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Cai Gongshi
Chinese politician and diplomat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. On 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]
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蔡公時 | |
![]() Cai Gongshi (before 1921) | |
Born | (1881-05-01)1 May 1881 |
Died | 3 May 1928(1928-05-03) (aged 47) |
Nationality | Republic of China |
Occupation | Politician |
Children | 2 |