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Wang Jingwei and Tojo in Talks, Nanjing

Chen Guoqi · 13 March 1943

A 1943 photograph of Wang Jingwei and Hideki Tojo in discussion during Tojo's visit to Nanjing.

Depicts Tojo in direct talks with Wang Jingwei during his visit to Nanjing, the seat of Japan's client government.

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Sepia photograph of two men seated in a lounge facing each other across a round marble-top table with a large ornate silver bowl on a stand. Tall curtains frame bright windows behind them. The man on the left wears a military-style uniform with a cap on the table; the man on the right wears a dark suit.
Chen Guoqi, Wang Jingwei and Tojo in talks, Nanjing, 13 March 1943. Stanford University East Asia Library.

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What it is

A black-and-white photograph taken on 13 March 1943 by Chen Guoqi, showing Wang Jingwei and Hideki Tojo seated in conversation during Tojo's visit to Nanjing, the capital of Wang's Japanese-sponsored government. The image is held in the Wang Jingwei and Lin Baisheng photo collection at Stanford University's East Asia Library.

Why it matters

The photograph records direct talks between Japan's wartime Prime Minister and the leader of occupied China's collaborationist government, part of Japan's effort to present its control over China as a cooperative partnership. It offers a glimpse of the personal diplomacy behind Japan's wartime policy in China.

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  • What does the formal, relaxed setting of the meeting suggest about how it was meant to be seen?
  • Why might a Chinese photographer have been chosen to record this meeting?
  • What is missing from this image about the power imbalance between Japan and Wang's government?

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