P'u-i, Henry

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Last Manchu Qing emperor of China (as Hsuan Tung) from 1908 until he was deposed in the republican revolution of 1912; he was restored for a week in 1917. After his deposition he chose to be called Henry. He was president 1932–34 and emperor 1934–45 of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo (see Manchuria).

Captured by Soviet troops, he was returned to China in 1949 after the 1949 communist revolution and put on trial in the new People's Republic of China in 1950. Pardoned by Mao Zedong in 1959, he became a worker in a botanical garden in Beijing. His life is captured in Bernardo Betrolucci's 1987 Academy Award-winning film, The Last Emperor.

The points of the star represent the first seven verses of the Koran. Red, black, white, and green became the pan-Arab colours. Effective date: 16 April 1928. >>