Foo Ping-sheung
Foo Ping-sheung (1895–1965) was a diplomat and politician in the early Republic of China and later in Taiwan. Foo was born to a well off family in Foshan, Guangdong. At the age of ten, he was sent to St.
Also recorded as Fu Bingchang
Foo Ping-sheung
- Name
- Foo Ping-sheung
- Born
- 1895 or 1896
- Birthplace
- Nanhai, Foshan, Guangdong, Qing dynasty
- Died
- 29 July 1965 (age 69-70)
- Place of death
- Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China province), Republic of China
- Nationality
- Qing dynasty, Republic of China and Taiwan.
- Occupation
- photographer, diplomat and politician.
- Education
- University of Hong Kong.
- Honours
- honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong.
- Languages
- Chinese.
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Foo Ping-sheung (1895–1965) was a diplomat and politician in the early Republic of China and later in Taiwan. Foo was born to a well off family in Foshan, Guangdong. At the age of ten, he was sent to St.
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Foo Ping-sheung (1896–1965) was a diplomat, photographer and politician and a national of Qing dynasty and the Republic of China. The diplomat was born in Foshan.
Foo Ping-sheung studied at University of Hong Kong. The diplomat held the position of Member of the Legislative Yuan.
Languages used include Chinese. Foo Ping-sheung received honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong.
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Biography
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Stephen’s College in Hong Kong, and then trained as a civil engineer at Hong Kong University.
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Key facts
• Name — Foo Ping-sheung • Born — 1895 or 1896 • Birthplace — Nanhai, Foshan, Guangdong, Qing dynasty • Died — 29 July 1965 (age 69-70) • Place of death — Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China province), Republic of China • Office — Vice President of the Judicial Yuan • President — Hsieh Kuan-sheng • Term Start — June 1958 • Term End — July 1965 • Predecessor — Shi Zhiquan • Successor — Xie Yingzhou (After a 1 year vacancy) Foo Ping-sheung (1895–1965) was a diplomat and politician in the early Republic of China and later in Taiwan. Foo was born to a well off family in Foshan, Guangdong. At the age of ten, he was sent to St. Stephen’s College in Hong Kong, and then trained as a civil engineer at Hong Kong University.
Politics
Politics
Foo quickly turned to political service for his uncle by marriage, Wu Ting-fang, then was an attache for the Canton Delegation of the Paris Peace Conference. He became secretary to Sun Yat-sen, an experience which led to his becoming Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government 1927. As a prominent member of the Prince’s Clique (Taizi pai), a political network headed by Sun Ke, the son of Sun Yatsen, Fu held various positions in the Foreign Ministry, then became a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang in 1935. He was Republic of China's Ambassador to the U. S. S. R. from 1943 to 1949.
Semi-retirement and later years
Semi-retirement and later years
Foo retired to Paris and lived there from 1949 to 1956. He then returned to work for Chiang Kai-shek as President of the Anti-Corruption Board and Vice President of the Judicial Yuan in Taiwan until his death in 1965. Foo was an avid amateur photographer who took informal photos of leading politicians and their families.
Family
Family
Foo's eldest daughter, Katherine (傅锦培), married Bin Cheng, a renowned legal scholar who served as Dean of the University College London Faculty of Laws.
Identity
Identity
Foo Ping-sheung is recorded with the occupation photographer. Recorded as photographer, diplomat and politician.
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Life and career
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1896
Foo Ping-sheung was born on 16 February 1896.
1965
Foo Ping-sheung died on 1 January 1965.
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- “Foo Ping-sheung”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Biography of Fu Bingchang.
- 2.Zhou Yaguang 周亚光. 著名国际法学家、英国伦敦大学终身名誉教授郑斌先生向我校捐赠图书. Northwest University of Politics and Law. 2017-05-19.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- 羅香林, 傅秉常与近代中国 (1975) (Luo Xianglin, Foo Ping-sheung and modern China)
- 傅秉常先生訪問紀錄 (The Reminiscences of Mr. Foo Ping-sheung) (中央研究院近代史研究所, Academia Sinica, Institute of Modern History, Oral History Series No. 45, 1993)
- 蒋介石最后一任驻苏大使傅秉常在苏联的日子 'Foo Ping-sheung: Chiang Kai-shek’s last Ambassador to Soviet Russia', (2007) Republican Archives, Issue 4, pp: 55-60. ISSN 1000-4491.
- Yee-Wah Foo (ed.) Chiang Kaishek’s Last Ambassador to Moscow, The Wartime Diaries of Fu Bingchang (2011) Palgrave Macmillan.,
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