WEI JINGMENG (1907-1982) CALLIGRAPHY IN RUNNING SCRIPT, 1974

kong hong tseng moved leading 1915 1989 times president dedicated canton wife undertook handover travelled eddie life studied witnessed based second befriended club died escaped pacific time china agency 1965 editor activity foreign funeral events world chinese bureau government chang chief changing taiwan revolution guard republic relationship 1974 enormous typewriter japanese join future european american betty prominent artists cultural attest sino-japanese associated moving 1951 diplomatic honours script handscroll year reported invasion forces broadcast surrender japan word 1958 political taiwanese fang cooked east progressing roles military days november shek madame hostess british cancer calligraphy running paper bai's poem jiang wine served signed seal artist dated winter jiayin taipei 59th birthday calligrapher mounted 23.5cm high 89cm wide estimate 200-300 collection centre basic journalism yenjing working central news walked chungking aftermath hiroshima bombing reconnaissance plane area reporter occupied covered korean london europe post elite corps genial hosts entertaining guests great food range presented artworks twice correspondents behalf struggle state buyer's 1907-1982 newsman telephone university whilst missouri offered near £225 premium jingmeng systems notebooks internet born peking 1941 tokyo mostess sale governments given sold included