The New Minister of Education, concurrently Minister of Justice, Mr. S. C. Chang, is a returned student from Japan and England, and an eminent scholar of today. He pursued his studies in Japan for quite a number of years, where he became a revolutionist, and then he went to study in England where he majored in politics and law. After the revolution of 1911, he devoted most of his time to literary work and edited the famous magazine named The Tiger. When he returned, he entered the political circle and distinguished himself as one of the prominent politicians and statesmen of China. He worked hard to bring about the union of the North and the South, and so, when in 1919 the Shanghai Peace Conference took place, he was one of the delegates of the South. After the failure of the Conference, and the break-up of the Southern government, he took the opportunity again to study in Europe, mainly in England, Germany and France, being appointed by the government to be special delegate to investigate education in Europe. In 1922 he came back to China, and being a staunch advocate of the doctrine of the salvation of China through agriculture, was appointed President of the Peking National College of Agriculture. As he opposed the illegal presidential election through bribery, he left the Peking government and again devoted his time to literary work in Shanghai. When the coup d'etat of last October took place, he came to Peking again to assume the post of Minister of Justice. As he is a profound scholar. he is now concurrently Acting Minister of Education. He plans to devote his time in the future to education. It is, therefore, expected that under his able ministership a new regime in order and discipline will be inaugurated throughout the Chinese educational world.
