Introduction
Fu Bingchang (Chinese: 傅秉常; 1895-1965, aged 70; known as Foo Ping-sheung) was a diplomat and politician in the early Republic of China and later in Taiwan.
Fu was born to a comfortably well off family in Foshan, Guangdong. At the age of ten, he was sent to St. Stephen’s College in Hong Kong, and then trained as a civil engineer at Hong Kong University.
Politics
Fu quickly turned to political service for his uncle by marriage, Wu Tingfang, then was an attache for the Canton Delegation of the Paris Peace Conference. He became secretary to Sun Yatsen, an experience which led to his becoming Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government 1927. As a prominent member of the Prince’s Clique (Taizi pai), a political network headed by Sun Ke, the son of Sun Yatsen, Fu held various positions in the Foreign Ministry, then became a member of the Central Executive Committee in 1935. He was Republic of China's Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. from 1943 to 1949.
Semi retirement and later years
Fu retired to Paris and lived there from 1949 to 1956. Fu then returned to work for Chiang Kai-shek as President of the Anti-Corruption Board and Vice President of the Judicial Yuan in Taiwan until 1965. Fu died in Taiwan in 1965.
For much of his life, Fu was an avid amateur photographer. His informal photos of leading politicians and their families are now collected and available online.