Rabbi Aaron Kiselev , who was a Jew in China , was also called Moshe .
Rebbe Meir Ashkenazi ( Chabad-Lubavitch ) was the Chief Rabbi of Shanghai ( 1926–1949 ) .At the early 20th century many Russian Jews fleeing pogroms in several towns in Russian Empire decided to move to northeast China for permanent settlement ( Rabbi Aaron Kiselev served in Harbin from 1913 until his death in 1949 ) .
History of the Jews in China