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Gao Zongwu (1905-1994), pseudonym Qichang, male, native of Yueqing (Shuangmiao Village, Beibaixiang Town), Zhejiang, an important diplomat of the Republic of China, director of the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was an important confidant and key figure in Chiang Kai-shek's negotiations with Japan during the Sino-Japanese War. He studied in Japan in his early years and entered the diplomatic field in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. At the age of 29, he served as the director of the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, specializing in diplomacy with Japan. He was the youngest senior diplomatic official in the National Government at that time. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Gao Zongwu accepted a special mission and was responsible for Japanese intelligence work in Hong Kong. He once went to Shanghai with Wang Jingwei, participated in the negotiations of the "Wang-Japanese Secret Treaty", and served as Wang Jingwei's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. Later, he fled Shanghai with Tao Xisheng, exposed the contents of the secret treasonous agreement signed by Wang Ri, and created the sensational Gao Tao incident.