Background
Cheng was born in Nanjing in 1898, with his ancestral home in Xiangxiang, Hunan. His father, Cheng Bi (成壁), was an officer
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Cheng was born in Nanjing in 1898, with his ancestral home in Xiangxiang, Hunan. His father, Cheng Bi (成壁), was an officer
In 1917, Cheng moved to Beijing, he graduated from Peking University in 1921, where he majored in Chinese Literature.
In 1912, Cheng went out into the world when he was 14 years old. At age 17, Cheng worked as an editor in Jianbao (健報). In 1913, Cheng started to publish articles
In 1915, Cheng went to Shanghai to found the Maiwen Company (賣文公司).
After graduation, Cheng founded World Evening News (世界晚報), World Daily (世界日報), and World Illustrated (世界畫報). In 1927, Cheng returned to Nanjing to found Minister Sheng Bao (民生報).
From 1930 to 1931, Cheng visited France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, and the United Kingdom. In this trip Cheng observed modern European societies and cultures for the first time.
In 1933, Cheng founded Beijing News College (北京新聞專科學校).
In 1935, Cheng founded Lihpao Daily (立報). When the People"s Liberation Army occupied Beijing, Cheng escaped to Hong Kong. Cheng settled in Taiwan in 1952.
In the late 1950s, Cheng Shewo and Yeh Ming-hsun co-founded the Shih Hsin School of Journalism (now Shih Hsin University) in Taiwan.
In 1991, Cheng died of illness in Taipei.
Cheng was elected a member of the National Assembly in 1946 and a legislator of Beijing in 1948.