The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries

The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese最新支那要人傳
Simplified Chinese最新支那要人传
Japanese name
Kanji最新支那要人伝

The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries (Chinese: 最新支那要人傳, Japanese: 最新支那要人伝) is a guide to prominent individuals in the Republic of China, compiled in Japan by The Asahi Shimbun newspaper[1] during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Published on 2 February 1941, the work references 343 contemporary notables in the Kuomintang and the Nationalist government, the Chinese Communist Party, the pro-Japanese Wang Jingwei regime and Mengjiang, and independent politicians and celebrities.[2]

A digitization of the reference work can be found on the website of the National Diet Library of Japan,[3] the full list of biographies follows.

  1. ^ Tōa Mondai Chōsakai (1941). Saishin Shina yōjinden (The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries). Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun. OCLC 23310651.
  2. ^ "The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries". Taiwan e-Learning & Digital Archives Program (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. ^ "The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries". National Diet Library Digital Collection (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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