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# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Li Chao-huan

Mr. Juwan Usang Ly
黎照寰字曜生
(Li Chao-huan)
Mr. Juwan Usang Ly was born at Lysville, Nanhai Hsien, Kwangtung Province, in 1888. He was educated both at home and abroad, having been a scholar of Yu-hua Shu Yuan, a student at the New Youth School, Kwengchow Fu High School, and the Liang-Kwang Academy for the preparation of students to study abroad. He was the recipient of a partial Ching-hua scholarship and a Kwangtung Provincial scholarship; attended the College of the City of New York and was graduated with the degree of B. C. S. from the University of New York. He attended Columbia University, Haverford College, University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Agricultural College and George Washington University. After finishing his education he acted as Chinese Government Research Fellow at the Library of Congress, and later as assistant at the Dupont National Bank, Washington, D. C. From 1919 to 1922 he served as manager of the Industrial and Commercial Bank, Ltd., at Hongkong. During 1922 he acted as chief of division on commerce ​and industry of the Kwangtung Provincial Economic Research Bureau. He was also acting manager of the Chinese Merchants Bank, Ltd., Canton, in 1922-1923. Mr. Ly is author of the following books: Dr. Sun Yat-sen and China; The Question of the Hour; An Economic Interpretation of the Increase of Bandits in China. He has also from time to time contributed various short articles to newspapers under pen names. He served as director of the Y. M. C. A. in Hongkong in 1921-1922 and is a life member of the Science Society (China). He was also appointed a member of the Canton Municipality in 1921. Mr. Ly is now taking a trip around the world representing the Chinese Merchants Bank.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Lan Kung-wu

Mr. Lan Kung-wu
藍公成字志先
Mr. Lan Kung-wu was born at Wu-kiang Hsien, Kiangsu Province, in 1886 and received his education at the Tokyo Imperial University, where he took a course in philosophy. Mr. Lan is a great admirer of Mr. Liang Chi-chiao, the liberal leader and writer. Upon his return to China, he took up journalistic work becoming editor of several leading papers at different times. He was one of the editors of Justice of which Liang Chi-chiao was the founder as well the editor-in-chief. In 1913 Mr. Lan was elected Senator of the First Parliament. After the dissolution of the Parliament in January 1914. Mr. Lan went to Berlin to study. He remained there until 1915. Upon his return to Peking, he became chief editor of the Chinese department of the Peking Gazette and also editor of the magazine Ta Chung Hua, founded by Liang Chi-chiao. Mr. Lan played a very important part in the Yunnan Uprising against Yuan Shih-kai's monarchical movement. In March 1916 he accompanied Liang Chi-chiao to Kuangsi, which later declared independence, responding to the call of General Tsao Ao, the Hero ​of the Yunnan Revolt. In June 1916 after the death of Yuan Shih-kai, the First Parliament was reconvoked and Mr. Lan became a Senator again. In June 1917 it was again dissolved and the following month witnessed Chang Hsun's attempt to restore the boy emperor. In September 1917, President Feng Kuo-chang ordered a Provisional Senate or National Council and in January 1918 it was formally inaugurated with Mr. Lan as one of the Senators. In March 1918 a mandate was issued for a new Parliament based on newly amended Election Laws. In August 1918 the so called Anfu or "Tuchun's" Parliament was assembled. Mr. Lan was elected a member of the House of Representatives. However, he was present only at one meeting and then tendered his resignation. Subsequently Mr. Lan became President of the daily paper Kuo Ming Kung Pao in Peking. During the Anfu rule in Peking, this paper was considered the only paper that remained independent. It strongly supported the non-signing at the Paris Conference, and the Students' Movement. It was also the first paper which introduced "modern thoughts” through journalistic means. It was finally closed by the Anfu government in the autumn of 1920. After this Mr. Lan in cooperation with Liang Chi-chiao started the magazine called Reorganization. In June 1922 the First Parliament was for the second time revoked and Mr. Lan returned to Peking and became a Senator again. Mr. Lan is an important member of the Progressive Party. He is a brother-in-law of Mr. Hsu Fo-su. Mr. Lan was awarded the Third Class Chiaho in December 1919.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Lao Ching-an

Mr. Ginarn Lao
勞做 安
(Lao Ching-an)
Mr. Ginarn Lao, a son of Mr. Lo King Kee was born at Shanghai in 1893, and was educated first in the Preparatory Department of the St. John's University and later was graduated from Nanyang College in 1913. In 1914 Mr. Lao went to America to study engineering and commerce at Lehigh and New York universities. He returned to China in the fall of 1918 and joined the Yangtse Trading Co., Hankow, and was sent back to America in 1919 as the representative of the company to make connections and to sell wood-oil for the firm. In 1920 he was appointed Secretary of the Chinese ​delegation to the International Red Cross Conference held at Geneva, Switzerland. Upon returning from the Conference he was invited to join the Bark of Canton, Ltd., Hongkong, in its foreign department. In 1921 he was appointed by the Board of Directors of the bank to be the New York agent to open up an office in New York City, which is now located at. No. 1 Wall Street. While in New York he was also a director of the China Society of America. In the summer of 1922 he returned to China and was appointed secretary of the foreign department at the head office of the Bank of Canton. In 1923 he was transferred to the Shanghai Branch as accountant and assistant manager of the exchange department, which office he is still holding.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Huang Han-liang

Dr. Han-Liang Huang
黄漢樑
(Huang Han-liang)
Dr. Han-Liang Huang was born in 1893 in Amoy, Fukien province, and received his early education under the old literary system. He began the study of English in 1910, and entered Tsing Hua College in the spring of 1911 as one of the first group of students. After graduation from Tsing Hwa he was sent by the College to America and studied in the University of Michigan for two years and Princeton University for two years, receiving from the latter the degree of Litt. B. in 1915, after which he studied Economics in Columbia University 1915-1918, receiving A. M. in 1916 and Ph. D. in 1918. Dr. Huang returned to China in the winter of 1918 and ​has been engaged in the banking business in Shanghai and Manila since he returned. He was appointed manager of the Ho Hong Bank, Ltd., Hong-kong in 1923 which position he still holds, Mr. Huang has served as Director of the Chinese Y. M. C. A. in Shanghai and Manila and Chairman of South China Chapter of Tsing Hua Alumni Association. He is a member of Princeton Chapter of Phi Beta Käppa.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Huang Hsien-chao

Mr. Hin Wong
黃憲昭
(Huang Hsien-chao)
Mr. Hin Wong was born in Honolulu in 1888, of Cantonese parents. He graduated from Oahu College, Punahou. in 1907, studied at Columbia University in New York, 1910-11, and received the degree of B. S. in Journalism from the School of Journalism, Missouri University, in 1912. Mr. Wong was for several years an active journalist in Canton, correspondent of Reuters, China Weekly Review, and other newspapers and news agencies in the Far East. At times he has also acted as correspondent of the Associated Press of America, Associated Newspapers of America, Chicago Daily News, and other publications and news associations. He represented China at the World Press Congress in Hawaii in 1921 and ​was made one of the vice-presidents of the Congress and was Canton Press representative at the Disarmament Conference in Washington 1921-22. In Canton he was many years editor-in-chief of the Canton Times and later he founded and first edited the Canton Daily News. He retired from these publications early in 1923 due to the political unrest. From 1917 to 1920 he was Director of the Intelligence Bureau of the Canton Military government. Mr. Wong has been several times tried by court-martial at Canton for his views and in May 1924, opportunity was taken by the Sun Yat-sen faction to place blame on Mr. Hin Wong for the erroneous report issued by Reuters that Sun Yat-sen was dead, to imprison him and banish him from Canton for 10 years. Outside the newspaper field, Mr. Wong is interested in the educational and social welfare activities of Canton. He was one time president of Kwangtung College, general superintendent of the Canton Government Homes for the Blind, Aged, and Infirm, and honorary inspector of prisons of the Kwangtung Bureau of Justice. Upon the organization of the Canton Municipality in 1921 he was made chief of the charity division of the Municipal Department of Education, resigning the latter part of the year. He was Boy Scout commissioner of Kwangtung and honorary inspector of prisons for the Procuratorate-General of South China. For more than four years Mr. Wong was chairman of the of the boys work committee of the Canton Y. M. C. A. Mr. Wong married Miss Chan Hon Ming of Canton in 1913, and has five children.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Huang Yen-pei

Mr. Huang Yen-pe'i.
黃炎培字級之
​Mr. Huang Yen-p'ei was born at Shanghai in 1879. He was graduated from Nanyang College, and then went to Japan to study and specialized in education. During the First Revolution-1911-12, he was Chief of the Educational Bureau under the Tutu of Kiangsu. In 1914 he resigned from this post and subsequently took a special trip to investigate the educational conditions existing in the different Yangtze provinces. While travelling he acted as special correspondent of the Shun Pao of Shanghai. In 1915 he went to America to study the industrial conditions in the capacity of Secretary to the Chinese Industrial Mission. After the death of Yuan Shihkai in June 1916, Mr. Huang wrote an article called "Nine Lessons" which acquired a national fame for the writer. For many years Mr. Huang has been vice-chairman of the Kiangsu Provincial Education Association; Chairman of the China Vocational Education Association; and Member of Kiangsu Provincial Assembly. In December 1921 Mr. Huang was appointed Minister of Education but he did not accept the office. He was reappointed Minster of Education in June 1922 in Dr. W. W. Yen's Cabinet. But he declined again. In January 1923 Mr. Huang was appointed a Member of the Educational Sinking Fund Commission. He has received the Second Class Chiaho Decoration.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Huang Jung-liang

Mr. Hwang Yung-liang
(Hung Jung-liang)
Mr. Hwang Yung-liang was born in Wuwei Hsien, Anhwei province. He studied at the University of Nanking between 1890 and 1896, and received his degree of A. B. Upon his graduation he was engaged as a teacher of the University. Between 1897 and 1899 he served as Dean. In September 1900, Mr. Hwang went to America to pursue higher education, and entered Baker University. For three years, he studied liberal arts, and in 1903 received the degree of A. B. For the next two years. he took post-graduate work at Columbia University. During his stay in America, Mr. Hwang was well liked by his American associates as was shown in his election to be a member of Alpha Delta, a signal honor. ​In May of 1906 he returned to China, and shortly afterwards was appointed by the Chinese government a Second Translator of the Chinese Legation in London. For two years Mr. Hwang worked for the Chinese Minister in London, and learned much of the diplomatic procedures. Lord Li Ching-feng, then Chinese Minister to Great Britain, was highly impressed with his willingness to work and with his diplomatic ability. He recommended to the Foreign Office in Peking that Mr. Hwang be appointed Consul to New Zealand. For two years, namely 1908-10, he was Consul there. Toward the end of 1910 he was promoted to be Consul-General to Australia. This promotion was considered a great honor in view of the fact that Mr. Hwang had not been long in the diplomatic service. For three years he functioned as Consul-General in Australia, and was popular among his diplomatic associates. From 1914 to 1916 Mr. Hwang worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an Assistant Secretary. In October 1916 the Laohsikai dispute with the French authorities in Tientsin arose and the case was very difficult of settlement. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs dispatched Mr. Hwang to handle this case. He settled the case with credit to himself and in November 1916 he was appointed Acting Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for Chihli. In that capacity he was appointed to hold concurrently in February 1919 the post of Chief of the Bureau for the Administration of Enemy Subjects and Properties. In March 1919 Mr. Hwang was awarded the Second Class Tashou Chiaho. In August 1919 he was appointed Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for Chihli. In August 1920 Mr. Hwang received the Second Class Wenfu. In October 1920 he was appointed Minister to Austria which position he is still holding. In June 1922 Mr. Hwang was appointed Chinese representative to the League of Nations. In October 1922 he was given the Third Class Paokuang Chiaho. In September 1923 he was relieved of the post of Chinese representative to the League of Nations, remaining as Minister to Austria. Mr. Hwang was given the Honorary Degree of M. A. by Baker University in 1909. He is honorary member of the New Zealand Club, Melbourne Club and the Sydney Club.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Hung Yeh

Mr. Willam Hung
洪業字爆蓮
(Hung Yeh)
Mr. William Hung was bɔrn at Foochow, Fukien Province, in 1893. At the age of 22, he graduated from the Anglo-Chinese College in his native city, remaining as instructor the following year. In 1916, Mr. Hung went to the United States entering Ohio Wesleyan University from which he received an A. B. degree in 1917. In 1919 he was given his A. M. at Columbia University and in 1920 he became a Bachelor of Divinity at the Union Theological Seminary in New York. During 1921-22 he was Chinese secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the same time lecturing extensively throughout America under the management of the Lyceum and Chautauqua organizations. In 1922, Mr. Hung was Horizon Lecturer at De Pauw University, during which period he was appointed assistant professor of history of Peking University. The following year, he became acting head of the history department of ​latter University. Mr, Hung is a member of the Civic Club, Clergy Club, China Society of America, and Phi Beta Kappa in New York City, and of the American Historical Association, Washington, and the Gesellschaft fur Kirchengeschichte, Berlin-Friedenau.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Huang Fu (Ahfooh Wong)

Mr. Charles Ahfook Wong.
黄福
(Huang Fu)
Mr. Charles A. Wong, born in Honolulu, received there the rudiments of education. After graduation from the Hawaii High School, he went to the United States of America for higher education. Prior to going to the United States he worked for some time in order to save enough money to study in an American university. He attended Harvard University where he graduated with honors. After graduation in 1911 he returned to Honolulu to work. In 1922 he came to Peking and entered the Chinese government service, moved by the patriotic feeling to render service to his own country. He was appointed a member of the Salt Gabelle in 1913 and assigned to the accounting department. He performed his duties successfully. At one time an attempt was made by the salt officials to influence him to make some change in the account book, but he refused to do so and thus incurred their displeasure. During his stay at Peking he ​was a director of the Y. M. C. A., and made many friends among both the Chinese and foreign residents. At the invitation of his friends in Honolulu in 1916 Mr. Wong returned to the place of his birth and organized the Chinese American Bank for the sole benefit of overseas Chinese. The bank which he has promoted and is now managing has been a success. It is being patronized by all overseas Chinese in the Territory of Hawaii. He returned to China in 1920 for a visit.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Jao Meng-jen

Dr. Loe Men Len
饒孟任字伯舆
(Jao Meng-jen)
Dr. Loe Men Len was born at Nanchang Hsien, Kiangsi province, in 1882. When a mere youth he was noted as a scholar. At the age of 13 he became a Licentiate. In 1902 he passed the Provincial Competitive Examination winning the degree of Chu Jen and in the year following he became a Metropolitan Graduate of Chih Shih which is equivalent to Ph.D. Subsequently Dr. Loe was made Junior Secretary of the Board of Works holding the rank of Taotai. In 1903 he was sent first to Japan and then to England to study Law. He graduated with the degree of B. A. from Lincoln's Inn and London University. Before returning to China, Dr. Loe served as Third Councillor to the Chinese Legation in London. Upon his return to China he attended the Examination by the Board of Education and obtained the honorary degree of Han-lin Compiler. The first appointment Dr. Loe received then was Second Class Secretary to the Board of War. Very soon he was promoted to be Senior Secretary of the ​same Board. Sometime afterwards he was transferred to the Law Department of the Imperial Chancery or Cabinet, first as a Sectional Chief and then as a Councillor. Following the outbreak of the First Revolution in October 1911, Dr. Loe was elected a senator of the Nanking Provisional Assembly. In 1912 Dr. Loe became Secretary to the President. During Yuan Shih-kai's term, he held many positions as in the Compilation Bureau in the Cabinet, Councillor of the Law Bureau in the State Department, Assistant Examiner of the Magistrate Examination, and Legal Councillor to the President.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Huang K'ai-wen

Mr. Huang K'ai-wen
黃開文
(Wong Kai-wen)
​Mr. Wong Kai-wen, Grand Master of Ceremonies of the Presidential Palace, was born at Chiao Ling Hsien, Kwangtung Province, in 1865. He came to North China for his education and joined the Peking Telegraph College, where he graduated. After his graduation, he joined the telegraph service. Gradually he worked his way up and became manager of telegraphs. For many years he held the position of telegraph manager in different provinces. In 1907 Mr. Wong was appointed by President Hsu Shih-chang, who was then Viceroy of Manchuria, to be Industrial Taotai of the Fengtien Province. In that capacity he introduced many industrial reforms. It was he who first suggested to the then Viceroy Hsu the importance of the promulgation of mining laws. As a result of his suggestion, Viceroy Hsu recommended to the Throne that mining laws be promulgated. In a few months the mining laws were published by Edict. In 1910 Mr. Wong was appointed managing director of the Tao Ching Railway. In 1911 he became Taotai of Han Huang Teh Circuit of the Hupeh Province and concurrently acted as Superintendent of the Customs in Hankow. At the same time he was Director of Commercial and Military affairs of Hupeh, and Director General of the Tung Cheng Railway. He held all these official posts until 1913. In 1914 Mr. Wong was appointed Grand Master of Ceremonies of the President's Office to succeed Alfed Sze, who became Chinese Minister to the Court of St. James. Mr. Wong is still holding the position. He has served five Presidents with satisfaction, namely, President Yuan Shih-kai, President Li Yuan-hung, and President Feng Kuochang, President Hsu Shih-chang, and President Tsao Kun. In January 1919 Mr. Wong was awarded the Second Class Wenfu; in December 1919, the Second Class Tashou Paokuang Chiaho, in February 1921 the First Class Wenfu; and in October 1922 the Fifth Order of Merit.
# Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/I Tsung-k'uei

Mr. I Tsung-k'uei
易宗夔字騎儒
Mr. I Tsung-k’uei was born at Hsiang-tan Hsien, Hunan province, in 1875. He was poor but was anxious to educate himself and finally became a learned man. After his return to China Mr. I took up teaching work at several schools and colleges in Changsha, Hunan province. In 1909 Mr. I was sent by his province to Peking to join the People's Delegation urging the opening of a parliament. Subsequently he was appointed a Member of the Constitutional Council. He was prominent in the impeachment of Prince Ching. Mr. I was connected with the revolution started by Tang Tsai-tsang. On the failure of Kang Yu-wei's reform scheme in 1898, Mr. I retired into seclusion and wrote several volumes on the subject of Reforms, until the time when schools were started everywhere when he took up teaching. In 1904 Mr. I went to Japan to study. While in Japan be edited a revolutionary periodical. It was at this time he joined the Kuomingtang. In 1912, the First Year of the Republic, Mr. I was appointed Compiler of the Law Compilation Office under the Cabinet. In 1913 he was elected a Member of the House of Representatives, ​representing Mongolia, and when Yuan Shih-kai proscribed the Kuomingtang as a seditious organization and in November 1913 unseated all members of the two House belonging to that Party. Mr. I then went south. This Parliament was reconvoked by Li Yuan-hung in June 1916 following the death of Yuan Shih-kai. Mr. I took his seat in Parliament, and remained until June 1917 when it was again dissolved. In June 1919 Mr. I was awarded the Third Class Chiaho and in January 1920 the Third Class Wenfu. In February 1920 he was appointed Councillor of the Government Economic Bureau. In February 1921 he received the Second Class Chiaho. In August 1922 the Old Parliament of which Mr. I was relieved of the councillor post to become a Member of the House of Representatives. In October 1922 Mr. I was awarded the Second Class Tashou Chiaho and in January 1923 the Second Class Wenfu. In April 1923 he was appointed Chief of the Law Compilation Bureau in the Cabinet. This position he is still holding.
# Who's Who in the Far East/FANG KUNG-CHAO

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​ FANG KUNG-CHAO (TIENTSIN), ex-Taotai; native of Chekiang: provincial graduate. Secretary, Tsung-li-Yamen (Office of Foreign Affairs); Chiug-I-Shih Tao, Hupeh, May, 1888; Taotai, Tientsin, June, 1892; vacated post through illness; reappointed Taotai, Tientsin, Dec., 1896; not in office.
# Who's Who in the Far East/FAN KUANG-HENG

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​ FAN KUANG-HENG (PEKING), Sub-Director, Court of Imperial Stud; native of Shun-t'ien; metropolitan graduate, 1880. Sub-Director, Banqueting Court, Dec., 1898; deputy Commissioner, Office of Transmission, July, 1901; Sub-Director, Court of Imperial Stud, Sept., 1901.
# Who's Who in the Far East/FAN TSENG -HSIANG

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​ FAN TSENG-HSIANG (HSIAN-FU), Treasurer; native of Hupeh; metropolitan graduate, 1887. Fengyiug-liu-Ssu Tao, Anhwei, Jan., 1901; Judge, Shensi, Aug., 1901; employed in Government Council, July, 1901; Judicial Commissioner, Chekiang Jan., 1903; do., Shensi, Oct., 1903; Treasurer, Hsian-fu, Shensi, Dec., 1904.
# Who's Who in the Far East/FAREL. Jules

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​ FAREL, Jules ( SAIGON ), Couseiller, Cour d'Appel; b. Oct. 29, 1862. Entree 1'Administration de la Justice, Dec. 13, 1888; Conseiller, Avril 7, 1903. Address: Saigon, Cochin-China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/EVANS, Jun, Dr. Philip S.

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​ EVANS, Jun, Dr. Philip S. (YANG-CHOW), A.B., M.D.; Medical Missionary; b. Aug. 18, 1S70; HI. Man. d. of Joshua Levering of Baltimore, ​Nov. 14, 1899. Educ.: Yale University. Johns Hopkins University. In 1894 accompanied" Miranda " expedition to Greenland: was intercollegiate Secretary of Y.M.C.A. at Baltimore, 1899-1900; externe at Johns Hopkins Surgical Clinic, 1900-1901; came to China, 1901, as missionary of Southern Baptist mission. Clubs: Arctic (N.Y.). Address: Yangchow, via Chinkiang, China.