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Zheng Xiaoxu

1860–1938 · 20th century

Zheng Xiaoxu was a Chinese official, poet and calligrapher who served the Qing dynasty and remained loyal to the deposed emperor Puyi after 1912. He helped bring Puyi to Manchuria and became the first prime minister of Manchukuo in 1932. He resigned in 1935 after clashing with the Japanese authorities, who held real power, and died in 1938.

Zheng Xiaoxu
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