Cai Gongshi

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cai.
Cai Gongshi
蔡公時
Cai Gongshi (before 1921)
Born(1881-05-01)1 May 1881
Jiujiang, Jiangxi, Qing China
Died3 May 1928(1928-05-03) (aged 47)
Jinan, Shandong, China
NationalityRepublic of China
OccupationPolitician
Children2

Cai Gongshi (Chinese: 蔡公時; pinyin: Cài Gōngshí; Wade–Giles: Ts'ai Kung-shih; May 1, 1881 – May 3, 1928) was a Chinese nationalist politician and diplomat. Born in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, Cai studied economics and politics at Imperial University in Tokyo, Japan, earning a master's degree. Upon his return to China, he joined Sun Yat-sen's Kuomintang (KMT), and later served in various roles in the Chinese nationalist government.[1] In 1927, he was appointed Superintendent of Customs and Commissioner of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing. On 1 May 1928, he was appointed Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for Shandong province, and was tasked with negotiating for Japanese withdrawal from the province. He was subsequently killed on 3 May by Japanese soldiers during the Jinan incident. According to Chinese sources, the Japanese soldiers broke his leg, smashed his teeth, cut out his tongue, and shot him.[2] 16 other members of his negotiation team were also mutilated and killed on the same day. In May 1928, 11[3] or 7 Japanese were shot to death by a Chinese man in Kobe, Japan, in revenge for the Jinan incident and then he committed suicide.[4]

References

  1. ^ Clarke, David J. (David James), 1954- (1996). Art & place : essays on art from a Hong Kong perspective. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. p. 223. ISBN 9789882200081. OCLC 672434491.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)Clarke, David J. (David James), 1954- (1996). Art & place : essays on art from a Hong Kong perspective. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. p. 223. ISBN 9789882200081. OCLC 672434491.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ An Xiang: "Second Northern Expedition 1928: Part II" Archived 2016-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "CHINESE AMOK IN KOBE". The Straits Times. 25 May 1928. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Untitled". Malaya Tribune. 1 June 1928. p. 7.
Statue of Cai Gongshi in the memorial garden for the Jinan Incident in Jinan's Baotu Spring Park
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