Su Tiren Explained

Su Tiren (1888–1979) was a Republic of China politician. He was born in Shuozhou, Shanxi. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he governed his home province initially on behalf of the Provisional government of Wang Kemin and after 1940, for the government of Wang Jingwei in Nanjing. In 1943, he was briefly mayor of Beijing. After the defeat of the Japanese in World War II, he went to Taiyuan where he served under Yan Xishan. With the fall of Beijing and Taiyuan to the communists in the Chinese Civil War, he fled to Lanzhou, Gansu before making his way to Hong Kong. He died in Taiwan.[1] [2] [3]

Bibliography

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Notes and References

  1. 徐友春主編『民国人物大辞典 増訂版』2763頁による。Who's Who in China 4th ed.,p.209は1889年とする。
  2. 『最新支那要人伝』101頁。
  3. 『山西通志 人物志』による。一方『民国人物大辞典 増訂版』2763頁によると、蘇は日中戦争後まもなく日本に亡命し、日本で死去したとしている。