About Hau Pei-tsun
Hau Pei-tsun (Chinese: 郝柏村; pinyin: Hǎo Bócūn, 8 August 1919 – 30 March 2020) was a Chinese general and politician who served as the premier of the Republic of China from 1990 to 1993. He was previously the chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces from 1981 to 1989. On 6 July 2017, Hau attended an academic meeting in Nanjing about the history of the Second Sino-Japanese War, making him the first former ROC premier to visit mainland China since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. He died in March 2020 at age 100. == Early life and education == Hau was born to an upper-class family in Yancheng, Jiangsu, on August 8, 1919. He completed his elementary and high school education in Yancheng. After witnessing the 1931 Mukden incident, Hau decided to enroll in the Republic of China Military Academy, where he graduated in 1938. He then completed advanced studies at the United States Army Command and General Staff College in 1953. == Career == Hau was appointed an artillery officer in 1938, and served in the Chinese expeditionary forces in India during World War II. In the subsequent Chinese Civil War he was a staff officer. As commander of the 9th Infantry Division from 1958 to 1961, Hau presided over handling the 44-day bombardment of Quemoy by the People's Liberation Army.
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