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Yin Rugeng

1885–1947 · 20th century · Also known as Yin Ju-keng

Yin Rugeng was a Chinese official, educated in Japan, who in November 1935 declared eastern Hebei autonomous from the Nationalist government and headed the Japanese-backed East Hebei Autonomous Government at Tongzhou. The regime ended after the Tongzhou mutiny of 1937 and was merged into a larger Japanese client government. After the war he was tried as a collaborator and executed in 1947.

Yin Rugeng
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East Hebei Autonomous Government

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