| Wang Zhengting was an outstanding diplomat in the Republic of China.He was a foreign minister in the Beiyang government and the Nanjing national government,and his diplomatic form was mainly moderate.Born in the enlightened pastor’s family,Wang Zhengting,who has studied in the United States,is more familiar with the way of international diplomacy,He agreed with peace negotiations as a basic way to deal with international relations.The complicated political situation in the late Qing and the Republic of China and Wang Zhengting’s reflection on the diplomatic failure since the late Qing Dynasty,also affected Wang Zhengting’s treatment of foreign affairs in a moderate manner after he was in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.In order to win a place for China in the world diplomatic arena.When Wang Zhengting was in charge of China’s diplomacy,he insisted on giving priority to the interests of the country.To deal with foreign affairs in a hardness with softness manner and in a pragmatic manne,rHis moderate diplomatic strategy is well known with the increase in the number of cases in which he deals with the outside world.The Paris Peace Conference is the symbol of Wang Zhengting’s entry into China’s diplomatic decision-making circle,in which Wang Zhengting refused to sign the peace agreement without losing grace.He was regarded as a diplomatic hero after returning to China and was gradually recognized as a representative figure of Chinese diplomacy.After dealing with the Lu case,Wang Zhengting helped China recover its sovereignty,but the way of redemption did not save the dignity of the country,and its moderate diplomatic approach began to be criticized.Entering the period of Nanjing National Government,Wang Zhengting presided over the abolition of the treaty with the European and American powers.With the deepening of negotiations,diplomatic results are not obvious,Wang Zhengting as foreign minister was criticized by the people.In the September 18 incident,Wang Zhengting failed to negotiate.After the fall of the three provinces,Wang Zhengting resigned from the diplomatic policy circle of the Republic of China.Wang Zhengting’s moderate diplomacy,which was difficult to accept at that time,was excusable.Since the late Qing Dynasty,China has been poor and weak,the wisdom of the people has failed to keep pace with the pace of the world,and the public’s sense of strangeness in international affairs has made Wang Zhengting’s diplomatic strategy not understood by the people.And the domestic peoplethe to incompetent government of under the war of the warlords,to aggressive powers in diplomacy,the crowd is already agitated,moderation diplomacy is even less acceptable.In a word,Wang Zhengting’s moderate diplomacy is a special strategy in special times. |
