Lin Bosheng

Lin Bosheng

Lin Bosheng ( Chinese  林柏生 , Pinyin Lín Bóshēng , W.-G. Lin Po-sheng ; * 1902 in Xinyi , † October 8, 1946 in Nanjing ) was a Chinese politician and journalist , an important one belonging to Wang Jingwei's inner circle Figure in the Nanjing government. His stage name was Shi Quan ( Chinese  石泉 , Pinyin Shí Quán ).

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In 1920 Lin Bosheng began studying at the private Lingnan University in Guangzhou , from which he was expelled in 1923 for participating in a strike. In July 1925, he became Wang Jingwei's secretary. Since October he has been studying abroad at the Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow . Returned to China in September 1926, he was appointed professor of political science at the Whampoa Military Academy . In December 1927, Lin Bosheng went to France .

In the winter of 1929, Lin Bosheng found a job in Hong Kong when the South China News Agency ( Chinese  南華 通訊社 , Pinyin Nánhuá tōngxùnshè ) was founded. In the next February he began to publish the South China Daily ( Chinese  南華 日報 , Pinyin Nánhuá rìbào ), in 1932 also the Central Chinese Daily ( Chinese  中華 日報 , Pinyin Zhōnghuá rìbào ) in Shanghai . He became a full member of the ROC Government's Committee on Chinese Abroad in April 1932, and a legislative member of the Legislative Yuan the next year . At the same time he was appointed correspondent of the central propaganda department, in February 1934 he founded the Research Institute for International Affairs.

In December 1938, Lin Bosheng helped found a pro-Japan government as a follower of Wang Jingwei . In August 1939, Lin was made a member of the Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Propaganda, and he was also appointed director of the South China News Agency . Since the establishment of the Nanjing government in March 1940, Lin Bosheng has held the post of Minister of Propaganda and has attended government meetings. In 1941 he became a full member of the Committee for the Promotion of the New People's Movement. In January 1943, Lin Bosheng became a member of the Supreme Defense Council, and in December 1944, he became the governor of Anhui Province .

After Japan's defeat, Lin Bosheng accompanied Chen Gongbo in his exile in the Japanese Empire . However, on October 3, 1945, both were deported to China. On May 31, 1946, Lin Bosheng was sentenced to death . The sentence was on October 8, in the prison of Nanjing enforced .

Political activity

As director of China Film United , which shoots Chinese films in the areas ruled by the Nanjing government, Lin Bosheng declared on the day of its founding that the company " opposes the Anglo-American style, which gives priority to entertainment and profit. " will. Based on this declaration, the government issued a document ( Outline of Propaganda Policy During the War ), in which " decadent habits such as hedonism , egotism , nihilism and cynicism " are castigated.

Lin Bosheng advocated a youth campaign against opium in December 1943 . He urged members of a youth movement and students at Zhongyuang University to distribute leaflets against opium, gambling and dancing . The students, however, got excited about the idea and strode through town, stepping into opium shops and getting hold of the opium they saw. Mahjong tables and dance floors were destroyed, the opium loaded on rickshaws , transported to the university campus and finally set on fire there. Their actions were partly supported by Lin Bosheng, who attended the fire after the parade ended .

The next day, the minister gave a speech to 4,000 students in which he expressed his "full sympathy" for the movement and approved its achievements. The movement has "excited a determined spirit and corrected many social evils," said Lin Bosheng.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ In the book "民国 人物 大 辞典 増 訂 版" ( Minkoku Jinbutsu Daijiten Zōteiban ), Great Dictionary of Personalities in the Republic of China, expanded edition , cited October 13; in «漢奸 裁判» ( Kankan Saiban ), The Judgment of the Traitors of the Chinese People , October 3rd
2. ↑ Poshek Fu, Between Shanghai and Hong Kong: the politics of Chinese cinemas , 2003, pp. 118–119
3. ↑ Regimes: China, Britain and Japan, 1839-1952 , Timothy Brook, Bob Tadashi Wakabayash, pp. 368-370

Web links

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Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Lin is the family name here, Bosheng is the first name.