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Hollington Tong

Hollington Kong Tong (Chinese: 董顯光; Wade–Giles: Tung3 Hsien3-kuang1); 9 November 1887 – 9 January 1971) was a Chinese journalist and diplomat.


Hollington Tong
.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}董顯光
In office1956–1958
Chiang Kai-shek
V. K. Wellington Koo
George Yeh
In office1952–1956
Chiang Kai-shek
(1887-11-09)November 9, 1887Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, Qing Empire
January 9, 1971(1971-01-09) (aged 83)Monterey, California, U.S.
Kuomintang
Sally Chao
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Kaity Tong (great-niece)
Park College University of Missouri (BA) Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Journalist, diplomat

Hollington Kong Tong (Chinese: 董顯光; Wade–Giles: Tung3 Hsien3-kuang1); 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.

Tong died on 9 January 1971, in a nursing home in Monterey, California, at the age of 83.

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