Fu Bingchang

Fu Bingchang also Foo Ping - sheung (Chinese傅 秉 常, Pinyin Fu Bingchang, W.-G. Fu Bing -chang, † July 29, 1965, born February 16, 1896 in Foshan, Guangdong Province, Chinese Empire ) was a politician and diplomat the Republic of China.

Life

Fu Bingchang came from a wealthy family. In 1905, he studied at St. Stephen 's College, Delhi. In 1916 he was a BA in Civil Engineering from the University of Hong Kong. In 1931 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hong Kong.

He married into the family of Wu Ting Fang, was attaché at the Canton delegation at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and secretary of Sun Yat-sen. In 1927, he was Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of China. 1928 initiated Fu Bingchang the Commission on the codification of civil law.

He was a member of Taizi pai ( Prince clique, roped to the son of Sun Yat-sen, Sun Fo ) and held various offices in the State Department until 1935 he rose to become a member of the Central Executive Committee. In 1942 he was deputy foreign minister.

From 1943 to 1949 he was ambassador in Moscow. From 19 to 30 October 1943, a conference of foreign ministers was held in Moscow. At the conclusion of the Moscow Declaration was signed. Among the signatories was Cordell Hull, Anthony Eden, Vyacheslav M. Molotov and Fu Bingchang for the Chinese government.

From 1949 to 1956 he lived in Paris. Chiang Kai- shek appointed him in 1956 as Vice-President of the Judicial Yuan.

Fu was an avid amateur photographer and produced photos of political leaders and their families.