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Mr. Wen Tsung-yao was born in Kuangtung province, in 1876. He was graduated from the Men's College, Hongkong. Later he went to America, being one of the oldest Chinese students sent to the United States to study. Upon his return to China in 1993 he was appointed a deiegate. to the Anglo-Chinege Convention for the revision of Commercial treaties. From 1903 to 1908 he was Secretary to the Viceroy of Liang-Kuang, holding concurrently the post of Chief of Foreign Affairs Bureau, of Director of the Telephone Administration of Canton, and of Director of Military Cadets' Academy, Canton. In 1908 Mr. Wen was sent to India as Deputy Envoy to negotiate with the British government over the question of British trade in Tibet. After the signing of the British-Tibetan Trade Treaty, he was appointed Deputy President at Lhassa, the capital of Tibet.