Shao Piaoping () (11 October 1884 – 1926) was a journalist, author, and political activist in China during the early 20th century. He was originally named Jingqing (鏡清), and later renamed himself Zhenqing (振青). Born in Jinhua (金華) in the province of Zhejiang (浙江), China, Shao spent most of his life pursuing his aspirations for journalism. "To die as a journalist" was his lifetime motto. Shao contributed to the development of journalism in China through efforts such as founding the influential newspaper Jing Bao (京報). He also mixed politics with his journalistic career by engaging in criticism against the government, which placed him in jail several times and eventually led to his death. Chronology 1884: born in Jinhua city, Zhejiang province 1903: began his secondary study in Zhejiang High School. Shao's interest in journalism was enlightened by Zhang Gong, the founder of the Chinese newspaper Cuixinbao (萃新報). 1906: entered Zhejiang Advanced College (浙江高等学堂, now Zhejiang University) in Hangzhou 1909: launched his first newspaper, called Yi Ri Bao (一日報), with a friend while in school 1911: became the chief editor of Hanmin Daily (漢民日報) 1913: arrested three times by ruling warlords and later fled to Japan 1916: established the Tokyo Editing Society (東京編譯社) and became the reporter for Shenbao in Tokyo 1918: set up the first Chinese News Editing Society in Beijing which aimed at self-editing local news and self-translating foreign news 1918: published Jing Bao (京報), the first newspaper in China with an independent background 1918: set up The Journalism Study Society of Beijing University (北京大學新聞研究會) for teaching new journalism concepts to students 1919: was arrested by the An Xin Government and fled to Japan again. Meanwhile, Jing Bao was put under suspension. 1920: relaunched Jing Bao 1925: advocated and supported the anti-warlordism revolution held by Feng Yu Xiang (馮玉祥) and Guo Song Ling (郭松齡) through Jing Bao 1926: was executed by Zhang Zuolin (張作霖) in Beijing for being accused of "promoting communism, colluding with Russia" Biography Early life and education Shao studied at Zhejiang High School in Hangzhou (杭州) and graduated in 1902. After his graduation, he went back to Jinhua and taught at the Jinhua No. 1 High School of Zhejiang. At that time, he started writing articles for several newspapers in Shanghai. In 1912, Shao established Hanmin Daily ( 漢民日報) with Han Sin Jai in Hangzhou. Following the Xinhai Revolution (1911), in 1913 he was arrested and