Chang Yin-wu (Chinese: 張蔭梧; pinyin: Zhāng Yìnwú); 1891 – May 27, 1949), or Chang Yen-wu,[1] was a Kuomintang educator and politician of the Republic of China. He was born in Baoding, Hebei. He was a graduate of the Baoding Military Academy. He was the 17th Republican mayor of Peiping (now Beijing). After the capture of Beijing by the forces of the Chinese Communist Party, he was arrested by the People's Liberation Army in February 1949 and jailed. He died three months later in prison.[citation needed]

Chang Yin-wu
張蔭梧
Personal details
Born1891
Pao-ting (now Baoding), Chih-li (now Hebei), Qing dynasty
Died27 May 1949 (aged 57–58)
Beiping, People's Republic of China
Nationality Republic of China
Political partyKuomintang
OccupationPolitician
Chang Yin-wu
Traditional Chinese張蔭梧
Simplified Chinese张荫梧
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Yìnwú
Wade–GilesChang1 Yin4-wu2
Preceded by
He Qigong
Mayor of Beijing
1929–1931
Succeeded by
Wang Tao

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  1. ^ "CHINA: In Peiping". Time. 1930-02-24. Retrieved 2023-06-25. - Also in: Briton Hadden; Henry Robinson Luce, eds. (1930). Time. Vol. 15. p. RA8-PA24.

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