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Chinese politician
Zhu Qinglai (around 1940)
Zhu Qinglai
(
simplified Chinese
:
???
;
traditional Chinese
:
諸?來
;
pinyin
:
Zh? Q?nglai
;
Wade?Giles
:
Chu Ching-lai
; born 1881 in
Shanghai
) was a politician in the
Republic of China
. He was an important politician during the
Wang Jingwei regime
(Republic of China-
Nanjing
. His given name was Xiang (
翔
), but he was better known by his
art-name
Qinglai. He disappeared after the collapse of the Wang Jingwei regime.
Biography
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]
Zhu Qinglai went to
Japan
to study commerce, industry and economics Later he returned to China, he held positions in the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce and in the Ministry of Finance. He established Shenzhou University (
神州大學
), and became its General Manager. He also became editor of the "Weekly Banking Magazine" and a professor at Shanghai
Daxia University
, Chizhi University (
持志大學
), Guanghua University (
光華大學
) and Zhongguo Gongxue (
中國公學
).
In 1934 Zhu Qinglai became a member of the
Chinese National Socialist Party
. After the
Second Sino-Japanese War
had broken out, he advocated opposition to the
Second United Front
in one Shanghai magazine.
In 1940 Zhu Qinglai participated in the
Reorganized National Government of China
and entered the
Kuomintang
(Wang's clique). He became Member of the Kuomintang's Central Political Commission and Minister for Transport of the Wang Jingwei Government. In next August he became Executive Member of the National Economic Council and Chairman of the Irrigation Commission. In August 1943 he was promoted to be Vice-Chief of the Legislative Yuan.
Zhu's whereabouts have been unknown since the
collapse
of the Wang Jingwei government.
Political offices
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Preceded by
office established
|
Minister for Transport (
Wang Jingwei Government
)
1940 ? 1941
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Succeeded by
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