Mainland China years James Wei was born in
Zhejiang on 28 August 1907, and he graduated from
Yenching University in 1928. After graduating from university, he became a journalist for
Tianjin Yong Bao (庸報) and North China Star (明星報). In 1938, Wei became a Special member of the Central Propaganda Department of the
Chinese Kuomintang. In 1942, Wei began working for the Ministry of Information, the predecessor organization to what became known as the
Government Information Office. In 1946, he became a director of the Shanghai Office, the International Publicity Office of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Kuomintang.(中國國民黨中央宣傳部國際宣傳處上海辦事處主任)
Taiwan years He moved to Taiwan in 1949, and established the
China News on 5 June 1949. The publication was later renamed
Taiwan News. Alongside his role as the newspaper's founding publisher, Wei was also a Reuters correspondent and deputy director of the
Central News Agency. Wei became the managing director of the
Broadcasting Corporation of China in 1954, leaving the position to succeed
James Shen as head of the
Government Information Office in 1966. He accepted a promotion at the Central News Agency in 1972, serving as director until retirement in 1978. Wei remained an adviser to
Chiang Ching-kuo until he died of a heart attack on 7 October 1982, at
Taipei Veterans General Hospital. ==References==