Gong Pusheng Explained

Gong Pusheng
龚普生
Birth Date:September 1913
Birth Place:Shanghai
Death Date:4 August 2007
Death Place:Beijing
Nationality:Chinese
Occupation:Diplomat
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Spouse:Zhang Hanfu (1905–1972)
Mother:Xu Wen
Relatives:Gong Peng (sister)
Xu Wanqiuc (sister)
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Gong Pusheng (龚普生) (September 1913 – 4 August 2007), also known as Kung Pu-sheng was a Chinese female diplomat.[1]

Biography

Gong Pusheng was born in September 1913 in Shanghai.[2] Her father, Gong Zhenzhou, held several positions in the Sun Yat-sen’s government.[3] In Shanghai she studied at St. Mary 's Episcopalian Girls' School, and continued her higher education at Yenching University.[4]

She joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1938.[5] On the advice of Zhou Enlai, she later joined the Columbia University. In USA she established contacts with a number of prominent people, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Pearl Buck, and Paul Robeson.[6]

In 1948 she became a member of the Human Rights Committee at the United Nations in New York.[3] She was appointed as a deputy director in the Foreign Ministry, in charge of International Organization and Conference Department in 1949. She later became director in the same department in 1958. She became the first Chinese ambassador to Ireland in August 1980.[6] She was part of a number of Chinese delegations to international conferences, and undertook extensive visits abroad.

In 1949 she married Zhang Hanfu (1905 – 1972), who was also a senior diplomat.[6] Her sister Gong Peng also served in the Foreign Ministry.[1]

She died in Beijing on 4 August 2007.

In Popular Culture

Gong Pusheng is played by Lang Yueting in the film , in which she is depicted as a member the first delegation from the People's Republic of China to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting in November 1950. Also in this delegation, headed by Wu Xiuquan, was her brother-in-law, Qiao Guanhua.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lee, Lily Xiao Hong . 8 July 2016. Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: v. 2: Twentieth Century. 10 May 2022. Oxon . Routledge . 179. 978-1-315-49924-6.
  2. Book: Bartke, Wolfgang . 18 June 2012. Who was Who in the People's Republic of China: With more than 3100 Portraits. 10 May 2022. Beijing . Walter de Gruyter . 116. 978-3-110-96823-1.
  3. Book: Faligot, Roger . 2019. Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping. 10 May 2022. Oxford . Oxford University Press . 52. 978-1-787-38096-7.
  4. Book: Wong, Wai Ching Angela . 17 July 2018. Christian Women in Chinese Society: The Anglican Story. 10 May 2022. Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press . 204. 978-9-888-45592-8.
  5. Book: Zheng, Yangwen . 2017. Sinicizing Christianity. 10 May 2022. Leiden, Netherlands . BRILL . 69. 978-9-004-33038-2.
  6. Book: Lary, Diana . 5 March 2015. China's Civil War. 10 May 2022. Cambridge . Cambridge University Press . 36. 978-1-107-05467-7.
  7. Web site: Elley . Derek . Review: The Volunteers: To the War (2023) . Sino-Cinema . WordPress . 5 November 2023 . 22 August 2024 . live .