Zheng Xiaoxu
| Zheng Xiaoxu 鄭孝胥 |
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| Prime Minister of Manchukuo | |
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In office 9 March 1932 – May 1935 |
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| Monarch | Puyi |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Jinghui |
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| Born |
2 April 1860 Suzhou, Jiangsu, China |
| Died | 28 March 1938 (aged 77) Hsinking, Manchukuo |
| Political party | Concordia Association |
Zheng Xiaoxu (Cheng Hsiao-hsu; simplified Chinese: 郑孝胥; traditional Chinese: 鄭孝胥; pinyin: Zhèng Xiàoxū; Wade–Giles: Cheng4 Hsiao4-hsu1; Hepburn: Tei Kōsho) (2 April 1860 – 28 March 1938) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat and calligrapher.
Although Zheng traced his ancestral roots to Minhou, a small town near Fuzhou, he was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu. In 1882, he obtained the intermediate degree in the imperial examinations, and three years later he joined the secretariat of the prominent statesman Li Hongzhang. In 1891, he was appointed secretary to the Chinese legation in Tokyo, and in the following years he performed consular duties at the Chinese consulates in Tsukiji, Osaka and Kobe respectively. During his tenure in Kobe, he worked closely with the Chinese community and played an instrumental part in establishing the Chinese guild (Zhōnghuá huìguǎn 中華會館) there. In Japan, Zheng also interacted with a number of influential politicians and scholars, such as Itō Hirobumi, Mutsu Munemitsu and Naitō Torajirō.
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