Tang, Shao-Yi.-Born in Canton, 1860. Married, 1812. Studied at Columbia University. Returned to China, August, 1881. Assistant, Korean Maritime Customs, 1882. Consul in Korea, 1886. Customs Taotai, Tientsin, 1900. Special Commissioner to Tibet, 1901. Acting Junior Vice-President, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1905. Director-General of Shanghai-Nanking and Peking-Hankow Railways; Comptroller-General of the Revenue Council; Senior Vice-President of Ministry of Communications; 1906. Governor of Fengtien, 1907. Special Envoy to America, 1908. Acting President, Ministry of Communications, 1911. Delegate to the Peace Conference at Shanghai, 1911. Premier of the First Republican Cabinet, 1912. Managing Director, the Venus Assurance Co., Shanghai, 1913 to date.