Chang Tsung-ch'ang T. Hsiao-k'un 7Jt «*fr Chang Tsung-ch'ang (1881-3 September 1932), military commander, served under Chang Tso-lin (q.v.) from 1922 to 1925. From 1925 to 1928 he was military governor of Shantung province. Born at Chuchiatsun, Yihsien, in Shantung province, Chang Tsung-ch'ang came from undistinguished stock. Both of his parents practiced trades which were socially […]
Chou Fo-hai 周佛海 Chou Fo-hai (1897-February 1948), helped to establish the Chinese Communist party, but resigned from it in 1924. He became the most widely read theoretical writer of the Kuomintang and served Chiang Kai-shek for many years, eventually becoming acting director of the Kuomintang department of propaganda. He also edited the New Life Monthly […]
Chou I-ch'un (1883-30 August 1948), known as Y. T. Tsur, educator, public administrator, and government official. He was the principal of Tsinghua College from 1913 to 1918. He held office as a Senator (191 8-20) , as secretary general of the financial readjustment commission (192324), and as executive director of the China Foundation for the […]
Chang Ch'ün (1899-), prominent member of the Kuomintang, was a close friend of Chiang Kai-shek and of Huang Fu (q.v.). As minister of foreign affairs in 1935-37, he played an important role in China's relations with Japan. He served as secretary general of the Supreme National Defense Council (1938-42) and as wartime governor of Szechwan […]
Chang T'ai-lei ( 1 898-December 1927), Communist martyr, was known principally for organizing the Canton Commune of December 1927; he was killed in the fighting. A native of Wuchin, Kiangsu, Chang T'ai-lei attended the Ch'angchou Middle School, where he was a classmate of Ch'ü Ch'iu-pai (q.v.), but, like Ch'ü, he left school before graduation. In […]
Chang Yuan-chi (1866-14 August 1959), largely responsible for developing the Commercial Press into the largest publishing house in China, produced a major textbook series, built up the Han-fen-lou library, and, using modern techniques, initiated the large-scale reprinting of rare books, including the 24 dynastic histories and rare editions of the Ssu-k'u cli'uan-shu. He also established […]
Chang Chih-chung (1891-), military commander and government official, Nationalist general and dean of the Central Military Academy, became governor of Hunan in 1937, but lost the position after the misjudged burning of Changsha. In 1940 he became secretary general of the San Min Chu I Youth Corps. From 1945-49 he was director of the Generalissimo's […]
Tseng Ch'i (5 August 1892-7 May 1951), leader of the Young China party. Although Tseng Ch'i was born in Lungch'ang, Szechwan, he spent his childhood in Kwangsi, where his father, Tseng Yu-san, served as a minor government official. He was orphaned while still a boy, whereupon he and his elder brother, Tseng Chao-yü, returned to […]
Chang Po-chun Chang Po-chun ( 1 895—), political leader, was a founder of the Third party and of its successor, the Chinese Workers and Peasants Democratic party. He became secretary general of the China Democratic League. From 1949 until 1957 he was minister of communications at Peking. In 1957 he came under Communist censure as […]
Chang Tao-fan (1897-) held senior government and party posts at Nanking and Chungking and accompanied Chiang Kai-shek to India in 1942. In Taiwan, he was president of the Legislative Yuan from 1952 to 1959. A native of Panhsien, Kweichow, Chang Tao-fan came from a family which was noted in Kweichow for its scholarly tradition. It […]
