Mr. Hu, who is a Cantonese, has had a very interesting career. One of the staunchest supporters and, companions of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen, he first took an active part} in the Kuomintang as ce-editor of the "Ming Pao," the other editor being Dr. Wang Ching- He later went to Singapore, where he started another revolutionary paper known as the "Hsin Wen" and, when the revolution broke out in YELL, he was in Canton, Mr. ilu was made Tutuh of Kuangtung, but} Inter relinquished this post to. become chief secretary to Dr. Sun. When Dr. Sun resigned from the Provisional Presidency and went to} Canton, Mr. Hu accompanied him' and resumed the Tutuhship. 1918, he was appointed Pacification Commissioner of Tibet, which post, however, he did not take up.
During the second revolution, he took part in the campaign against the then President, Yuan Shih-kai, but was forced to take refuge abroad. Upon his return to Ch'na, ho served as Councillor and Chief Secretary to the Executive Council of the Military Government. Upon the overthrow of that Government, he came to Shanghai with Dr. Sun. but returned again to assist in the establishment of the Constitutional} Government. He was appointed Civil Governor of Kuangtung but} again was compelled to flee to Shanghai when Gen. Chen Chiung-overthrow Dr. Sun, Indeed, he narrowly escaped with his life. Later he again went to Canton, Where he was reinstated as Governor, Mr. Hu then became Minister ut Foreign Affairs but, owing to dissension in the party a result of Borodin's machinations, he was exiled to Russia. Upon his return, he proved himself a decided opponent of Communism and Red influence in China. He resumed the Foreign Ministership, which he later relinquished in favour of Dr. C. C. Wu, He fs a member of Executive Committee of the Kuomintang.
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