Xu Qian

Japanese: 徐謙 - じょけん（英語表記）Xu Qian

[Birth] Tongzhi 10 (1871).9.10. Anhui, Xu
Died September 26, 1940. Hong Kong Chinese politician. He held a number of judicial positions since the Qing Dynasty, and joined the Kuomintang after the establishment of the Republic of China. In 1917, he became Secretary-General to Sun Yat-sen in the Guangdong government, and the following year, he also became Minister of the Judiciary Department. In 1919, he represented Guangdong at the Paris Peace Conference, and after the Kuomintang-Communist cooperation, he adopted a pro-Soviet and pro-Communist line. In 1927, when the Nationalist government moved to Wuhan, he led the anti-British movement, and succeeded in recovering the British Concessions of Hankou and Jiujiang. He was overthrown after the first Kuomintang-Communist cooperation was defeated, and went to Moscow. After returning to China, he participated in the Fujian Revolution in 1933, then fled to Hong Kong, where he was elected a National Councillor in 1938.

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Japanese:

[生]同治10(1871).9.10. 安徽，歙
[没]1940.9.26. ホンコン
中国の政治家。清朝時代から司法関係職を歴任し，中華民国成立後国民党に入党。 1917年広東政府で孫文の秘書長となり，翌年司法部長兼任。 19年パリ講和会議に広東代表として出席し，国共合作以後親ソ容共的な路線をとり，27年国民政府の武漢移転とともに，排英運動を指導して，漢口，九江イギリス租界の回収に成功した。第1次国共合作が破れて失脚，モスクワに行き，帰国後の 33年福建革命に参画，のちホンコンに逃れ，38年国民参政員に選ばれた。

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