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Pu Xuefeng

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Pu Xue-feng
浦薛鳳
Personal details
Born1900
Changshu, Jiangsu, China
Died(1997-01-07)January 7, 1997
San Gabriel, California
OccupationPolitician, educator

Pu Xuefeng (Chinese: 浦薛鳳; 1900–1997),[1] also known as Dison Hsueh-Feng Poe, was a Chinese political scientist and administrator. Born in 1900 in Changshu, Suzhou, China,[2] he was educated at Tsinghua University in Beijing and Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he received a BA in 1923. He went on to graduate with a master's degree in political science from Harvard University. Subsequently, he taught at Tsinghua and other universities and entered government service with the Republic of China in 1938.[3] During World War II, he served in the Supreme National Defence Council.[4] He attended the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco in 1945 as a technical counselor for the Republic of China.[5] He retired to California and died in San Gabriel, California, in 1997.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Pu, Xuefeng (1900-1997) 浦, 薛凤 (1900-1997)". IdRef. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  2. ^ a b "Dison H.F.Poe; Chinese Educator, Author, Government Official". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. 1997-01-16. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  3. ^ "Chinese leader to speak here". The Gettysburg Times. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1945-02-24. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  4. ^ Weatherley, Robert. Making China Strong: The Role of Nationalism in Chinese Thinking on Democracy and Human Rights. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 106. doi:10.1057/9781137313614. ISBN 978-0-230-28461-6.
  5. ^ The United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, California, April 25 to June 26, 1945. Selected Documents. U.S. Government Publishing Office. 1946. p. 41. Retrieved 2024-01-02.