Xu Liang

He was an important politician during the pro-Japanese collaborationist Nanjing Nationalist Government, serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the ambassador to Japan.

In the Nationalist Government era, he became a member of the Legation staff to the United States and an officer in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

[citation needed] When the Wang Jingwei regime was established in March 1940, Xu Liang also participated in it.

[citation needed] After the Wang Jingwei regime had collapsed, Xu Liang was arrested by Chiang Kai-shek's government.

[2] In July 1951 Xu Liang was sentenced to death by the Tianjin authorities[3] and executed at Ningjin County, Hebei in the same year.