Hollington K Tong (); 9 November 1887 – 9 January 1971) was a Chinese journalist and diplomat. Tong was from a poor

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family. He graduated in journalism from the

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, and from the first class of the

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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

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. 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

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. Hollington K. Tong died on 9 January 1971, in a nursing home in

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, at the age of 83.

References

*Chiang Kai Shek's Teacher and Ambassador -Hollington K. Tong * Dateline: China by Hollington K. Tong *

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Taiwanese journalists 1887 births 1971 deaths Ambassadors of the Republic of China to the United States University of Missouri alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni Writers from Ningbo Politicians from Ningbo Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang Taiwanese people from Zhejiang 20th-century journalists {{Taiwan-diplomat-stub