Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Hsu Chien-p'ing

Mr. Jabin Hsu

許建屏

(Hsu Chien-ping)

Mr. Jabin Hsu, one of the best known of the modern journalists in China, was born in Shanghai, March 26, 1889. He received his preliminary education in the Municipal Public School for Chinese, graduating in 1907. In the same year, he passed as one of the first five Chinese students taking the Cambridge University local examinations. In 1908, Mr. Hsu acted as interpreter for a foreign law firm in Shanghai. In the following year, he became the editor of the Yu Shang Pao, a weekly commercial paper published in Chinese. In 1910 he passed the competitive examination of Tsing Hua College and was sent by the college to the United States, entering the University of Michigan in the fall of 1911. While in college, Mr. Hsu was active in college dramatics, oratory and journalism, appearing in several college shows, and was winner of the Kauffman medal for oratory in 1913 and served as one of the editors of the Michigan Daily, besides holding many honorary offices. Upon completing his course in 1914, Mr. Hsu was appointed assistant news editor of the Detroit Tribune, which office he held at the beginning of the world war and relinquished only when he returned to China early in 1915. The following two years Mr. Hsu was engaged in legal work, being associated with one of the British law firms in Shanghai. He continued, however, his activities, his articles appearing in local Chinese and American papers. In March 1917, the China Press, invited him to join its staff and since then, Mr. Ilsu's name has been closely identifed with this journal. In 1921, Mr. Hsu was elected by the Chinese newspapers in Shanghai to represent them at the Press Congress of the World in Honolulu. After fufilling his duties at this gathering, he went on to America and attended, as staff correspondent of the China Press, the Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. While there, he also contributed articles for the New York Herald, the Baltimore Sun and the San Francisco Chronicle, which received considerable attention. Mr. Hsu returned to China in 1922 and spent considerable time traveling about the country. In recognition of his services in the newspaper world, he was appointed in 1923 managing director of the Shanghai Tribune Publishing Co., publishers of the Shanghai Tribune, which office he holds concurrently at present. Since 1922, Mr .Hsu has also been serving on the Advisory Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Council, besides being director of a number of local organizations including the American University Club.