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Wang Mo (
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: Wáng Mó; Wade-Giles: Wang Mo) (1895 - 1958) was a politician and educator in the
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. He was an important politician during the
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(Republic of China-Nanjing). He was born in Yilong,
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Biography

Wang Mo went to Japan where he graduated the Tokyo Teacher's High School (; Now, the Tokyo University of Education, ) and the
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. Later he returned to China, he successively held the positions of Professor of the National University of Wuchang (), National University of Beiping (), Teacher's College () and
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.Asahi Shimbun, November 12, 1943, p.2. And he was also elected to Senator of the Beijing Government. Later he worked as president of the National Teacher's University of Beiping (), from 1942, he also worked as a professor at this university. In November 1943, upon the
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() was reformed, Wang Mo was catapulted to Chief of the General Office for Education () and Executive Member of the same Council. In next July, he resigned his post. Following the defeat of Japan in August 1945, Wang was arrested by Chiang Kai-shek's government and imprisoned in Nanjing. He received a sentence of 10 years in prison. However, in 1949 he was released and retired in Beijing. He died in 1958.Li, pp.159-160.


Alma mater

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References

* * * from ''the Special Edition of Literary&Historical Materials in Yilong'' Vol.18 (仪陇文史资料选辑 第18辑) Politicians from Nanchong Republic of China politicians from Sichuan Educators from Sichuan Chinese collaborators with Imperial Japan 1895 births 1958 deaths Year of death uncertain Peking University alumni Academic staff of Tsinghua University {{China-politician-stub