Wang Mo

Wang Mo (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Wáng Mó; Wade-Giles: Wang Mo) (1895¹ – 1958¹) was a Chinese politician and educator. He was an important politician during the Wang Jingwei regime (Republic of China-Nanjing).

Wang Mo (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Wáng Mó; Wade-Giles: Wang Mo) (1895 – 1958) was a Chinese politician and educator. He was an important politician during the Wang Jingwei regime (Republic of China-Nanjing). ==Biography== Wang was born in 1895, in Yilong. He went to Japan where he graduated the Tokyo Teacher's High School ( ; Now, the Tokyo University of Education, ) and the Tokyo Imperial University. Later he returned to China, he successively held the positions of Professor of the National University of Wuchang ( ), National University of Beiping ( ), Teacher's College ( ) and Tsinghua University. And he was also elected to Senator of the Beijing Government. He later worked as president of the National Teacher's University of Beiping ( ), from 1942, he also worked as a professor at this university. In November 1943, upon the reformation of the North China Political Council ( ), Wang was catapulted to Chief of the General Office for Education ( ) and Executive Member of the same Council. In next July, he resigned his post. Following the defeat of Japan in August 1945, Wang was arrested by Chiang Kai-shek's government and imprisoned in Nanjing. He received a sentence of 10 years in prison. However, in 1949 he was released and retired in Beijing. He died in 1958, aged 62 or 63. ==References== from the Special Edition of Literary&Historical Materials in Yilong Vol.18 (仪陇文史资料选辑 第18辑)

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