
Wang Mo (
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: Wáng Mó;
Wade-Giles: Wang Mo) (1895 - 1958) was a politician and educator in the
Republic of China
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. He was an important politician during the
Wang Jingwei regime
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(Republic of China-Nanjing). He was born in
Yilong,
Sichuan
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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
Tokyo Imperial University
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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
Tsinghua University
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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.
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In November 1943, upon the ]North China Political Council
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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
University of Tsukuba
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University of Tokyo
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* 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
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