T. V. Soong

Tse-ven Soong, or Soong Tzu-wen (Chinese: 宋子文, pinyin: S?ng Zǐw?n; 1894 - 1971), a prominent millionaire businessman and politician in the early 20th century Republic of China, had Charlie Soong as a father and the Soong sisters as siblings.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Born in Shanghai, T. V. Soong received his education at Harvard University and returned to China to engage in private business. In the Kuomintang-controlled government he served as governor of the Central Bank of China and minister of finance (1928 - 1931, 1932 - 1933); minister of foreign affairs (1942 - 1945); and president of the Executive Yuan (1945 - 1947). With the defeat of the Nationalists in the Chinese Civil War, he moved to San Francisco and lived there until his death at the age of 77.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Soong was married to Chang Y?eh-ch'ia (張樂恰 Zhang Yueqia).

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

See also: History of the Republic of China

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Chinese: Chinese can mean:...

Pinyin: Pinyin (??, p?ny?n) literally means "join (together) sounds" (a less literal translation being "phoneticize", "spell" or "transcription") in Chinese and usually refers to H?ny? P?ny?n (????, literal meaning: "Han language pinyin"), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcripti...

1894: 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar)....