Wu Chaoshu

Wu Chaoshu (C.C. Wu)
Wu Chaoshu (C.C. Wu)
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 1918–1923
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 1923–1924
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Huang Fu
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 1927–1928
Preceded by	?
Succeeded by	Wang Zhengting
Minister to the United States
	In office; 1928–1931
Preceded by	Alfred Sao-ke Sze
Succeeded by	Yan Huiqing
Chinese Representative to the League of Nations
	In office; 1929–1930
Preceded by	Alfred Sao-ke Sze
Succeeded by	Yan Huiqing
Personal details
Born	23 May 1887; Tianjin, China
Died	3 January 1934 (aged 46); Republic of China
Relations	Wu Tingfang - father ; Ho Miu-ling - mother ; Sir Kai Ho - uncle
Alma mater	University of London

Wu Chaoshu (Traditional Chinese: 伍朝樞; Simplified Chinese: 伍朝枢; Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔ Cháoshū; Wade-Giles: Wu Ch'ao-shu) (23 May 1887 – 3 January 1934), also known as C.C. Wu, was Foreign Minister of the Republic of China in 1927–8, and was Minister to the United States from 1928 to 1931. He was the son of former Minister to the United States Wu Tingfang and philanthropist Ho Miu-ling.^[1]

Wu was born in Tientsin. He went to Atlantic City High School and was valedictorian there in 1904.^[2] He graduated from the University of London in 1911.^[1] He was elected a member of the Chinese parliament in 1913.^[2] In 1917, he joined Sun Yatsen's Constitution Protection Movement, and in 1918 was made Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs. He remained in this post until 1923, despite Sun's exile and subsequent return.^[1] In 1919 he was China's chief delegate to the Versailles Peace Conference.^[2] In March 1923, Chao became Foreign Affairs Minister in Sun's government-in-exile. He became Foreign Minister of the Republic of China under Chiang Kai-shek in 1927. He then served as Minister to the United States from 1928 to 1931, and Representative to the League of Nations in 1929–30.^[1] He was the delegate to The Hague Conference for the Modification of International Law in 1930. He resigned as Minister to the United States in 1931 as a protest against the supply of arms to the Nanking government against the rival Cantonese government.^[2]

Wu married Pao Fang-ho, and the couple had eight children.^[2] Wu's grandson is US federal judge George H. Wu.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Saich, Tony (1991). The Origins of the First United Front in China: The Role of Sneevliet, Volume 1. BRILL. p. 222. ISBN 978-90-04-09173-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Dr. C.C. Wu Dead; Chinese Diplomet". The New York Times. 3 January 1934. p. 19. Retrieved 24 November 2017.

[Saich-1] Saich, Tony (1991). The Origins of the First United Front in China: The Role of Sneevliet, Volume 1. BRILL. p. 222. ISBN 978-90-04-09173-3.

[:0-2] "Dr. C.C. Wu Dead; Chinese Diplomet". The New York Times. 3 January 1934. p. 19. Retrieved 24 November 2017.

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v t e Chinese ambassadors to the United States
Qing minister 1875–1912	Chen Lanbin 1875–81 Cheng Tsao-Ju 1881–85 Zhang Yinhuan 1885–89 Tsui Kwo Yin 1889–93 Yang Yü 1893–96 Wu Tingfang 1896–1902 Liang Cheng 1902–07 Wu Tingfang 1907–09 Zhang Yintang 1909–11 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1911–12
Republic of China Envoy 1912–35	Zhang Yintang 1912–13 Xia Xiefu 1913–15 V. K. Wellington Koo 1915–20 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1920–29 Wu Chaoshu 1929–31 Yan Huiqing 1931–33 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1933–35
Republic of China Ambassador 1935–79	Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1935–36 Chengting T. Wang 1936–38 Hu Shih 1938–42 Wei Tao-ming 1942–46 Wellington Koo 1946–56 Hollington Tong 1956–58 George Yeh 1958–61 Tsiang Tingfu 1961–65 Zhou Shukai 1965–71 James Shen 1971–79
People's Republic of China Liaison Office Chief 1973–79	Huang Zhen 1973–77 Chai Zemin 1978–79
People's Republic of China Ambassador 1979–present	Chai Zemin 1979–82 Zhang Wenjin 1983–85 Han Xu 1985–89 Zhu Qizhen 1989–93 Li Daoyu 1993–98 Li Zhaoxing 1998–2001 Yang Jiechi 2001–05 Zhou Wenzhong 2005–10 Zhang Yesui 2010–13 Cui Tiankai 2013–21 Qin Gang 2021–23 Xie Feng 2023-present