Wang Shijing (

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: Wāng Shíjǐng; Wade-Giles: Wang Shih-ching) (1887 - August 12, 1952) was a politician and banker in the Republic of China. He was an important politician during the Provisional Government of the Republic of China and the

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(Republic of China-Nanjing). He was born in Jingde,

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Biography

Wang Shijing went to Japan where he graduated the Military Account School ( :ja:陸軍経理学校). Later he returned to China, he entered to the Beijing Government, and became a secretary to the Minister for Finance

Wang Kemin Wang Kemin (; Wade-Giles: Wang K'o-min, May 4, 1879 – December 25, 1945) was a leading official in the Chinese republican movement and early Beiyang government, later noted for his role as in the collaborationist Provisional Government ...

and Zhang Gu (). Wang Shijing also held the position of Head of the Factory of Clothing. In July 1927 he was appointed a member of the City Management Commission of

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and Vice-Manager to the Hankou Branch of the

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. Later he was promoted to be Manager to the Shenyang Branch of the Bank of China. In December 1937 Wang Kemin established the Provisional Government of the Republic of China, Wang Shijing also participated in it. In March 1938 Wang Shijing was appointed Governor of the United Reserve Bank of China ( :ja:中国聯合準備銀行) and member of the Japan-China Economical Conference. In March 1940 the

was established, Wang Shijing was appointed Executive Member and Governor to the General Office for Finance () of the North China Political Council (). Later he successively held the positions of Executive Member of the Commission for National Economy, Governor of the General Office for Economy () of the North China Political Council, etc. In September 1944 he went to Japan as representative of the North China Political Council, and visited

Wang Jingwei Wang Jingwei (4 May 1883 – 10 November 1944), born as Wang Zhaoming and widely known by his pen name Jingwei, was a Chinese politician. He was initially a member of the left wing of the Kuomintang, leading a government in Wuhan in oppositi ...

in hospital. He also signed an agreement for 3 hundred million yen loan from the Bank of Japan. After Wang Jinwei regime had collapsed, Wang Shijing was arrested by Chiang Kai-shek's National Government at

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on December 5, 1945. He was sent to

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. In next October 15 because of the charge of the treason and surrender to enemy (namely Hanjian), he was sentenced to life imprisonment on the Capital High Court. In January 1949 he was sent to the prison in

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. After the

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had established, his treatment wasn't changed. Wang Shijing died in prison on August 12, 1952.By History of Prison in Shanghai. Yu (etc.) p.1615 also wrote "On August 1952". But Xu (main ed.) p.722 wrote "In 1953".

Alma mater

Army Accounting School (Japan)

References

Footnotes

* * * ''History of Prison in Shanghai'' ()
The Office of Shanghai’s　History (上海地方志办公室) Website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Shijing Politicians from Xuancheng Republic of China politicians from Anhui Chinese collaborators with Imperial Japan Prisoners and detainees of the People's Republic of China 1887 births 1952 deaths