BRILLIANT CAREER

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 171, 22 July 1941, Page 6

BRILLIANT CAREER

CHINESE MINISTER POST IN AUSTRALIA (0.C.) SYDNEY, July 16. China has inaugurated her diplomatic relations with Australia by appointing as her first Minister here no less than her Vice-Minister of Foreign Affiairs, Dr. Hsu-mo. The Chinese Consul-General, Dr. Pao, when the appointment was announced, said Dr. Hsu had a charming personality and gave particulars of his career. He graduated in law at Tientsin in 1916 and obtained the Master of Laws degree at George Washington University, Washington, in 1921. In 1922 he was appointed professor of law and political science at Nankai University, Tientsin, and was also Dean of the Arts Faculty. Four years later he was admitted to the Chinese Bar Association and was also managing editor of the "Social Welfare Daily." Later he served as an attache to the Chinese Legation at Washington, and was secretary of the Chinese delegation to the Washington Conference. In 1927 at the age of 34 he was appointed a judge of the Shanghai Provincial Court. Later the same year he became president of the District Court at Chingkiang. Since 1932 he has been Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs. Australia's Minister to China, who was announced before Dr. Hsu, is Sir Frederic Eggleston, a Victorian, who has been out of politics for a long time, but is well known as an authority on Pacific affairs, and has attended several Pacific conferences. He is a student of Chinese history and culture.