George Yeh

Chinese politician and diplomat (1904–1981)

葉公超

ROC Ambassador to the United StatesIn office
August 1958 – November 1961Preceded byHollington TongSucceeded byTsiang TingfuMinister of the Overseas Chinese Affairs CommissionIn office
19 May 1950 – 16 April 1952Preceded byDai KuishengSucceeded byZheng YanfenMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of ChinaIn office
1 October 1949 – 14 July 1958Preceded byHu ShihSucceeded byHuang Shao-ku Personal detailsBorn20 October 1904
Jiujiang (Kewkiang), Jiangxi, Great QingDied20 November 1981(1981-11-20) (aged 77)
Taipei, TaiwanNationalityRepublic of ChinaPolitical partyKuomintang

George Yeh

Traditional Chinese

葉公超

Simplified Chinese

叶公超

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yè Gōngchāo
Wade–Giles	Yeh Kung-ch'ao

George Kung-chao Yeh (1904–1981), also known as Yeh Kung-chao, was a diplomat and politician of the Republic of China. Educated in the U.S. and the U.K., he graduated from Amherst College in 1925^[1] and later Cambridge University. He taught English literature at Beijing's Tsinghua University, where his students included renowned 20th century Chinese writer Ch'ien Chung-shu.^[2] He was the first Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1949. During his tenure, he signed the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty in 1952 and the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty in 1954. He was ambassador to the United States from 1958 to 1961. In 1961, due to the admission of Mongolia to the United Nations, Yeh was removed from the position of ambassador and recalled to Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek. He then served as Minister without Portfolio.^[3]

References

^ "Amherst College Biographical Record, Centennial Edition (1821–1921)". Retrieved 9 May 2016.
^ Wen Yuan-ning, and others. Imperfect Understanding: Intimate Portraits of Modern Chinese Celebrities. Edited by Christopher Rea (Amherst, MA: Cambria Press, 2018), pp. 17–24, 153–55.
^ Waggoner, Walter H. (26 November 1981). "George K. C. Yeh, Taiwan Aide". New York Times. Retrieved 24 July 2014.