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Kung Hsiang-hsi (Chinese: 孔祥熙; pinyin: Kǒng Xiángxī; Wade–Giles: K'ung 3 Hsiang 2-hsi 1; 11 September 1880 – 16 August 1967), often known as Dr. H. H. Kung, also known as Dr. Chauncey Kung, was a Chinese banker and politician.
H.H. K’ung (born Sept. 11, 1880, Taigu, Shanxi province, China—died Aug. 15, 1967, Locust Valley, N.Y., U.S.) was a banker and businessman who was a major figure in the Chinese Nationalist government between 1928 and 1945.
Kung Hsiang-hsi, often known as Dr. H. H. Kung, also known as Dr. Chauncey Kung, was a Chinese banker and politician. He married Soong Ai-ling, the eldest of the three Soong sisters; the other two married President Sun Yat-sen and President Chiang Kai-shek.
H. H. Kung was an American-educated Minister of Finance in the turbulent China of the 1930s. He was a member of the famous Soong family—both Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek were brothers-in-law, and his wife was the richest woman in China.
Dec 14, 2023 · Newly digitized, the papers of H. H. Kung, a Chinese political leader and confidante of Chiang Kai–shek, are fully accessible for the first time via the Library & Archives Digital Collections. Thursday, December 14, 2023 2 min read.
Abstract: The H. H. Kung 孔祥熙 papers (1901-1976) consist of speeches and writings, correspondence, reports, conference proceedings, and meeting minutes, relating to political and economic conditions in China and to Chinese diplomatic policy and finances during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
Kung Hsiang-hsi (Chinese: 孔祥熙; pinyin: Kǒng Xiángxī; Wade–Giles: K'ung3 Hsiang2-hsi1 ; 11 September 1880 – 16 August 1967), often known as Dr. H. H. Kung, also known as Dr. Chauncey Kung, was a Chinese banker and politician. He married Soong Ai-ling, the eldest of the three Soong sisters; the other
