Word: ching
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Handsome, brilliant, persuasive, emotional Wang Ching-wei, Japan's puppet President of China, during most of his 57 years has been haunted by the ghost of power, the fantasy of cheering crowds. For praise and power he has already sacrificed the memory of his master, Sun Yatsen, the trust of the Chinese people and his own principles. So last week he actually got an ovation...
Management's representatives were : Cyrus Ching, director of industrial and public relations for U. S. Rubber, who in 30 years of dealing with labor has consistently urged moderation, cooperation; Walter Clark Teagle, chairman of the board of Standard Oil of N. J., a top-notch production man with a knack for getting on with oilmen; Eugene Meyer, millionaire publisher (Washington Post), ex-governor of the Federal Reserve Board. Bernard Baruch's financial right hand on the War Industries Board, ex-chairman of RFC, "Butch" to his irreverent workers; and Roger Dearborn Lapharn, chairman of the board of American...
...Wang Ching...
...Hero Sun Yatsen, which Chinese now sneer at as his "knocking brick'' (Chinese used to knock on doors with a small brick; in this case, Mr. Chou was knocking at the door of politics). By 1938, he had swung over to the opposition camp of Wang Ching-wei. By last week, though still working for Wang, he was leader of a new faction of disgruntled Nanking politicians...
Last week the Wang Ching-wei puppetry faced a crisis. Mr. Chou gathered in Shanghai a conference of Chinese financiers who had agreed to back Wang's Japanese-sponsored regime. They announced that they would not continue to support Wang unless he were "relegated to a minor capacity in all financial decisions." By week's end their pressure had been felt. Nanking announced formation of the Central Reserve Bank, to have entire charge of putting Nanking currency on its feet throughout occupied China. Named as Governor of the Bank: Chou...