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Wang Jingwei

1883 - 1944

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Wang Zhaoming (4 May 1883 – 10 November 1944), widely known by his pen name Wang Jingwei, was a Chinese politician who was president of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China, a puppet state of the Empire of Japan. He was initially a member of the left wing of the Kuomintang (KMT), leading a government in Wuhan in opposition to the right-wing Nationalist government in Nanjing, but later became increasingly anti-communist after his efforts to collaborate with the Chinese Communist Party ended in political failure. Wang was a close associate of Sun Yat-sen for the last twenty years of Sun's life. After Sun's death in 1925, Wang engaged in a political struggle with Chiang Kai-shek for control over the Kuomintang, but lost. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wang Jingwei is the 2,249th most popular politician (down from 1,852nd in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from China (up from 137th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Chinese Politician.

Wang Jingwei was a Chinese politician who served as the head of the collaborationist government in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wang Jingwei ranks 2,249 out of 19,576. Before him are Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Kenneth MacAlpin, René Coty, Austen Chamberlain, Faustina the Younger, and Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are Adnan Menderes, Felix Yusupov, Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Félix Faure, and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse.

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Among people born in 1883, Wang Jingwei ranks 29. Before him are Lon Chaney, Theo van Doesburg, Semyon Budyonny, Maurice Utrillo, Napoleon Hill, and Mohammed Nadir Shah. After him are Andrey Vyshinsky, Celâl Bayar, Johannes Blaskowitz, Angela Hitler, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, and Douglas Fairbanks. Among people deceased in 1944, Wang Jingwei ranks 38. Before him are Aristide Maillol, Henning von Tresckow, Arthur Eddington, Friedrich Olbricht, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, and Frank Marshall. After him are Erich Hoepner, Antanas Smetona, Abbas II of Egypt, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Louis Renault, and Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wang Jingwei ranks 134 out of 1,610. Before him are Gwanggaeto the Great (374), Lin Biao (1907), Chiang Ching-kuo (1910), Sun Ce (175), Gegeen Khan (1302), and Tang of Shang (-1601). After him are Dorgon (1612), Hong Xiuquan (1814), Bolo Yeung (1946), Sun Jian (155), 1st Dalai Lama (1391), and Ziying (-300).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Wang Jingwei ranks 84. Before him are Jingtai Emperor (1428), Gwanggaeto the Great (374), Lin Biao (1907), Chiang Ching-kuo (1910), Gegeen Khan (1302), and Tang of Shang (-1601). After him are Dorgon (1612), Hong Xiuquan (1814), 1st Dalai Lama (1391), Ziying (-300), Emperor Guangwu of Han (-5), and Emperor Ruizong of Tang (662).

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