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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have nothing to do all day," he said fretfully, "but chant. . . ."), an Australian brunette named Jean (she worked in Mrs. "Buffalo" San's so-called "massage" establishment), green-trousered Dr. Chu, author of A Study of the Vaginal Vibrations of the Female Rabbit and later Puppet Wang Ching-wei's "Ambassador" to Tokyo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Very Personal History | 12/11/1944 | See Source »

Ever since he became puppet ruler of Jap-conquered China five years ago, Wang Ching-wei had expected death-at the hands of assassins. For several years he had carried in his body one bullet that failed to kill him. But last fortnight, when death, as it must to all men, came to China's No.11 traitor (aged 60, in a Japanese hospital), it came not from gunfire but from diabetes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Death of a Puppet | 11/27/1944 | See Source »

Wang Ching-wei entered Chinese politics at the age of 27, with a plot to assassinate a Manchu prince. After his release from jail, he studied sociology and political science in France and Japan. Later, as an active Chinese nationalist, he became a devoted disciple of China's liberator, Dr. Sun Yatsen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Death of a Puppet | 11/27/1944 | See Source »

...also celebrated Free China's anniversary, paid tribute to China's struggle. In Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel nearly a thousand leading U.S. friends of China heard United China Relief's President James L. McConaughy, Ambassador Wei Tao-ming, China's Vice Premier and Finance Minister, Dr. H. H. Kung, describe China's indomitable struggle and desperate needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Dossier of Suffering | 10/23/1944 | See Source »

...well as the Ministry for Greater East Asia Affairs. Acceptable to the Army and big business, he is considered a moderate. In 1938, he settled a serious border dispute with the Soviet Union. Last spring he transferred Japan's extraterritorial rights in China to Puppet Wang Ching-wei. His Greater East Asia responsibilities include the continent from Manchuria to Burma. When face-saving or gracious withdrawals become inescapable, Shigemitsu can do both with honorable grace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: The Shadow Before | 7/31/1944 | See Source »

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