Background
Mr. Chin was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, in 1884.
Mr. Chin was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, in 1884.
Chin Yao graduated from Meiji University, Japan.
Chin Yao was made a Colonel by President Li Yuan-hung in 1921. He was a counsellor to the Bureau of Foreign Affairs in Shanghai since 1924. In 1926 he was appointed counsellor of the 26th Army of the Nationalist Revolutionary Army and concurrently special commissioned-officer of the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Nationalist Revolutionary Forces. Mr. Chin served as a counsellor to the Headquarters of the Garrison Commander of Shanghai and Wusong and counsellor of the French Consulate in Shanghai in 1927. The following year he became a member of the Chinese Ratepayers' Association. Then he was appointed a principal of Chin Yung School and served as a legal practitioner in Shanghai.
