Pujie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pujie

younger brother of Puyi

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1907

Place of Birth: Beijing, China

Date of Death: 28-Feb-1994

Profession: politician, calligrapher

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Pujie

  • Pujie (Chinese: ??; 16 April 1907 – 28 February 1994) was a Qing dynasty imperial prince of Manchu descent.
  • He was born in the Aisin Gioro clan, the imperial clan of the Qing dynasty.
  • Pujie was the younger brother of Puyi, the last Emperor of China.
  • After the fall of the Qing dynasty, Pujie went to Japan, where he was educated and married to Saga Hiro, a Japanese noblewoman.
  • In 1937, he moved to Manchukuo, where his brother ruled as Emperor under varying degrees of Japanese control during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945).
  • After the war ended, Pujie was captured by Soviet forces, held in Soviet prison camps for five years, and then extradited back to the People's Republic of China, where he was incarcerated for about 10 years in the Fushun War Criminals Management Centre.
  • He was later pardoned and released from prison by the Chinese government, after which he remained in Beijing where he joined the Communist Party and served in a number of positions in the party until his death in 1994.

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