The ambassador of China to Japan is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to Japan.
During the Qing dynasty, the Chinese envoy held the rank of resident minister. When the Qing dynasty fell in 1912, the Republic of China (1912–1949) was the officially recognized government of China, which upgraded the role to Ambassador in 1936.
When the Kuomintang government fell following the Chinese Civil War, Japan, along with the rest of the world continued to recognize the KMT government in exile as the legitimate government of China until the United Nations passed Resolution 2758 in 1972, recognizing the People's Republic of China as the de jure government of the region.
Due to the current political status of Taiwan, consular services with Taiwan are currently administered through the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan.The International Law of Recognition and the Status of the Republic of China , Hungdah Chiu in The United States and the Republic of China: Democratic Friends, Strategic Allies, and Economic Partners, Steven W. Mosher, Transaction Publishers, 1992, page 24
List of representatives
Resident Minister of the Qing dynasty Ho Ju-Chang, 1876–1877 Hsu Ching-cheng (許景澄), 1880–1881 Li Shu-Chang, 1881–1884 Hsu Cheng-Tsu, 1884–1887 Li Shu-Chang, 1887–1890 Li Ching-Fang (李經方), 1890–1892 Wang Feng-Tsao, 1892–1894 Yu Keng, 1895–1898 Li Cheng-To, 1898–1901 Tsai Tiao, 1901–1903 Yang Shu, 1903–1907 Li Chia-Chu, 1907–1908 Hu Wei-Te (胡惟德), 1908–1910 Wang Ta-Hsieh (汪大燮). 1910–1913
Resident Minister of the Republic of China (1912–1949) Ma Ting-Liang, 1913 (chargé d'affaires) Lu Tsung-Yu, 1913–1916 Chang Tsung-Hsiang, 1916-1919 (charge d'affairs) Chuang Ching-Ko, 1919–1920 Hu Wei-Te (胡惟德), 1920–1922 Ma Ting-Liang, 1922 (charge d'affairs)
Ambassador of the Republic of China (1912–1949) Name (English) Name (Chinese) Tenure begins Tenure ends Note Hsu Shih-Ying 1936 1938 Chu Minyi 1940 1941 Hsu Liang 1941 1943 Tsai Pei 1943 1945
Ambassador of Taiwan (until 1972) Name (English) Name (Chinese) Tenure begins Tenure ends Note Hollington Tong 1952 1956 Shen Jinding 沈觐鼎 1956 1959 Chang Li-sheng 1959 1963 Wei Tao-ming 1959 1963 Cheng Zhimai 1966 1969 Peng Mengji 彭孟緝 1969 1972
Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Name (English) Name (Chinese) Tenure begins Tenure ends Note Chen Chu April 1973 December 1976 Fu Hao August 1977 February 1982 Song Zhiguang March 1982 August 1985 Zhang Shu September 1985 June 1988 Yang Zhenya January 1988 March 1993 Xu Dunxin December 1992 June 1998 Chen Jian April 1998 July 2001 Wu Dawei July 2001 August 2004 Wang Yi September 2004 September 2007 Cui Tiankai September 2007 January 2010 Cheng Yonghua February 2010 May 2019 Kong Xuanyou May 2019 February 2023 Wu Jianghao 吴江浩 February 2023
See also China–Japan relations
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