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Wang Shiying () (November 13, 1905 – March 26, 1968) was a
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politician. He was born in
Hongtong County Hongtong County () is a county in the southwest of Shanxi Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linfen. The county spans an area of 1,494 square kilometers, and has a population of approximately 766,579 as ...
,
Linfen Linfen is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shanxi province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west. It is situated along the banks of the Fen River. It has an area of and according to the 2020 Census, a population of 3,976,4 ...
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Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...
. He was a graduate of the
Whampoa Military Academy The Republic of China Military Academy () is the service academy for the army of the Republic of China, located in Fengshan District, Kaohsiung. Previously known as the the military academy produced commanders who fought in many of China ...
. He participated in the
Northern Expedition The Northern Expedition was a military campaign launched by the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Kuomintang (KMT), also known as the "Chinese Nationalist Party", against the Beiyang government and other regional warlords in 1926. The ...
,
Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...
and
Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...
. He was a delegate to the
1st National People's Congress The 1st National People's Congress () was in session from 1954 to 1959. It held four sessions in this period. There were 1226 deputies to the Congress. These were the first legislative elections to take place after the founding of the People's R ...
and
2nd National People's Congress The 2nd National People's Congress () was in session from 1959 to 1964. It held four sessions in this period. Elections to the Congress Since the succeeding Congress was to be the first to be elected under the 1954 Constitution of the People' ...
. He was governor of his home province. He was interrogated by radical elements during the Cultural Revolution and died during the struggle in 1968.


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1905 births 1968 deaths Governors of Shanxi Delegates to the 1st National People's Congress Delegates to the 2nd National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 3rd Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the Standing Committee of the 4th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference {{China-politician-stub