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Wei Wen-Pin.-Born in Mie-Yun, Chihli, 1887. Studied at Peking Methodist University, 1898-1908. A.B., 1908. Instructor, Methodist Univer-sity, 1908-9. Arrived in America, November, 1909. Government support. Studied Liberal Arts at Amherst College, 1909-11; Political Economy and International Law at Columbia University, 1911-14. A.B., 1910; M.A., 1911; Ph. D., 1914. Subject of doctor's dissertation:-"The Currency Problem in China", Longman, Green & Co., 1914. President: Chinese Students' Alliance, East Section, 1911-12; Cosmopolitan Club, 1912-13; Chinese Students' Chris-tian Association in North America, 1913-14. Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Stu-dents' Monthly, 1913-14. Returned to China, March, 1915. Third Secretary, Chinese Legation, Mexico, July, 1915. Third Secretary, Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C., December, 1915 to date. Author, "Concessions to Foreign Capitalists in China", Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1917. Present Address: Chinese Legation, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.