Guo taiqi's life

1902, Guo taiqi was admitted to Wuchang south road senior primary school, a new school founded by Zhang Zhidong. Because of his brilliant talents and excellent grades, he was selected to study in the United States in 1904, and completed his middle school and university education, and finally obtained a doctorate in political science. 191/kloc-0 returned to China in 19 12, shortly after the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911, and was recommended as the diplomatic chief of Hubei military government to start his diplomatic career. Subsequently, he joined the Kuomintang under the introduction of Wang Shijie. Li Presidential Palace English Secretary, Consultant, Counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During this period, Guo Taiqi had a close relationship with former Foreign Minister Wu. Wu appreciated Guo Taiqi's ability and talent very much, and left a lot of practical diplomatic affairs to his sons Wu Chaoshu and Guo Taiqi, which laid the foundation for his future foothold in the diplomatic field. 19 17 After the restoration, Wu led Guo Taiqi south to Guangzhou to participate in the national defense movement organized by Sun Yat-sen and served as the counselor and foreign minister of the national defense military government. After the failure of the first campaign to protect France, Guo Taiqi followed Sun Yat-sen and Wu to reorganize the military government from Shanghai to Guangzhou again.

19 18, Guo taiqi visited the United States in order to win the support of the United States for the Guangzhou law enforcement military government, but the United States did not give substantive help afterwards. 19 19, he participated in the Paris Peace Conference, but due to some reasons, he only became a special member of the China delegation of the Paris Peace Conference. Although he did not argue as a formal representative like Wang, he was also one of the special members who strongly discouraged the delegation from signing a peace treaty. 1924, students from the National Wuchang University of Commerce expelled the former president, and Guo Taiqi, a prestigious Hubei native, was elected as the new president. However, Guo Taiqi did not miss much in the field of education, and soon set foot in diplomacy.

1927 In March, Chen Youren, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the National Government, sent Guo Taiqi to Shanghai to learn about Chiang Kai-shek's other government. After Guo Taiqi arrived in Shanghai, he joined Chiang Kai-shek's shogunate and helped Chiang Kai-shek negotiate with foreigners. After the confluence of the Han Dynasty in Nanjing, Wu Chaoshu was appointed Foreign Minister of Nanjing National Government, and Guo Taiqi was appointed Vice Foreign Minister and Shanghai negotiator. However, in February 1928, Chiang Kai-shek, who regained power, was dismissed from his post as a party, government and army. 1929, after Guo Taiqi fell from power, he got together with Wang Jingwei, whom he met during his tenure in Guangzhou, and became one of the top leaders of Wang Department. 1930, the Central Plains War broke out. On behalf of Wang Jingwei and Chen Gongbo, he persuaded Zhang Xueliang to oppose Chiang Kai-shek. However, Zhang Xueliang weighed the gains and losses, electrified Chiang Kai-shek and sent troops into the customs, which made Wang Jingwei and others' schemes fail. 193 1 year, Guo taiqi participated in the anti-Chiang government organized by Wang Jingwei, Tang and others.

After the September 18th Incident, the political situation in China changed, and Wang Jiang compromised with Wang Jingwei and became prime minister. 1932 After the 28 th Incident, Guo Taiqi participated in the Sino-Japanese armistice negotiations as the chief representative of China, and the two sides reached the Songhu Armistice Agreement. As the agreement recognized Shanghai as an unarmed zone, China could not station troops, which seriously violated China's sovereignty. On May 3, dozens of representatives of patriotic organizations in Shanghai flooded into Guo Taiqi's residence to ask questions. At an emotional moment, someone threw the silver dollar and cup prepared on the table at Guo Taiwei. Guo couldn't dodge, and his forehead was injured by the silver dollar and he was taken to the hospital for treatment. 1932, Guo was appointed as the chief representative of China to the League of Nations and British minister. From September 1932 to April 194 1, Guo Taiqi's diplomatic career was brilliant. He galloped in the forum of the League of Nations, galloped in the land of England, and wrote an indelible mark in the history of China's diplomacy.

Fully expose the facts of Japan's invasion of China and turn the League of Nations into a forum for China to accuse Japan. From 1932 to 1933, Guo Taiqi, Gu Weijun, Yan Huiqing and others fought for the adoption of a resolution condemning Japanese actions by the League of Nations. 1In September, 934, Guo Taiqi delivered a long speech at the 15th Congress of the League of Nations, demanding that the League of Nations face up to the China issue and oppose any recognition of the puppet Manchukuo regime. 1935, 1936, Guo Taiqi and others lobbied around to try to restore China's status as a non-permanent member of the League of Nations. 1937 after the lugouqiao incident, Guo taiqi contacted all countries at the first time, hoping that the league of nations would sanction Japan, but failed. As a result, he completely lost confidence in the League of Nations.

Oppose Britain's appeasement policy towards Japan, and push Britain to open the Burma Road, the military supply line of China. Compromise was the main feature of British policy towards Japan in 1930s. 1938 "Britain-Japan tariff agreement" was signed and 1939 "Youtian-clichy agreement" was issued, which was the result of British appeasement policy towards Japan. 1940, Britain ordered the closure of the Burma Road, and Guo Taiqi was very angry. He protested against Britain in the name of the government: for eight years, he devoted himself to promoting the friendship between China and Britain, so he always reported to my government that Britain has always attached importance to morality and will never fail me. This time, the British handled it, which made Kei regret more than anger. After that, I met with the British Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Deputy Foreign Minister and others. At first, it solved the transportation problem of drugs and emergency vehicles, and then three months later, it pressured to lift the gasoline embargo and open the Yunnan-Myanmar highway. Guo Taiqi even used the indisputable fact that Japan raided British expatriates in China to teach the harm of British appeasement to Japan. Thanks to Guo Taiqi's efforts, Britain finally terminated the agreement to close the Burma Road, and China's military supply route through the Burma Road was unblocked again.

Seek British support and assistance for China's war of resistance in various ways, and strive for the understanding and sympathy of the British people. During his tenure, through Guo Taiqi's efforts, China received British aid to China totaling180,000 pounds, equivalent to $72 million, which provided important material guarantee for China's war of resistance. In order to make the British people care about China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he did not stick to the small circle of professional diplomats, extensively carried out public diplomacy, made full use of the opportunity of meeting with British people and officials to deliver various speeches, publicized China's construction achievements and anti-Japanese spirit, and established the heroic image of China people among the British people, thus winning him the reputation of an excellent speaker.

1935 In May, the diplomatic relations between China and Britain were upgraded to ambassadorial level, and Guo Taiqi was appointed as the first ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of China to Britain. At the beginning of 1938, Oxford University awarded Guo Taiqi an honorary doctorate in law and highly praised his diplomatic achievements in Britain. Guo Taiqi is the first China person to receive this honor as an ambassador. 194 1 in April, Guo taiqi was appointed as foreign minister, which immediately caused a sensation in Britain, and all kinds of letters, telegrams and congratulatory messages rained in. Commenting on Guo Taiqi's work in Britain, the British Times reporter said: Guo firmly and peacefully represented the country during his tenure as ambassador to Britain ... Guo completed arduous tasks during his tenure and was respected by all parties. On April 17, Guo Taiqi left Britain to return to his post. After serving as Foreign Minister of the National Government, Guo Taiqi's political career seems to be in full swing. He never imagined that his job was removed in June 5438+February of that year, just like a gorgeous movement suddenly came to an abrupt end at the climax.

Guo Taiqi was dismissed because of his disorderly life. 19411On February 22nd, Chongqing Ta Kung Pao published a commentary entitled "Supporting Ming Xiu's Political Case", pointing out that a minister had several residences in Chongqing and finally bought a mansion with 650,000 yuan of public funds. ..... In addition, I heard that this gentleman had a private affair, so I couldn't help revealing it. A minister committed the above-mentioned indiscretion against Guo Taiqi in private, referring to Guo Taiqi having an affair with a woman after returning to China. It is said that Guo Taiqi and a woman are inseparable, and they go out in public and cause widespread concern. Guo Taiqi was dismissed from office and there was a joke that a kiss was lost.

However, it is rare in the national government to dismiss such a senior official just because of his personal life. Some researchers believe that the fundamental reason is that Guo Taiqi followed Wang Jingwei to openly oppose Chiang Kai-shek in his early years, and Chiang Kai-shek asked him to be a foreign minister because of the struggle of different political forces. Guo Taiqi has been abroad all the year round, and his cruel underestimation of domestic political struggle is also one of the reasons why he was caught.

After Guo Taiqi was removed from the post of foreign minister, Chiang Kai-shek gave him a false name as the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Supreme National Defense Conference. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Guo Taiqi was sent to the United States as the chief representative of China to the United Nations General Assembly on the recommendation of American special envoys Marshall and Wang Shijie. At this time, Guo Taiqi learned the lessons from the past, lived a very cautious life in new york, scrimped and saved, and always paid attention to his private life. 1946 In February, Guo Taiqi was appointed as the first chief permanent representative of China to the United Nations and permanent representative to the Security Council. According to the alphabetical order of country names, Guo Taiqi represented the government of China as the first president of the first session of the Security Council. Guo Taiqi used his experience in the League of Nations to preside over the meeting in an orderly and decent way, and won many reputations for China during his presidency.

1One day in April, 947, Guo Taiqi suffered a heart attack on the way from her apartment to the delegation office and was immediately taken to new york Presbyterian Hospital. At this point, he began to struggle with the disease. 1947 65438+In February, Guo Taiqi was appointed as the ambassador to Brazil, and he declined on the grounds that the weather in Brazil was not suitable for rest. After that, he retired from the United States until 1952 died of illness on February 29, at the age of 64.