Zhu Guisheng

Zhu Guisheng
Zhu Guisheng
Born	1896
Died	March 2002; La Rochelle, France
Occupation	Electrician
Known for	Last surviving member of the Chinese Labour Corps
Awards	French Legion of Honor

Zhu Guisheng (1896 – March 2002), was the last surviving member of the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC).

Guisheng was from the Shandong province of China when in 1916 he signed a five-year contract to join the Chinese Labour Corps, through the Huimin Company.^[1]^[2] He possibly left Qingdao in August 1916, to join the Chinese Labour Corps in France.^[1] After the war, he remained in France.^[2]

Guisheng worked with the French in the Second World War.^[2] He married a French woman and they had two children.^[2] He worked as an electrician and had also operated cranes.^[2] In 1989, he was one of only two surviving CLC members who were awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1989.^[2]

Guisheng died at the age of 106, in La Rochelle in March 2002.^[2] Until then he had been the last surviving member of the Chinese Labour Corps.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Rogers, Roy Anthony; Daut, Nur Rafeeda (December 2017). "China in the First World War: A Forgotten Army in Search of International Recognition - ProQuest". Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations. 3 (3): 1237–1269.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Carter, James (9 March 2022). "The last of the Chinese Labour Corps, Zhu Guisheng". SupChina. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

External links

Carter, James. "[Podcast] The last of the Chinese Labour Corps, Zhu Guisheng". SupChina. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

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[Rogers-1] Rogers, Roy Anthony; Daut, Nur Rafeeda (December 2017). "China in the First World War: A Forgotten Army in Search of International Recognition - ProQuest". Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations. 3 (3): 1237–1269.

[Carter-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Carter, James (9 March 2022). "The last of the Chinese Labour Corps, Zhu Guisheng". SupChina. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

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