“I was able to make Hitler understand that Japan wanted to dominate the world... I was able to make Hitler think twice before getting too close to Japan.”
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H. H. Kung
Kung Hsiang-hsi, also known as Dr. Chauncey Kung, was a Chinese banker and government official influential in China's politics and economy of the 1920s through the 1940s. His wife was Soong Ai-ling, the eldest of the three Soong sisters; the other two married President Sun Yat-sen and President Chiang Kai-shek. Together with his brother-in-law, T. V. Soong, he was highly influential in determining…
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business · Chinese banker and politician (1880–1967) · politician · banker · businessperson · also H. H. Kung, Kung Hsiang-hsi, Kung
Born 11 September 1881 · Died 16 August 1967 · Q631416
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China considers Germany its best friend... I hope and wish that Germany will participate in supporting the further development of China, the opening up of its sources of raw materials, the upbringing of its industries and [its] means of transportation.
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“China considers Germany its best friend... I hope and wish that Germany will participate in supporting the further development of China, the opening up of its sources of raw materials, the upbringing of its industries and [its] means of transportation.”
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1967· 1 entry
Died 1967-08-16.
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1949· 1 entry
At the end of the Chinese Civil War, Kung moved to the United States
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1944· 2 entries
Kung gave a speech at China House in New York with one of Mencius's direct descendants, Meng Chih
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Where he signed the Bretton Woods Accord during the Bretton Woods Conference at the Mount Washington Hotel, in New Hampshire, United States
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1939· 1 entry
Career landmark: Vice Premier of the Republic of China (1939–1945).
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1938· 2 entries
Career landmark: Premier of the Republic of China (1938–1939).
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Kung gave a radio address in which he stated that "God is helping China
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1937· 2 entries
As the Minister of Finance of the Republic of China, Kung and two other KMT officials visited Germany and were received by Adolf Hitler on 13 June
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“I thought Mussolini was doing great things for Italy... We got along well. I thought he would be a good ally of our Government.”
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1934· 1 entry
Kung stated, in response to the American "nationalization of silver", that "We also would like to nationalize silver but for China this is impossible because our Government is hampered by extraterritorial treaties
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1933· 2 entries
Career landmark: Vice Premier of the Republic of China (1933–1938).
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Kung spent weeks in Germany, a German business delegation accompanied him back to China, among them Vizeadmiral a
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1927· 1 entry
One of his first acts in government was to balance the national budget
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1915· 1 entry
And Chiang Kai-shek became Kung's brother-in-law in 1927 when he married Soong Mei-ling
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1914· 1 entry
Kung married his second wife, Soong Ai-ling, the eldest of the Soong sisters
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1913· 1 entry
Met Soong Ai-ling, one of the Soong sisters, and married her the following year
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1906· 1 entry
Then proceeded to take a master's degree in chemistry from Yale University
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1881· 1 entry
Born 1881-09-11.
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1861· 1 entry
Kung's father was (孔繁慈; Kǒng Fáncí; K'ung Fan-tsi; 1861–1911), a 74th generation descendant of Confucius, indicated by the generation name fan (繁; fán).
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