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WHO'S WHO IN CHINA
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where he also functioned as Military Governor of Hupeh. When President Li went to Peking in December 1913, Mr. Quo accompanied him thither as his secretary. In June 1916 Li Yuan-hung became President to succeed Yuan Shih-kai who died that month. Mr. Quo became Chief English Secretary of the Presidential office and remained in that position. until the summer of 1917 when his chief resigned from the office of the Chief Executive as a result of Chang Hsun's monarchical movement. In 1916 Mr. Quo was appointed Councillor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Peking, and this position he held until the summer of 1917 when he resigned from all the government offices upon the resignation of his chief from the Presidency, and left for the South where he joined the opposition government. In 1919 and 1920 he was in Paris as a member of the Conference and did much for China. After the termination of the Conference he returned to China and remained inactive for a time. When Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Tang Shao-vi and Dr. Wu Ting-fang returned to Canton and resumed their political activities, in the spring of 1921 he likewise took an active part in the administration of the opposition government.