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He was brother to the three Song sisters, and through them brother-in-law to Kong Yongzhi, Sun Yatsen and Chiang Kaishek. | He was brother to the three Song sisters, and through them brother-in-law to Kong Yongzhi, Sun Yatsen and Chiang Kaishek. | ||
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=== [[wikipedia:Central_Bank_of_the_Republic_of_China_(Taiwan)#Mainland_China|The Central Bank of China]] === | === [[wikipedia:Central_Bank_of_the_Republic_of_China_(Taiwan)#Mainland_China|The Central Bank of China]] === | ||
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=== Lixin Accounting Institute === | === Lixin Accounting Institute === | ||
Pan Xulun, who held an MBA from Harvard and a PhD in Economics from Columbia, founded the Lixin College of Accounting in Shanghai in 1928. (Noted in this [https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/916ec4ae-87a5-4d26-84d6-4176931b1066/content thesis on Chinese Accounting History, 1927-1937].) | Pan Xulun, who held an MBA from Harvard and a PhD in Economics from Columbia, founded the Lixin College of Accounting in Shanghai in 1928. (Noted in this [https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/916ec4ae-87a5-4d26-84d6-4176931b1066/content thesis on Chinese Accounting History, 1927-1937].) | ||
=== [[wikipedia:Jiangxi_Soviet|Jiangxi Soviet]] === | |||
== Events == | == Events == | ||
=== [[wikipedia:January_28_incident|January 28th Incident]] (Fighting between Chinese and Japanese in Shanghai in 1932) === | === [[wikipedia:January_28_incident|January 28th Incident]] (Fighting between Chinese and Japanese in Shanghai in 1932) === |
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People
Kong Yongzhi
Mentioned in passing in Episode 1.
In episode 2, Gao Feng while being arrested says he is "working for Mr Kong."
Kong Yongzhi also known as Kong Xiangxi, was the the Minister of Industry and Commerce in Chiang Kaishek's Nanjing based Nationalist government from March 1928. Between Apr 1933 and Jul 1945, he was the President of the Central Bank of China. He was also husband of Song Ailing, and hence Chairman Chiang's brother-in-law.
Song Ailing ("Big Sister")
Mentioned by Yu Shiqing in Episode 2 : "The big sister is behind us. What are you afraid of?"
Song Ailing was Dr. Sun Yatsen's sometime secretary, and the eldest daughter of wealthy businessman "Charlie" Song Yaoru, wife to Kong Yongzhi, sister to Song Ziwen ("Mr Song") and sister-in-law to Sun Yatsen and Chiang Kaishek.
Song Ziwen ("Mr Song")
Song Ziwen also known as T.V. Soong, was the Minister of Finance in the Nationalist government from 1925. Between Jul 1928 and May 1930, he negotiated tariff rates with the United States, Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom. In Oct 1928, he was named the president of the reformed Central Bank of China, now headquartered in Shanghai; he would hold this position until 1931. In Jan 1930, he took on a concurrent role as the deputy chief of the Executive Yuan; in this role he was credited with currency reforms and the establishment of a police force to enforce taxation.
He was brother to the three Song sisters, and through them brother-in-law to Kong Yongzhi, Sun Yatsen and Chiang Kaishek.
Institutions etc.
The Central Bank of China
The Chartered Stock and Produce Exchange, Shanghai
The Imperial Bank of China
Humboldt University of Berlin
"Nanjing", i.e. the seat of the Nationalist Government from 1927 to 1937
Lixin Accounting Institute
Pan Xulun, who held an MBA from Harvard and a PhD in Economics from Columbia, founded the Lixin College of Accounting in Shanghai in 1928. (Noted in this thesis on Chinese Accounting History, 1927-1937.)