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In 1937, Japan invaded China committing atrocities including the Nanjing Massacre. Wang Jingwei was a Chinese national hero and second-in-command of China\u2019s ruling Nationalist Party. He wanted to negotiate with Japan but his colleagues wouldn\u2019t listen. So he defected, and in 1940 he agreed to lead a Japanese-controlled puppet government in Nanjing.

Many Chinese have hated him ever since \u2013 his name is synonymous with the word \u2018Hanjian\u2019, a traitor to China.

But Pan Chia-sheng\u2019s memories of living under Wang Jingwei\u2019s government tell a very different story. He speaks to Ben Henderson.

(Photo: Wang Jingwei. Credit: Wang Wenxing via Wang Jingwei Irrevocable Trust)