Cheng Yü-hsiu (1891-16 December 1959),  was the first woman lawyer in republican China and the wife of Wei Tao-ming (q.v.), studied law in Paris, practiced in Shanghai, and became president of the second special court in the French concession. In 1928 she became a member of the Legislative Yuan, and from 1931 to 1937 she […]

Yen Chia-kan M ^ ^ West. C. K. Yen Yen Chia-kan (23 October 1905-), known as C. K. Yen, government official who initiated the tax collection system of "land levies in kind." Beginning in 1946 he held a variety of financial posts in Taiwan and stabilized the economy of that island. He served as minister […]

Ch'en Yi 陳儀 Ch'en Yi (1883 - 18 June 1950), governor of Fukien (1934-41) and of Chekiang (1948-49) who, as first Chinese government administrator in Taiwan after 1945, launched a brutal suppression campaign against the Taiwanese when an island-wide revolt against his administration threatened to break out. He was executed as a Communist conspirator for […]