Yu Chung-han

Yu Chung-han ({{zh, t=于沖漢, s=于冲汉, p=Yú Chōnghàn; 1871 – 12 November 1932) was a prominent civilian politician in

Zhang Xueliang Zhang Xueliang ( zh, t=張學良; June 3, 1901 – October 15, 2001), also commonly known by his nickname "the Young Marshal", was a Chinese general who in 1928 succeeded his father Zhang Zuolin as the commander of the Northeastern Army. He is bes ...

's Northeastern government, who favored the autonomy of

Manchuria Manchuria is a historical region in northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day northeast China and parts of the modern-day Russian Far East south of the Uda (Khabarovsk Krai), Uda River and the Tukuringra-Dzhagdy Ranges. The exact ...

and aided Japan's establishment of the puppet state of

Manchukuo Manchukuo, officially known as the State of Manchuria prior to 1934 and the Empire of Great Manchuria thereafter, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China that existed from 1932 until its dissolution in 1945. It was ostens ...

. Yu Chung-han, was a prominent elder statesman of

's Government in Mukden and the leader of the civilian group in Manchuria, which favored "''hokyo anmin''" (secure boundary and peaceful life). According to him, this meant that the protection and prosperity of the Northeastern Provinces should be the supreme concern of the government, including its relationship with

China proper China proper, also called Inner China, are terms used primarily in the West in reference to the traditional "core" regions of China centered in the southeast. The term was first used by Westerners during the Manchu people, Manchu-led Qing dyn ...

. He intended to achieve this through tax reforms, improvement of the wage system for government officials, and abolition of the costly army, thereby ensuring that the people in Manchuria would benefit from peaceful labor, while defense would be entrusted to Japan. Following the Mukden Incident and the Japanese seizure of southern Manchuria, he was installed as chief of the Japanese imposed

Self-Government Guiding Board The Self-Government Guiding Board ({{langx, ja, 自治指導部) was organized by the Imperial Japanese Army, in Mukden during the last half of September 1931 following the Mukden Incident and Invasion of Manchuria. The purpose of the Board was t ...

on November 10, 1931. As the Chief of the Board, he, along with Governor

Zang Shiyi Zang Shiyi ( Hepburn: ''Zō Shikiki''; October 1884 – November 13, 1956) was a Chinese general and Governor of Liaoning Province at the time of the invasion of Manchuria in 1932. Biography Zang was born in Shenyang county of Liaoning Prov ...

, of

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province, made plans for a new state to be established in February 1932. Upon learning of the complete defeat and expulsion of Zhang Xueliang from

Jinzhou Jinzhou (, zh, s= , t=錦州 , p=Jǐnzhōu), formerly Chinchow, is a coastal prefecture-level city in central-west Liaoning province, China. It is a geographically strategic city located in the Liaoxi Corridor, which connects most of the la ...

, the pro-Japanese Self-Government Association, led by General

Zhang Jinghui Zhang Jinghui (Chang Ching-hui; zh, first=t, t=張景惠, s=张景惠, w=Chang1 Ching3-hui4, p=Zhāng Jǐnghuì; Hepburn: ''Chō Keikei''; 21 June 1871 – 1 November 1959) was a Chinese general, warlord and politician during the Warlord era. ...

as Governor of the Province on 7 January 1932, declared the independence of

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the confluence of the Amur and Us ...

Province under the protection of Japan. On the same day, the Self-Government Guiding Board in Mukden issued a Proclamation, appealing to the people of the Northeast to overthrow Zhang Xueliang and join the Northeastern Self-Government Association, which later became the state of Manchukuo in March 1932. External links
IMTFE Judgement, Invasion & Occupation of Manchuria
1871 births 1932 deaths Chinese people of World War II Chinese collaborators with Imperial Japan