Yu Tsune-chi (simplified Chinese: 于焌吉; traditional Chinese: 於焌吉; pinyin: Yú Jùnjí; Wade–Giles: Yu Tsune-chi; 1899 – February 25, 1968), also known as James T. C. Yu,[1] was a Chinese diplomat. He served as the Chinese Ambassador to Italy and Spain.[2]
Biography
editYu was born in Zhili province in 1899. He graduated from Tianjin Nankai High School in 1918 and earned his Ph.B. and B.S. from Denison University in 1921. He then received his A.B. and M.A. from Columbia University in 1922.[3] He also has a Sc.M. and Sc.D. from New York University, and a Ph.D. from Columbia.[1][2] He then studied at the London School of Economics as a fellow, doing research in international law.
After returning to China, Yu joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China and served in the Wuhan and Nanjing Nationalist Governments. He also held posts in the Central Headquarters of the Kuomintang and the Judicial Yuan from 1928 to 1929.
Yu was made Consul General of the ROC at Havana in 1930, and Consul General at San Francisco in 1931. He was appointed First Secretary of the Chinese Legation at Washington, D.C. in 1931, before returning to Havana as Consul General and served in that role until 1935. He subsequently served as Consul General at New York City until 1945.[4][5] He took part in the United Nations Conference on International Organization in 1945 as Assistant Secretary General of the Chinese Delegation.[6]
In 1946, Yu was appointed Chinese Ambassador to Italy, serving in that role until 1966.[7] He also concurrently served as Ambassador to Spain and alternate Chinese delegate to the United Nations and delegate to the International Labor Conference.[8][9] Yu died in Taipei in 1968.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Who's who in China; biographies of Chinese leaders (5th ed.). Shanghai China Weekly Review. 1936. p. 284.
- ^ a b University, Denison. "Yu Tsune-chi". Denison University Alumni. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1955). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
- ^ Burckel, Christian E. (1951). Who's who in the United Nations. C.E. Burckel and Associates.
- ^ "Chinese Ambassador and Consul General Autograph Mural at the Jewish Hospital". The New York Times. 1943-09-26. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ The United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, California, April 25 to June 26, 1945: Selected Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1946.
- ^ "穹宇涉獵》于焌吉大使最後的歲月留給我們的啟示 - umedia 優傳媒". umedia.world. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ "Taiwan Today". taiwantoday.tw. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) (1953-10-01). "Documents: Treaty of Amity Between the Republic of China and Spain Address Given by Dr. Tingfu T. F. Tsiang, at the Chiang Kai-shek Observance Day Banquet Held in Monroe, Louisiana, 26 June 1953/Sta". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ 文釗 (2021-09-01). 穹宇涉獵: 旅途．人生．散記（穹宇涉獵三部曲01） (in Chinese). Chung Sheng Cultural Publishing Company. ISBN 978-986-5573-20-1.