{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["china-5f0f1548392597"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/hawkling-yen-8e42ab1437/","countrySlug":"china","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/hawkling-yen-8e42ab1437/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Hawkling Yen, also known as Yen Hao-ling, taught at St. John’s and Fudan before studying political science at Columbia. His doctoral dissertation examined constitutional development in China. On returning in 1911, he entered the foreign ministry and later served as foreign affairs commissioner in Zhejiang and as a ministry secretary.","Yen’s work extended across diplomacy, education, and economic administration. He served as a technical delegate at the Paris Peace Conference, briefly administered Tsinghua College in 1920, and worked as deputy chief secretary and a technical expert for China’s delegation to the Washington Conference. Later assignments included preparations for a special tariff conference and the financial reorganization commission. He also edited the Chinese Social and Political Science Review and served briefly as vice minister of agriculture and commerce."],"id":"china:hawkling yen","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-8e42ab1437974221e0ce.html","name":"Hawkling Yen","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["who-yen"],["who-yen"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-8e42ab1437974221e0ce.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"04b0244ad4524a8b","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1925","id":"who-yen","locator":"Entry headed Dr. Hawkling L. Yen","publisher":"The China Weekly Review (transcription at Wikisource)","title":"Who's Who in China, third edition: Yen Hao-ling","type":"primary-record","url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Who's_Who_in_China_(3rd_edition)/Yen_Hao-ling"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"2026-10-26","id":"mission-c3b3f6b01fc75ebfe9b0","locator":"Appointment and credentials chronology; its modern page heading does not identify the government represented by every historical entry.","publisher":"","title":"U.S. Department of State: Chinese diplomatic representation","type":"Mission record","url":"https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/91588.htm"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"2026-10-26","id":"mission-43a301dbb56e9082f46f","locator":"Nationalist-government representation, including the R.O.C. embassy after 1949 through the end of 1978. The P.R.C. flag does not apply to these appointments.","publisher":"","title":"Republic of China blue-sky, white-sun and red-field flag","type":"Mission record","url":"https://english.president.gov.tw/Page/96"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"2026-10-26","id":"mission-0d67afec1359e1f0d972","locator":"Separates government representation, U.S. recognition, and the 1979 change in diplomatic relations.","publisher":"","title":"Office of the Historian: recognition and relations with China","type":"Mission record","url":"https://history.state.gov/countries/china"}],"topics":["constitutional-history","Paris-Peace-Conference","Washington-Conference"]},"schemaVersion":1}