Wang Xiang (

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: Wáng Xiāng; Wade-Giles: Wang Hsiang) (1885 - August 16, 1953) was a politician and industrialist in the Republic of China. He was the Governor of Shanxi during the Wang Jingwei regime (Republic of China-Nanjing). He was born in

Shouyang Shouyang County () is a county in the east-central part of Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Jinzhong Jinzhong, formerly Yuci, is a prefecture-level city in east central Shanxi province of the People's Republic of Chi ...

, Shanxi.

Biography

Wang Xiang graduated the Provincial University of Shanxi, and was appointed a teacher of the

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to the ...

Mining School. After

Xinhai Revolution The 1911 Revolution, also known as the Xinhai Revolution or Hsinhai Revolution, ended China's last imperial dynasty, the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and led to the establishment of the Republic of China. The revolution was the culmination of a ...

broke out, he returned to home, and entered into

Tongmenghui The Tongmenghui of China (or T'ung-meng Hui, variously translated as Chinese United League, United League, Chinese Revolutionary Alliance, Chinese Alliance, United Allegiance Society, ) was a secret society and underground resistance movement ...

. In 1913 he was appointed Head of the 1st Provincial Junior High School of Shanxi. In 1916 Wang Xiang was appointed Head of the Inspection and Management Department in the Shanxi Mining Company. In 1928 he was transferred to Director of the Mining Bureau of Jinxing,

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...

. In 1930 he resigned his post and returned to Shanxi. He established the Yong Yu Spinning Mill () in

Xinjiang County Xinjiang County (), formerly Jiangzhou (), lies in the municipal region of Yuncheng in the southwest of Shanxi province, China. Situation The county's area is approximately 600 km2. It is bordered by Wenxi County to the east and Jishan Co ...

. In 1932 he was appointed General Manager of the Bank of Shanxi Province. In February 1935 he was catapulted to Chief of the Agency for Construction and Member of the Shanxi Provincial Government. In next February he transferred to Director of the Relief for Rural District Bureau. After 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 ...

broke out, Wang Xiang resigned his post, and he accompanied

Yan Xishan Yan Xishan (; 8 October 1883 – 22 July 1960, ) was a Chinese warlord who served in the government of the Republic of China. He effectively controlled the province of Shanxi from the 1911 Xinhai Revolution to the 1949 Communist victory in ...

escaped to

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), N ...

, and later Wang went to

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

. In 1942 Wang returned to Shanxi, and in April 1943 he was appointed Chief of the Agency for Education of the Shanxi Province, the Wang Jingwei regime. In next JuneBy Liu Shoulin (etc. ed.), p. 1132. Xu ''Ibid.'' wrote "In February 1944". he was promoted to be Governor and Security Commander of Shanxi. After the Wang Jingwei regime had collapsed, Wang Xiang was protected by

, and Wang was appointed Senior Councilor of the Shanxi Provincial Government. But Shanxi's public opinion claimed Yan must not grant a pardon to Wang. In January 1946 Wang was arrested by Chiang Kai-shek's National Government, and because of charge of treason and surrender to enemy (namely Hanjian), he was sentenced to life imprisonment. In April 1949 Taiyuan was occupied by People's Liberation Army, and Wang rearrested by them. In August 1953 Wang was sentenced to death at Shangxi People's High Court, and he was executed later that month.

Alma mater

Shanxi University Shanxi University (, SXU) is a public university located in the city of Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China. The university was selected into the Double First Class University Plan in February 2022. History Early 1900 The Shansi Imperial Univers ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Xiang 1885 births 1953 deaths Republic of China politicians from Shanxi Businesspeople from Shanxi Politicians from Jinzhong Executed Chinese collaborators with Imperial Japan