Whang, Paonan Mienseng.-Born in Kwangtung, 1893. Married, 1903. Studied at Queen's College, Hongkong, 1900-5. Teacher of English in Singapore, 1906: in Hongkong, 1907. Arrived in America, April, 1908. Private support. Studied Mining Engineering at Michigan Mining College, 1909-12: Political and Social Science at Columbia University, 1913-14. M.A., 1914. Returned to China, August, 1914. English Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, 1915. Translator, Central Salt Administration, Peking, 1916. Member, Chinese Political and Social Science Association, Peking, 1915-16.