10 November 1944(1944-11-10) (aged 61) Nagoya, Empire of Japan
Political party
Kuomintang Kuomintang-Nanjing
Spouse
Chen Bijun
Children
6
Military service
Branch/service
Peacebuilding National Army
Years of service
1940–1944
Rank
Generalissimo (特級上將)
Battles/wars
Second Sino-Japanese War
Wang Jingwei
Traditional Chinese
汪精衞
Simplified Chinese
汪精卫
Literal meaning
(pen name)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Wāng Jīngwèi
Wade–Giles
Wang1 Ching1-wei4
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Wōng Jīng-waih
Jyutping
Wong1 Zing1-wai6
Wang Zhaoming
Traditional Chinese
汪兆銘
Simplified Chinese
汪兆铭
Literal meaning
(birth name)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Wāng Zhàomíng
Wade–Giles
Wang1 Chao4-ming2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Wōng Siuh-míhng
Jyutping
Wong1 Siu6-ming5
Wang Zhaoming,[a] widely known by his pen name Wang Jingwei[b] (4 May 1883 – 10 November 1944), was a Chinese politician who was president of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China, a puppet state of Japan. He was initially a member of the left wing of the Kuomintang, leading a government in Wuhan in opposition to the right-wing 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. Wang remained inside the Kuomintang, but continued to have disagreements with Chiang until the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, after which he accepted an invitation from the Japanese Empire to form a Japanese-supported collaborationist government in Nanjing. Wang served as the head of state for this Japanese puppet government until he died, shortly before the end of World War II. His legacy remains controversial among historians. Although he is still regarded as an important contributor in the Xinhai Revolution, his collaboration with Imperial Japan is a subject of academic debate,[1][2] and the typical narratives often regard him as a traitor in the War of Resistance with his name becoming synonymous with treason.[3][4]
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