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May 01, 1881 Chaisang District, Jiangxi, China Died on 03 May 1928 (aged 47)
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About Cai Gongshi
- Cai Gongshi (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Cài Gongshí; Wade–Giles: Tsai Gongshi; May 1, 1881 - May 3, 1928) was a Chinese nationalist politician and diplomat.
- Born in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, Cai studied economics and politics at Imperial University in Tokyo, Japan, earning a master's degree.
- Upon his return to China, he joined Sun Yat-sen's Kuomintang (KMT), and later served in various roles in the Chinese nationalist government.
- In 1927, he was appointed Superintendent of Customs and Commissioner of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing.
- On 1 May 1928, he was appointed Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for Shandong province, and was tasked with negotiating for Japanese withdrawal from the province.
- He was subsequently killed on 3 May by Japanese soldiers during the Jinan incident.
- According to Chinese sources, the Japanese soldiers broke his leg, smashed his teeth, cut out his tongue, and shot him.
- 16 other members of his negotiation team were also mutilated and killed on the same day.
