In the 1920's he held cabinet posts in the Peking government. He became an official in the Japanese-sponsored government at Peiping in 1937. Born into a Muslim family in Hangchow, T'ang Erh-ho was the son […]

Hou Te-pang T. Chih-pen Hou Te-pang (1890-), the foremost Chinese chemical engineer of his generation, was chief engineer (1921-49) and general manager (194549) of China's leading chemical works, the Yungli Chemical Industry Company at Tientsin. After 1949 he held important technical posts in Peking, where he became vice minister of the chemical industry in 1958. […]