Oral history interview with Liu Jingshan, 1965

Biographical Note

Liu Jingshan was born in Tianjin as a Muslim. He witnessed the Boxer Uprising as a youth. He studied abroad at the University of Pennsylvania from 1904 to 1909. He served 5 years in the Customs Services. He became an administrator in the Ministry of Transportation in 1913 and later became the Assistant Director of the China Eastern Railway in 1920. During the Sino-Japanese War, he directed purchasing mission in the U.S.. After the collapse of the KMT in mainland, he worked in the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong analysing intelligence about the PRC. In 1954, he was the head of China Handicraft Center in Taiwan

Scope and Contents

In this interview, Liu discusses his education, his knowledge on the China Eastern Railway, and his career that was affected by the civil wars

Subjects

• Chen, Cun'gong, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• China--Foreign relations--Russia.
• China--History--1912-1928.
• China--History--1928-1937.
• Chinese Eastern Railway.
• Interviews.
• Liu, Jingshan, 1885-1976--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Railroads--China.
• Russia--Foreign relations--China.
• Shen, Yunlong, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.
• Zhongguo guo min dang.