YIN-CH'ANG (PEKING), ex-Minister to Germany and Holland; native of Manchuria. Deputy-Lieut.-Governor, Plain White Banner Corps, spring, 1901; attached to Prince Ch'un's Embassy to Germany, July, 1901; Minister to Germany and Holland, August, 1901; appointment renewed, Dec., 1904; returned Peking, 1906; designated for high position in Army Reorganisation Department.