On September 2, 1945, the Japanese surrender ceremony was held aboard the USS Missouri, a U.S. warship stationed in Tokyo Bay, Japan, with representatives from the world's allied powers and a delegation from the Chinese Nationalist Government. The Chinese delegation, headed by Xu Yongchang and five representatives from military backgrounds, witnessed this important historical moment.
In addition, a number of Chinese journalists boarded the USS Missouri to record this well-known historical moment and spread it throughout China through the media.
Zhu Qiping (1915-1993)
Zhu Qiping, formerly known as Zhu Xianglin, was born in Shanghai, Haiyan, Zhejiang, studied at Nanjing Jinling Middle School as a teenager, and was admitted to the pre-medical department of Yenching University in Beiping after graduation. After the outbreak of the 129 Movement, Zhu Qiping decided to give up his career as a doctor and pursue a journalism major, and after the July 7 Incident, Zhu Qiping went south to Fudan University.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zhu Qiping went to Chongqing, where he served in the New Shu Bao and the National Gazette, and in 1940, Zhu Qiping became a reporter for the Ta Kung Pao. In 1944, Zhu Qiping was assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet as a reporter accompanying the army.
On September 2, 1945, Zhu Qiping boarded the battleship Missouri as a correspondent of the Ta Kung Pao in the Pacific Theater and witnessed the whole process of the surrender ceremony. His long-form newsletter "Sunset" published to this end has a great influence on society and has been called the "masterpiece" of the communication works of the Japanese surrender ceremony.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhu Qiping was appointed as a special correspondent in the United States and a correspondent to the United Nations. In 1949, he did not follow in the footsteps of his brothers to Taiwan, but stayed in the mainland. After the founding of New China, Zhu Qiping participated in the founding of the "English Reference News", once participated in the condolence mission to the DPRK, and was later appointed as a correspondent of the Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao in Beijing.
Later, Zhu Qiping was once affected, and was rehabilitated in 1979, and in 1990, Zhu Qiping moved to the United States and died in 1993.
Li Xiushi (1914-2007)
Li Xiushi, a native of Nanhai City, Guangdong Province, his grandfather once went to the United States to make a living, and after returning to China, he opened a photo studio, so his family was still quite solid.
In 1931, Li Xiushi was admitted to Yenching University, where he studied medicine, and a year later, he transferred to the School of Journalism. During his time at the school, he was deeply influenced by the famous teachers in the School of Journalism, and after graduation, Li Xiushi returned to Guangzhou, first working in the Guangzhou English Daily.
After the July 7 Incident, Li Xiushi went to Hong Kong and worked as a reporter for the Hong Kong branch of the "Shi Li Evening News" and the United Press International News Agency, during which time he reported a lot of information about the War of Resistance Against Japan. After Hong Kong was occupied by Japan, Lai returned to Guangdong again, and later went to Guilin to serve as the editor of the Guilin edition of the Ta Kung Pao.
After the fall of Guangxi, Li Xiushi was arranged to go to Burma as a war correspondent, and then he traveled to the Indian Ocean, Pacific and other theaters to cover the Allied forces fighting the Japanese army. On September 2, 1945, As a reporter for the Ta Kung Pao, Li Xiushi boarded the battleship "Missouri" and witnessed the whole process of the surrender ceremony.
In 1950, Li Xiushi returned to China from Britain, and he successively served in Guangzhou Peizheng Middle School, the Central Broadcasting Bureau, the Central People's Radio, the Beijing Broadcasting Institute, and the School of Foreign Languages of Sun Yat-sen University, and retired in 1986. In 2007, Li Xiushi died of illness in Guangzhou.
Zeng Enbo
Zeng Enbo, a guangdong mingren, studied journalism at Yenching University in his early years, and after graduating in 1929, he worked as a reporter for Hong Kong's "Sino-Foreign New Daily" and "South China Morning Post".
After 1941, Zeng Enbo entered the English department of the Chongqing Central News Agency, and in 1943 he was appointed director of the Central News Agency's Tokyo bureau. On September 2, 1945, Zeng Enbo boarded the battleship "Missouri" as a reporter for the Central News Agency and witnessed the whole process of the surrender ceremony. There was only one transmitter on board the warship at the time, and by casting lots, he became the first reporter to send a news telegram on the USS Missouri.
After 1952, Zeng Enbo went to Taiwan and served as the director of the English department of Taiwan's "Central News Agency", deputy editor-in-chief and reporter of the New York Times, director of the Western European Bureau, Hong Kong Bureau, chairman of the Hong Kong Times, and other specific deeds are unknown.
Chen Bosheng (1891-1957)
Chen Bosheng, a native of Min County, Fujian Province (present-day Fuzhou City), went to Japan to study at Waseda University in his early years. While in Japan, he became friends with Li Dazhao. In 1916, Chen Bosheng returned to China and entered the Morning Post.
In 1918, as the commissioner of the Morning Post, Chen Bosheng was sent to Japan for a visit. In 1919, Chen Bosheng returned to China and actively propagated Marxism to China under the pseudonym "Yuanquan". In 1920, he was stationed in England as a commissioner for the Morning Post, the first correspondent of the Chinese press in Europe.
In 1922, Chen Bosheng returned to China, and in 1924, he was wanted for attacking Feng Yuxiang's department. In 1928, after the "Morning Post" was discontinued, he went to the northeast and served as the chief writer of the "People's Speech Newspaper", and because of Zhang Xueliang's appreciation, he also served as an adviser to the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Northeast Border Defense Army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Bosheng served as the editor-in-chief of the Central News Agency and the president and chief writer of the Central Daily (Chongqing edition). On September 2, 1945, as a representative of the Central News Agency, he witnessed the whole process of the surrender ceremony of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. After 1949, he went to Taiwan. In 1957, Chen Bosheng died in Taiwan.
Song Dehe (1911-1969)
Song Dehe, originally from Guangdong, was born in Hawaii, usa, graduated from the journalism department of Yenching University, and then went to the United States to study, studied at the School of Journalism of the University of Missouri, obtained a master's degree in literature, and worked as a reporter and photographer for The New York Times in China.
In 1939, Song Dehe joined the Central News Agency and became an English editor. He was then sent to Burma, India and the Pacific Theater, becoming one of China's first war correspondents. On September 2, 1945, as a representative of the Central News Agency, he witnessed the entire process of the surrender ceremony of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Song Dehe was appointed director of the Tokyo branch of the Central News Agency. In 1950, Song dehe resigned and founded the Pan Asia News Agency with alumni. In 1969, Song Dehe died in Hong Kong.
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