Huang Xuchu (; 1892 – November 18, 1975), a native of

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, was a politician during the

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and one of the leaders of the New Guangxi clique. Among the leaders of the clique, he was ranked fourth alongside

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and

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. Huang was the only one of the four giants of the clique who did not ultimately join the KMT and the Communist Party.

Biography

Huang Xuchu was born in a scholarly family. Huang Xuchu graduated from the Republic of China Military University in the fourth term. Huang would later be promoted by Li Zongren and others. During his life, he served as the chairman of the Guangxi Provincial Government from 1942 until its collapse in 1949. For twenty years, he also concurrently served as a member of the Central Committee of the

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. On July 19, 1947, the National Government appointed Huang Xuchu as the chairman of the Guangxi Electoral Office; the National Government also appointed him as a representative of the National Assembly and a legislator of the Legislative Yuan. On February 5, 1949, Huang Shaohong and Huang Xuchu went to Nanjing to visit Li Zongren. Regarding the peace talks, Li said that it would be better to divide the river and govern; Bai Chongxi also envisioned the same; Huang Shaohong believed that under the current disparity between the strong and the weak, divide and conquer is impossible; on February 8, Li Zongren ordered Huang Xuchu to deliver a letter from Li Zongren to Guangzhou to visit Sun Ke, Wu Tiecheng and others. On May 25, Li Zongren's Acting President ordered Huang Xuchu to be appointed as the Deputy Director of the Guilin Appeasement Office. On December 4, Acting President Li Tsung-jen appointed Huang as the Deputy Chief of the

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. At the end of the year, entrusted by Li Zongren, he transferred to

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via

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, where he was ordered to secretly contact both the anti-Chiang and anti-Communist forces from

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. Wei Zhitang, former Director of the Finance Department of the Guangxi Provincial Government, transported the Guangxi Provincial Treasury to

which he would ultimately take as his own. The resulting disillusionment Huang to move to

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in 1951.

Old age

Huang Xuchu returned to Hong Kong in 1958 due to the dispersal of his family wealth, and was arranged to live in the

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. During this time he would sell semi-monthly magazines to make ends meet. At some point he was hired by the government as a national policy consultant. Huang passed away on November 18, 1975 in Kowloon Baptist Hospital.Hong Kong Business Daily, 1975-12-01 page 8

References

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