Wu Zhongxin, or Wu Chung-hsin (traditional Chinese: 吳忠信; simplified Chinese: 吴忠信; pinyin: Wú Zhōngxìn; March 15, 1884 – December 16, 1959) was a General and government official of the Republic of China.[1] He was associated with the CC Clique. In his tenure as the Chairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission of the Republic of China, Wu was present at the enthronement of the 14th Dalai Lama.[2][3] From late 1944 until early 1946 he was one of the few KMT governors of Xinjiang.

Wu Zhongxin
Secretary-General to the President
In office
December 24, 1948 – January 29, 1949
Preceded byWu Dingchang
Succeeded byWeng Wenhao
Governor of Xinjiang
In office
August 29, 1944 – March 29, 1946
Preceded bySheng Shicai
Succeeded byZhang Zhizhong
Chairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission
In office
August 8, 1936 – December 6, 1944
Preceded byLin Yungai
Succeeded byLuo Liangjian
Governor of Guizhou
In office
April 17, 1935 – August 2, 1936
Preceded byWang Jialie
Succeeded byGu Zhutong
Governor of Anhui
In office
April 5, 1932 – May 16, 1933
Preceded byChen Diaoyuan
Succeeded byLiu Zhenhua
Personal details
Born(1884-03-15)March 15, 1884
Hefei, Anhui Province, China
DiedDecember 16, 1959(1959-12-16) (aged 75)
Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
Military service
Allegiance Republic of China
Rank General

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Biography of General Wu Zhongxin
  2. ^ Andrew D. W. Forbes (1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: a political history of Republican Sinkiang 1911–1949. Cambridge, England: CUP Archive. p. 253. ISBN 0-521-25514-7. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  3. ^ Ondřej Klimeš (8 January 2015). Struggle by the Pen: The Uyghur Discourse of Nation and National Interest, c.1900–1949. BRILL. p. 197. ISBN 978-90-04-28809-6.
 
Wu Zhongxin, Republic of China's Chairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission with Lhamo Dhondup, the future 14th Dalai Lama in Amdo about 1940. A ransom was paid to Ma Bufang to release the boy and his family to go to monastic education in Lhasa.