Wunz King

Wunz King, portrait from the Saishin Shina yōjin den .

Wunz King ( Chinese  金 问 泗 , Pinyin Jīn Wènsì ; born April 27, 1892 in Jiangsu ; † April 21, 1968 in Washington, DC ) was a diplomat of the Republic of China (1912-1949) and an early expert in the field of general Customs and trade agreements .

Career

King graduated in 1915 to study law at the Universiti Utara Malaysia and was then Master of Laws at the Columbia University . In 1919 he joined the Foreign Service of the Republic of China (1912-1949) and was employed as a deputy secretary on negotiating missions. As secretary of the Chinese delegation, he took part in the Washington Naval Conference in 1922 .

From 1933 to 1945 he was envoy, later ambassador, initially to the Dutch government. From December 14, 1938 he resided in London ; from May 30, 1941 he was accredited as ambassador to the Belgian government in exile . From August 26, 1941 to September 15, 1944 he was accredited by the Czech government in exile. On January 13, 1942, he was a delegate to the Inter Allied Commission on the Punishment of War Crimes (IACPWC) ( United Nations War Crimes Commission ) at St James's Palace . From January 31, 1942 to March 19, 1945 he was ambassador to the Polish government in exile in London. On September 6, 1944, he was appointed ambassador to Norway, where he worked from September 15, 1944 to October 5, 1949. From September 15, 1944 to June 1955 he was ambassador to Brussels and from December 1948 he was also accredited to the government of Luxembourg .

Wunz King

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ Barak Kushner, Men to Devils, Devils to Men: Japanese War Crimes and Chinese Justice, p. 40 [2]
3. ^ China Year Book, China Publishing Company, 1951, [3] p. 507

predecessor	Office	successor
Tang Tsai-fu Wang Kuan-Chi 戴明 辅	Chinese envoy to the Dutch government 1933-1945	Tung Lin
	Chinese ambassador to Belgium from 1945 to January 1954	Wang Hsiao-hsi