Winston Hsiao-tzu Chang (; 1 March 1942 - 24 February 1996) was a president of Soochow University in

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Biography

He and his identical twin brother, John Chang, were born the sons of

Chiang Ching-kuo Chiang Ching-kuo (27 April 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a politician of the Republic of China after its retreat to Taiwan. The eldest and only biological son of former president Chiang Kai-shek, he held numerous posts in the government ...

and

Chang Ya-juo Chang Ya-juo (died 1942) was the mistress of Chiang Ching-kuo and bore twin sons for him, John Chiang and Winston Chang. She was born in Jiujiang Jiujiang (), formerly transliterated Kiukiang or Kew Keang, is a prefecture-level city located on ...

maybe at what is now Second People's Hospital in

Guilin Guilin ( Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''; alternatively romanized as Kweilin) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the west bank of the Li River and borders Hunan to the nort ...

. As they were born out of wedlock, they took their mother's surname (although both were given the

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of ''Hsiao'' shared by all of Chiang Ching-kuo's children, legitimate or otherwise). Chang Ya-juo died when the brothers were infants in August 1942, and they were raised by Chang Ya-juo's younger brother, Chang Hau-juo (章浩若) and his wife Chi Chen (紀琛). Their uncle and aunt were listed as their parents on official documents until December 2002. The brothers fled to

Hsinchu Hsinchu (, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: ''Xīnzhú'', Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan Province not among the special municipalities, with estimated 450,655 inhabi ...

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in 1949 and both studied law in Soochow University. Winston Chang received his master's from

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, and his doctorate from

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. After returning to Taiwan, he was mostly involved in teaching and research. He later became the chairman of the Soochow University College of Law as well as the president in 1992. On 20 August 1993, Chang visited his mother's tomb in Guilin and attended a cross-straits Buddhist conference. In late 1994, Chang suffered a stroke (eventually causing his death) in

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and entered into a

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. He was flown back to Taiwan via

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in his comatose condition. Despite the fact that he never recovered from the coma, he continued to officially serve as president on medical leave until his death two years later. With Chao Chung-te (趙申德), Chang had a son, Ching-sung (勁松), and a daughter, Yu-chu (友菊).

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Soochow University biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chang, Winston 1941 births 1996 deaths Chiang Kai-shek family Taiwanese educators Presidents of universities and colleges in Taiwan Educators from Guangxi Tulane University Law School alumni Southern Methodist University alumni Soochow University (Taiwan) alumni Soochow University (Taiwan) faculty People from Guilin Taiwanese twins Identical twins Chinese Civil War refugees Taiwanese people from Guangxi