James Wei
{{Short description|Taiwanese news media executive}}
{{for|the American chemical engineer|James Wei (engineer)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = James Wei
|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|魏景蒙}}}}
|image = 19670503魏景蒙.jpg
|caption = James Wei (middle) in 1967
|order1 =
|office1 = Minister of Government Information Office of the Republic of China
|deputy1 =
|term_start1 = November 1966
|term_end1 = June 1972
|predecessor1 = James Shen
|successor1 = Fredrick Chien
|birth_date = {{birth date|1907|8|28|df=y}}
|birth_place = Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Qing dynasty
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1982|10|7|1907|8|28}}
|death_place = Beitou, Taipei, Taiwan
|nationality = Republic of China
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|alma_mater = Yenching University
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James Wei ({{zh|c=魏景蒙|p=Wèi Jǐngméng}}; 28 August 1907 – 7 October 1982) was a Taiwanese news media executive who led the Government Information Office from 1966 to 1972.
Biography
= Mainland China years =
James Wei was born in Zhejiang on 28 August 1907, and he graduated from Yenching University in 1928. After graduating from university, he became a journalist for Tianjin Yong Bao (庸報) and North China Star (明星報). In 1938, Wei became a Special member of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Kuomintang. In 1942, Wei began working for the Ministry of Information, the predecessor organization to what became known as the Government Information Office.{{cite news|title=Inventory of the James Wei diaries|url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5w1034jt/entire_text/|accessdate=23 March 2018|publisher=Online Archive of California}}{{cite news|title=A farewell to a wise and boon companion – James (Sanyeh Wei)|url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=29,45&post=36752|accessdate=24 March 2018|work=Free China Review|date=1 November 1982}}
In 1946, he became a director of the Shanghai Office, the International Publicity Office of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Kuomintang.(中國國民黨中央宣傳部國際宣傳處上海辦事處主任)
= Taiwan years =
He moved to Taiwan in 1949, and established the China News on 5 June 1949.{{cite book|author=Dennis L. Wilcox|title=English Language Newspapers Abroad: A Guide to Daily Newspapers in 56 Non-English-speaking Countries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LP9G11JR9skC|year=1967|publisher=Gale Research Company}}{{cite book|title=Asian Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5NPAQAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=APACL Publications}} The publication was later renamed Taiwan News. Alongside his role as the newspaper's founding publisher, Wei was also a Reuters correspondent and deputy director of the Central News Agency. Wei became the managing director of the Broadcasting Corporation of China in 1954, leaving the position to succeed James Shen as head of the Government Information Office in 1966. He accepted a promotion at the Central News Agency in 1972, serving as director until retirement in 1978. Wei remained an adviser to Chiang Ching-kuo until he died of a heart attack on 7 October 1982, at Taipei Veterans General Hospital.
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Category:Taiwanese people from Zhejiang
Category:Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang
Category:Yenching University alumni
Category:Senior advisors to President Chiang Ching-kuo
Category:20th-century Chinese journalists
Category:Taiwanese publishers (people)
Category:20th-century newspaper publishers (people)
Category:20th-century newspaper founders