General Hsu Yung-chang represented China when signing Japan’s surrender instrument.
Hsu signed on behalf of China during the ceremony aboard USS Missouri on 2 September 1945. He was one of the Allied representatives who followed MacArthur and Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz in signing the document.
China had fought Japan for years before the wider Pacific War and had been one of the principal Allied powers demanding Japan’s surrender. The Chinese representative’s participation reflected China’s status among the nations receiving Japan’s capitulation.
Hsu is sometimes confused with other Asian military representatives who took part in later surrender ceremonies across the region. The Tokyo Bay ceremony included representatives of nine Allied governments, while separate local ceremonies occurred in places such as Nanjing and Singapore.