Wang Geng

Wang Geng

Wang Geng (1895-1942), a general of the Kuomintang army, was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. He graduated from Tsinghua University, then studied in the United States, went to the University of Michigan, Columbia University and Princeton University, and then went to West Point Military Academy. He graduated and returned to China in 1918 and worked in the Army Department of Beijing government.

Profile

He was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province on May 15, 1895. He was an official's son. After his family declined, he worked hard to study. He received early Chinese education at anding middle school in Beijing and Tsinghua School in the United States. Because of his outstanding academic achievements and strong Chinese traditional temperament, he was selected to send all his money to the United States for further education.

Overseas Study

After graduating from Tsinghua University in 1911, he went to the United States to study. He first studied at the University of Michigan for a year. He entered Columbia in his second year, and Princeton in his third and fourth years. He studied history and politics. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1915 with outstanding results, ranking 14th (116 liberal arts students in total). In 1915, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University. In the same year, he was interviewed by the US Military Academy at West Point, where he went to receive higher education in the US Army. With the famous American General Eisenhower.

Return home

In June 1918, he returned to China after graduating in the 10th place and worked in the Beiyang army.

Military career

In 1918, when Lu Zhengxiang was at the Paris peace conference, he needed the help of military experts studying abroad to fight for China's rights. Wang Geng became a military officer of the Chinese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference and a foreign language translator of the Ministry of foreign affairs. During this period, I met Liang Qichao, who called for China's rights and interests around the Paris peace conference, and became a student of Liang Qichao.

In the autumn of 1918, he was a member of the aviation administration.

In 1920, he was a colonel in the army.

He married Lu Xiaoman in 1922.

In 1923, he served as deputy commander of the road protection army of the Ministry of communications, and was promoted to major general of the army in the same year.

At the end of 1924, he served as the director of Harbin Police Department. He also served as the chief of staff of the joint forces headquarters of the five provinces, the former artillery commander of the enemy, the armored vehicle commander and so on.

She divorced Lu Xiaoman in September 1925.

In 1931, when Song Ziwen was Minister of finance, he was the second Chief of the "tax police corps" and the rank of lieutenant general.

During the "128" Shanghai defense war in the spring of 1932, he entered the hands of the Japanese by mistake and caused a great disturbance. He was falsely accused of being a "spy". He was released and immediately dismissed.

From 1933 to 1940, he went to Germany and other places.

I have been to Yunnan since 1940.

Death of illness

In 1942, he was appointed as a member of the military delegation to the United States. Wang Geng died in Cairo, Egypt, on his way out on business. He was 48 years old. After his death, Wang Geng was buried in the cemetery of the North African allies in Cairo.

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