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Kung Hsiang-hsi (Chinese: 孔祥熙; pinyin: Kǒng Xiángxī; Wade–Giles: K'ung 3 Hsiang 2-hsi 1; 11 September 1880 – 16 August 1967), often known as Dr. H. H. Kung, also known as Dr. Chauncey Kung, was a Chinese banker and politician.
H.H. K’ung (born Sept. 11, 1880, Taigu, Shanxi province, China—died Aug. 15, 1967, Locust Valley, N.Y., U.S.) was a banker and businessman who was a major figure in the Chinese Nationalist government between 1928 and 1945.
H. H. Kung was an American-educated Minister of Finance in the turbulent China of the 1930s. He was a member of the famous Soong family—both Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek were brothers-in-law, and his wife was the richest woman in China.
Kung Hsiang-hsi, often known as Dr. H. H. Kung, also known as Dr. Chauncey Kung, was a Chinese banker and politician in the early 20th century. He married Soong Ai-ling, the eldest of the three Soong sisters; the other two married President Sun Yat-sen and President Chiang Kai-shek.
H. H. Kung: Strengthening China through Education and the “Oberlin Spirit” by Carl Jacobson, Director (1981-2012) , Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association. Hsiang-hsi Kung was born into a comfortable Taigu banking and trading family in 1881.
Dec 14, 2023 · Newly digitized, the papers of H. H. Kung, a Chinese political leader and confidante of Chiang Kai–shek, are fully accessible for the first time via the Library & Archives Digital Collections. Thursday, December 14, 2023 2 min read.
Mar 10, 2023 · This chapter looks at the two men, T. V. Soong and H. H. Kung, who dominated financial positions from 1928 until the collapse of the Nationalist regime on the mainland. Both had personal ties to Chiang through his wife Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Song Mei-ling).
