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Wu Chaoshu
Wu Chaoshu
Traditional Chinese	伍朝樞
Simplified Chinese	伍朝枢
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wǔ Cháoshū
Wade–Giles	Wu3 Ch'ao2-shu1
IPA	[ù ʈʂʰǎʊʂú]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Ng Chiùhsyū
IPA	[ŋ tsʰiw˩sy˥]

Wu Chaoshu
Wu Chaoshu
	Autochrome by Georges Chevalier, 1928
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 1918–1923
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 1923–1924
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Huang Fu
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 1927–1928
Preceded by	?
Succeeded by	Wang Zhengting
Minister to the United States
	In office; 1928–1931
Preceded by	Alfred Sao-ke Sze
Succeeded by	Yan Huiqing
Chinese Representative to the League of Nations
	In office; 1929–1930
Preceded by	Alfred Sao-ke Sze
Succeeded by	Yan Huiqing
Personal details
Born	23 May 1887; Tianjin, China
Died	3 January 1934 (aged 46); Republic of China
Relations	Sir Kai Ho (uncle)
Parents	Wu Tingfang (father); Ho Miu-ling (mother);
Alma mater	University of London

Wu Chaoshu (simplified Chinese: 伍朝枢; traditional Chinese: 伍朝樞; Wade–Giles: Wu Ch'ao-shu; 23 May 1887 – 3 January 1934), also known as C.C. Wu, was Foreign Minister of the Republic of China in 1927–28, and was Minister to the United States from 1928 to 1931. He was the son of former Minister to the United States Wu Tingfang and philanthropist Ho Miu-ling.^[1]

Wu was born in Tianjin. He went to Atlantic City High School and was valedictorian there in 1904.^[2] He graduated from the University of London in 1911.^[1] He was elected a member of the Chinese parliament in 1913.^[2] In 1917, he joined Sun Yatsen's Constitution Protection Movement, and in 1918 was made Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs. He remained in this post until 1923, despite Sun's exile and subsequent return.^[1] In 1919 he was China's chief delegate to the Versailles Peace Conference.^[2] In March 1923, Wu became Foreign Affairs Minister in Sun's government-in-exile. He became Foreign Minister of the Republic of China under Chiang Kai-shek in 1927. He then served as Minister to the United States from 1928 to 1931, and Representative to the League of Nations in 1929–30.^[1] He was the delegate to The Hague Conference for the Modification of International Law in 1930. He resigned as Minister to the United States in 1931 as a protest against the supply of arms to the Nanjing government against the rival Cantonese government.^[2]

Wu married Pao Fang-ho, and the couple had eight children.^[2] Wu's grandson is US federal judge George H. Wu.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Saich, Tony (1991). The Origins of the First United Front in China: The Role of Sneevliet, Volume 1. BRILL. p. 222. ISBN 978-90-04-09173-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Dr. C.C. Wu Dead; Chinese Diplomet". The New York Times. 3 January 1934. p. 19. Retrieved 24 November 2017.