Chen Yi (Kuomintang)
Chen Yi (;
courtesy name s Gongxia (公俠) and later Gongqia (公洽),
sobriquet Tuisu (退素); May 3, 1883 – June 18, 1950) was a Chinese military officer and politician who served as the chief executive and
garrison commander of
Taiwan Province after the
Empire of Japan surrendered to the
Republic of China . He acted on behalf of the
Allied Powers to accept the
Japanese Instrument of Surrender in
Taipei Zhongshan Hall on October 25, 1945. He is considered to have mismanaged the tension between the Taiwanese and
Mainland Chinese which resulted in the
February 28 Incident in 1947, resulting in the deaths of 18,000 to 28,000 people, and was dismissed. In June 1948, he was appointed Chairman of
Zhejiang Province , but was dismissed and arrested when his plan to surrender to the
Chinese Communist Party was discovered. He was sentenced to death and executed by shooting in
Taipei in 1950.
Provided by Wikipedia
In addition to media from the THWS, media from other Bavarian libraries are also displayed.
Select result number 1
1
Select result number 2
2
Select result number 3
3
Select result number 4
4
Select result number 5
5
Select all entries on the page
![Chen Yi as pictured in ''[[The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries]]''](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Chen_Yi.jpg)
Chen Yi (; courtesy names Gongxia (公俠) and later Gongqia (公洽), sobriquet Tuisu (退素); May 3, 1883 – June 18, 1950) was a Chinese military officer and politician who served as the chief executive and garrison commander of Taiwan Province after the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Republic of China. He acted on behalf of the Allied Powers to accept the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Taipei Zhongshan Hall on October 25, 1945. He is considered to have mismanaged the tension between the Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese which resulted in the February 28 Incident in 1947, resulting in the deaths of 18,000 to 28,000 people, and was dismissed. In June 1948, he was appointed Chairman of Zhejiang Province, but was dismissed and arrested when his plan to surrender to the Chinese Communist Party was discovered. He was sentenced to death and executed by shooting in Taipei in 1950.
Provided by Wikipedia