Background
Mr. Chou was a native of Hubei, China.
Mr. Chou was a native of Hubei, China.
Chou Tse-chun received the Chu-Jen degree under the Manchu Regime. He obtained his Doctor of Laws degree from Berlin University, Germany.
He assisted Dr. Sun Yat-sen in organising the Tungmenghui (predecessor of Kuomintang) in Europe. Chou Tse-chun served in the Foreign Affairs Office and the Law Codification Bureau and the War Office under the Manchu Rule and in 1911 was appointed by Dr. Sun Yat-sen as Commissioner for Foreign Affairs of Shantung.
Later Mr. Chou was a Chief Procurator of the Supreme Court at Peking (Beijing) and was President of the Metropolitan District Court (Peking (Beijing)). He was a member of the Revenue Readjustment Committee of the Ministry of Finance and professor of law at Peking National University and Peking Law College. Chou Tse-chun was appointed a Special Commissioner for Foreign Affairs in Szechuen and than secretary and concurrently Counsellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.