Chengting T. Wang
Chengting T. Wang, also known as Wang Zhengting, studied at Peiyang, Michigan, and Yale and worked with the YMCA in Japan. Alongside his diplomatic career, he helped organize Chinese sport, led the Far Eastern Athletic Association, and served for decades on the International Olympic Committee. He represented China at the Paris Peace Conference before later becoming ambassador to the United States. 1
In September 1937, with war spreading in China, Wang met Secretary of State Cordell Hull to discuss the bombing of Chinese civilians and the possible consequences of a League of Nations finding against Japan. He sought clarification on whether such a finding would force the United States to apply its neutrality legislation and also raised a proposed conference of Pacific powers. 2
Washington Appointments
- China — Ambassador, 1937–1938
Sources
- Wang Zhengting
Biography and errata
- Memorandum by the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)
FRUS 1937, vol. IV, document 35
- U.S. Department of State: Chinese diplomatic representation
Appointment and credentials chronology; its modern page heading does not identify the government represented by every historical entry.
- Chengting T. Wang — mission record (1937–1938)
- Republic of China blue-sky, white-sun and red-field flag
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.
- Office of the Historian: recognition and relations with China
Separates government representation, U.S. recognition, and the 1979 change in diplomatic relations.
Biography checked 2026-10-28.
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