Liu Wei-ping

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Liu Wei-ping 劉渭平 (1915 Beijing – 2014 Sydney) was a key figure in the development of Chinese studies in Australia. Of a scholarly family from Nantong and attended Xiamen University. Becoming a Republic of China diplomat, he became Vice-Consul at Sydney in 1945.[1] In that role, he was involved in the repatriation of Formosans to Taiwan from Australia, including on the crowded Yoizuki. [2] When the People's Republic of China was established, he remained in Australia, obtaining a master's degree in History from the University of Sydney in 1948[3] and in 1956 began teaching Chinese at the same institution alongside A. R. Davis.[4][5][6] He retired in 1980. He published articles on Taoism and late Qing Poetry in the as well as two books on Chinese Australians and an autobiography, Drifting Clouds: Between China and Australia, was published by Sydney-based Wild Peony Press in 2002.[7][8][9]

Wei-ping was naturalised as an Australian citizen in 1961.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "CONSUL". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (66). 5 April 1945. p. 795. Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954) View title info Thu 7 Mar 1946 Page 1 Formosans Forced To Board Jap Destroyer
  3. ^ "UNIVERSITY EXAMS". The Sydney Morning Herald (34, 445). New South Wales, Australia. 15 May 1948. p. 9. Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Lee, Mabel. "Year 2000: the End of an Era in Chinese Studies." Arts: The Journal of the Sydney University Arts Association 22 (2000).
  5. ^ Liu, Wei-ping. Drifting Clouds Between China and Australia. Sydney: Peony Press, 2002.
  6. ^ He Yuhuai, https://www.aucnln.com/article_9808.htm
  7. ^ 劉渭平 (1958). 澳洲華僑史話 (in Chinese). 台北: 海外文庫出版社. OCLC 52036319.
  8. ^ 劉渭平 (1956). 澳洲華僑史話 (in Chinese). 臺北市: 海外文庫. OCLC 276910134.
  9. ^ Liu, Wei-Ping (2002). Drifting clouds between China and Australia. Broadway, NSW: Wild Peony. ISBN 978-1-876957-04-9. OCLC 52084534.
  10. ^ "CERTIFICATES OF NATURALIZATION". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (42). 31 May 1962. p. 1814. Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.


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