Zhou Fohai (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

Zhou Fohai (Chinese: 周仏海 Zhōu Fúhǎi; May 29, 1897 – February 28, 1975), also transliterated as Chou Fo-hai, was a Chinese politician who served as the President of the Republic of China between 1948 and 1975. At the age of 22, Zhou was participated during the Japanese Revolution of 1919 and joined the Nationalist Party of Japan. In 1922, he was sent back to China in rebuilding of the Kuomintang under Sun Yat-sen. During 1930s, Zhou became one of leading figures of pro-Japan Social Nationalist faction of the Kuomintang (KMT) which opposed the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek and sided with Japan during the World War II.

At the time of World War II, Zhou and pro-Japan faction of the Kuomintang broke with the Chiang Kai-shek's leadership and established the rival Kuomintang leadership in exile at Tokyo that called as the Kuomintang in Japan (Chinese: 在和中国国民党 Zàihé Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng). After China's defeat in 1945, Zhou returned to China with the Japanese Army and worked in reforming the organization of Kuomintang Party. Zhou also led the Central Economic Committee that worked for the post-war development of China. He was then elected as the President of the Republic of China in 1948 and remained on the office until his death on 1975/