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Huang Yiguang
(
simplified Chinese
:
?逸光
;
traditional Chinese
:
黃逸光
;
pinyin
:
Huang Yigu?ng
) was a
Mexican
-born
Chinese
politician, aviator, and explorer. He was born into a well-connected and wealthy family in Mexico and served as a pilot in the Chinese air force during World War II.
[1]
He took part in one of a number of assassination attempts on the life of the Chinese politician
Wang Jingwei
, who
collaborated with Japan
during their
occupation of China
from 1937 to 1945.
[2]
An aviator and explorer, he travelled widely with strong connections with the
Chinese community in the United Kingdom
. A former associate of Wang, he was welcomed in Wang's inner circle, but his assassination attempt failed when his radio equipment was discovered. He was executed by the
Empire of Japan
on 17 December 1940.
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