Xu Yongchang

Xu Yongchang
Native name	Từ vĩnh xương
Born	December 15, 1885 Yuanping,Shanxi,Qing dynasty
Died	12 July 1959(1959-07-12)(aged 73) Taipei,Taiwan
Allegiance	Republic of China
Service/branch	National Revolutionary Army
Years of service	1909–1959
Rank	General
Unit	Shanxi clique
Commands	First War Zone
Battles/wars	Northern Expedition Central Plains War Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War
Awards	Order of Blue Sky and White Sun
Other work	government advisor

GeneralXu Yongchang(15 December 1885 – 12 July 1959) (Hsu Yung-chang;Chinese:Từ vĩnh xương;pinyin:Xú Yǒngchāng;Wade–Giles:Hsu²Yung³-ch'ang¹;style name: Cichen (Tzu-chen)) was the Minister of Board of Military Operations of theRepublic of Chinabetween December 22, 1948, and April 22, 1949, and the representative of theRepublic of Chinaon September 2, 1945, at the signing of theInstrument of Surrender of Japanthat endedWorld War II.

Xu Yongchang graduated from theBeijing Military Instituteand later became the General Commander of the 3rd Army underFeng Yuxiangand the 20th Route Jin Army underYan Xishan.He was the Chairman ofShanxiprovince at the time ofMukden Incident,and served in theNational Revolutionary Armyas the Chief Operations Supreme Staff.

Tokyo Bay, Japan -- Surrender of Japanese aboard USS "Missouri". Xu Yongchang, representing China, signs the instrument of surrender.Douglas MacArthur,Allied Supreme Commander, watches; another Chinese representative Wang Zhi (zh: Vương chi) observes as he stands with his back to the camera.

After theSecond Sino-Japanese War,he was the president of the Beijing Military Institute and the Minister of Defence. He represented China at theJapanese Instrument of Surrender.He went toTaiwanafter theChinese Civil War,served as a senior advisor to the Office of thePresidentand a member of Central Review Committee, and died in 1959.

Xu Yongchang's diary was published by theAcademia Sinica's Institute of Modern History in 1989.

See also

• History of the Republic of China
• Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

External links

• Pictures of the Instrument of Surrender of Japan
• The Generals of WWII
• https://www.nytimes.com/1959/07/13/archives/hsu-yung-chang-70-i-chinese-army-aidei.html