Huang Yiguang ( zh, t=黃逸光, s=黄逸光, p=Huáng Yìguāng) was a

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-born

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politician, aviator, and explorer. He was born into a well-connected and wealthy family in Mexico and served as a pilot in the Chinese air force during World War II. He took part in one of a number of assassination attempts on the life of the Chinese politician

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 ...

, who collaborated with Japan during their occupation of China from 1937 to 1945. An aviator and explorer, he travelled widely with strong connections with the

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. A former associate of Wang, he was welcomed in Wang's inner circle, but his assassination attempt failed when his radio equipment was discovered. He was executed by the

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on 17 December 1940.

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1940 deaths Year of birth unknown 1940 crimes in China Chinese people of World War II Executed Republic of China people 20th-century executions by Japan Executed failed assassins Chinese aviators Chinese explorers Chinese expatriates in the United Kingdom Mexican people of Chinese descent {{World-War-II-bio-stub