Hollington Tong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hollington Tong

Taiwanese journalist

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1887

Place of Birth: Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1971

Profession: politician, diplomat, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Hollington Tong

  • Hollington K Tong (Chinese: ???; 9 November 1887 –9 January 1971) was a Chinese journalist and diplomat.
  • Tong was from a poor Chinese Christian family.
  • He graduated in journalism from the University of Missouri, and from the first class of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1913.
  • Upon returning to China, he worked as a journalist and later became the chief editor of a large English-language newspaper in Shanghai.
  • He also was the official biographer of Chiang Kai-shek.Tong was appointed Vice-Minister of Information of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Ambassador of the Republic of China to Japan, and Ambassador of the Republic of China to the United States (1956-1958).
  • In the latter role, he was replaced by George Yeh.Hollington K.
  • Tong died on 9 January 1971, in a nursing home in Monterey, California, at the age of 83.

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