The Biography of Song Ziyuan

Author: Wang Song
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: He was one of China's first Harvard students. He was a key member of the "Four Great Families." The Communist Party listed him as the second most wanted war criminal after Chiang Kai-shek, designated for immediate arrest. Chiang Kai-shek targeted him as the second person after Kong Xiangxi to be expelled from the Kuomintang Party. Throughout his career, he experienced ups and downs in the political arena. His relationship with Chiang Kai-shek was often turbulent, with periods of cooperation and separation. Amidst changing tides, he rose and fell several times. In recent years, his diary was declassified in the United States, attracting widespread attention. What did he write in his diary? Song Ziyuan, one of China's first Harvard students, was known as the "renowned financier of the Nationalist Government." He rose to prominence in the political scene of the Republic of China. This book records Song Ziyuan's life, from his studies at Harvard to his tenure in the Nationalist Government and his eventual death in the United States. It draws on newly opened archives of Song Ziyuan.