Fu Bingchang
Male, Deceased Person
1895 – 1965
Who was Fu Bingchang?
Fu Bingchang was born to a comfortably well off family in Foshan, Guangdong. At the age of ten he was sent to St. Stephen’s College in Hong Kong, and the trained as a civil engineer at Hong Kong University, Fu quickly turned to political service for his uncle by marriage, Wu Tingfang, then was an attache for the Canton Delegation of the Paris Peace Conference. He became secretary to Sun Yatsen, experience which led to his becoming Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government 1927. As a prominent member of the Prince’s Clique - a political network headed by Sun Ke, the son of Sun Yatsen, Fu held various positions in the Foreign Ministry, then became a member of the Central Executive Committee 1935. He was Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. 1943-1949. Retired to Paris 1949-1956. Returned to work for Chiang Kaishek as President of the Anti-Corruption Board and Vice President of the Judicial Yuan in Taiwan 1956-1965. Fu died 1965.
For much of his life Fu was an avid amateur photographer. His informal photos of leading politicians and their families are now collected at and available online.
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