Yin Ju-keng

Yin Ju-keng 殷汝耕
Chairman of the East Hebei Autonomous Council
In office November 1935 – August 1937
Personal details
Born	1885 Wenzhou , Zhejiang Province, Empire of China
Died	December 1, 1947 Nanjing, Republic of China

Yin Ju-keng; (Chinese: 殷汝耕; pinyin: Yin Rugeng; Wade-Giles: Yin Ju-keng; Hepburn: In Jyokou, 1885 - December 1, 1947) was a politician in the early Republic of China, later noted for his role as in the collaborationist Provisional Government of the Republic of China and Nanjing Nationalist Government during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Yin was a native of Pingyang County in Zhejiang province. In 1902, he was dispatched by his wealthy father to Japan, where he studied Japanese language and enrolled at the Tokyo No.1 High School, a preparatory school for Tokyo Imperial University in 1905. The following year, he enrolled in the No.7 Military Preparatory School. During his stay in Japan, he became an active member of the Tongmenghui movement to overthrown the Qing Dynasty, and also married a Japanese woman. Per the orders of Tongmenghui leader Huang Xing, he returned to China to oversee revolutionary activities in Hubei province. After the Republic of China had been established, he joined the Kuomintang. After participating in the 2nd Kuomintang party conference in 1913, he decided to return to Japan to complete his studies at Waseda University, where he majored in law. He returned to China in 1916, entering into service with the Beiyang Government, helping establish the Bank of China and playing an active role in opposing the Constitutional Protection Movement. After the Zhili–Anhui War, he fled briefly back to Japan. On his return to China, he found the country rapidly dissolving into warlordism. Yin went into the service of Fengtian clique General Guo Songling, and was assigned charge of foreign affairs. However, Guo was killed months later in a revolt against Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin, and Yin again sought refuge on Japanese territory.

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