Wang Yintai (

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: Wáng Yìntài, Wade-Giles: Wang Yin-t'ai) (1886 - December 15, 1961) was a politician in the

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. He belonged to

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, later he became 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 Fenyang,

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, and original place was

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. His father was a politician and scholar, Wang Shitong ().

Biography

In the Beijing Government

Wang Yintai went to Japan where he graduated the 1st High School ( :ja:第一高等学校 (旧制)) in 1906. Next, he went to Germany where he graduated Department of Law,

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in 1912. In next year he returned to China, belonged to the Beijing Government, and successively held the positions of lecturer of the Department of Law to the

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and bench of the High Public Prosecutor, etc. In 1919 Wang Yintai was appointed Legal adviser to the Office for the Custody of Enemy Property () and the Special Agent () to Kulun (;

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), Outer Mongolia. In next Year he transferred to Director of General Affairs Department, Kulun Pacification Agency ().　In 1921 he went to Northeast, and became a legal adviser for

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. In 1926 he was appointed Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, and served concurrently as a delegate plenipotentiary to the Chinese Tariff Revision Conference, Chairman of the Sino-Russian Conference Commission. In 1927

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(潘復)'s Cabinet was formed, Wang Yintai was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs. And Wang also held Vice-president of Research Society for Treaty and the General Manager of the China Financial Bank (). In February 1928 he transferred to Minister for Justice, namely the final Minister for Justice in Beijing Government. In June Beijing Government had collapsed, Wang escaped to Northeast. Later he went to

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and was an established lawyer.

In the Provisional Government and the Wang Jingwei regime

In December 1937

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established the Provisional Government of the Republic of China, Wang Yintai also participated in it, and was appointed Minister for Business. In March 1940 the

was established, Wang Yintai transferred to Governor of the General Office for Business (), the

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(). On that time, he also held the position of Executive Member of the same Council. In November 1943 he was appointed Governor of the General Office for Agriculture and Chief to the Agency for General Affairs in the same Council. In February 1945 he was promoted to be Chairperson of the North China Political Council. After the Wang Jingwei regime collapsed, Wang Yintai was arrested by

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's National Government of the Republic of China at

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in December 1945. In next October 8, because of the charge of treason and surrender to enemy (namely Hanjian), he was sentenced to death on

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High Court.Yu Zidao (etc.) p.1482, 1615. He appealed to the Supreme Court, he was commuted to life imprisonment in December 1947. He was imprisoned in Shanghai. After the

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was established, his treatment wasn't changed. Wang Yintai died in prison on December 15, 1961.History of Prison in Shanghai.

Alma mater

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References

Footnotes

* * * * ''History of Prison in Shanghai'' ()
The Office of Shanghai’s History (上海地方志办公室) Website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Yintai Republic of China politicians from Shanxi Foreign Ministers of the Republic of China Chinese collaborators with Imperial Japan 1886 births 1961 deaths Politicians from Linfen Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Chinese expatriates in Germany Chinese people who died in prison custody Prisoners who died in Chinese detention Justice Ministers of the Republic of China Prisoners sentenced to death by China Chinese prisoners sentenced to death Chinese prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by China