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Zhang Ting (politician)
Zhang Ting (; 11 September 1922 – 15 November 2018) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician. He joined the Eighth Route Army and the Chinese Communist Party during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and served as China's Minister of the Electronics Industry from 1982 to 1983. Wartime career Zhang was born 11 September 1922 into an affluent farmer and merchant family in Xin County (now Xinfu District), Shanxi, China. When the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out in 1937, Zhang, then a student at Xin County Middle School, quit school and went to the Communist headquarters in Yan'an. He enlisted in the Eighth Route Army in October 1937 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in November 1938. He fought in many battles defending the Shaan-Gan-Ning and Yimeng Mountains (Shandong) communist bases against Japanese attacks. In September 1943, he was tasked with manufacturing weapons including grenades and land mines in the Shandong Military District, which was surrounded by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang (surname)
Zhang () is the third most common surname in China and Taiwan (commonly spelled as "Chang" in Taiwan), and it is one of the most common surnames in the world. Zhang is the pinyin romanization of the very common Chinese surname written in simplified characters and in traditional characters. It is spoken in the first tone: ''Zhāng''. It is a surname that exists in many languages and cultures, corresponding to the surname 'Archer' in English for example. In the Wade-Giles system of romanization, it is romanized as "Chang", which is commonly used in Taiwan; "Cheung" is commonly used in Hong Kong as romanization. It is also the pinyin romanization of the less-common surnames (''Zhāng''), which is the 40th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. There is the even-less common (''Zhǎng''). was listed 24th in the famous Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames'', contained in the verse 何呂施張 (He Lü Shi Zhang). Today, it is one of the most common surnames in the world a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |