Talk:T. V. Soong

Crucial role in modernizing Chinese finance

This article does not mention T. V. Soong's crucial role in Chinese finance: As Minister of Finance, in the early 1930's he abolished the silver tael and replaced it by the silver dollar. This had enormous consequences. It should be explained.

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• 1923年任孙中山英文秘书。
• 1923年4月孙中山在广州成立中央银行，宋子文负责筹备条例章程。
• 1924年8月任广州中央银行董事，行长。
• 1925年兼任国民政府财政部长。
• 1928年1月任南京国民政府财政部长，兼任外交、预算、首都建设、黄河水利、国防编遣等委员。
• 1928年7月– 1930年5月与美国、日本、德国、英国等签订新关税条约，收回关税自主权；并实行税收改革。
• 1928年10月新的中央银行在上海开业，宋任总裁。
• 1930年1月兼任行政院副院长，进行币制改革，建税警团。
• 1931年12月蒋介石下野，宋子文辞职。
• 1932年1月复任行政院副院长，财长。
• 1932年1月汪精卫出国，代任行政院院长。
• 1933年4月汪精卫回国，停止代行行政院院长，辞去中央银行总裁，以财长及行政院副院长身份出访美欧各国。
• 1933年10月辞去行政院副院长，财长。
• 1935年任中国银行董事长，参与币制改革。
• 1936年12月西安事变，飞西安谈判营救蒋介石。
• 1937年抗战爆发后，联合协调各银行应付财政。
• 1940年出使美国寻求援助，获得租借物资2,500万美元。
• 1941年12月任外交部长，长驻美国。
• 1942年与美国签署租借协定，获得美援超过8亿美元。同年，与英美等国就取消外国在华等特权签署新约。
• 1944年12月任代行政院院长，兼任外长。
• 1945年7月出席旧金山联合国制宪会议，宋子文是四位主席之一。
• 1946年3月出现抢购黄金风潮。
• 1947年3月辞去行政院长职。
• 1947年9月任广东省主席，行营主任，缓靖公署主任。
• 1949年1月蒋介石下野，宋子文辞去广东各职，移居香港。
• 1949年6月移居美国纽约。
• 1971年4月于旧金山吃饭时哽咽呛死。

Birthplace changed back to Shanghai

A recent edit changed Soong's birthplace to Beijing. All the biographical sources listed in the article, however, say that Soong was born in Shanghai, where his father Charles J. Soong was a prominent businessman. Do not change such well-sourced information without indicating what your source is and explaining why it is preferable over Boorman or Seagrave. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rgr09 (talk • contribs) 05:05, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Death

It says it's a stroke here, but I've heard that he died of choking on a bone while eating... 75.83.66.84 (talk) 10:57, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

TV Soong did NOT attend Columbia nor did he have a PhD

TV Soong did not attend Columbia -- never mind receiving a PhD from there, like often appears in this article. Any reader of "The Soong Dynasty" knows that. It seems Taiwanese fanboys are more concerned with projecting "face" onto this guy than disseminating the truth. That article that is sometimes cited as proof he received a PhD from Columbia, by the way, is hosted on a nonsense domain and is in fact a terribly plagiarized article from the Wikipedia page itself!

Actually TV Soong attended graduate school at Columbia between 1915-1917. He also received honorary PhD's from Columbia and Yale in 1971. Would whoever left that unsigned comment please tell me on what page in <The Soong Dynasty> does it say T.V. Soong didn't go to Columbia?

See the chronology at the end of Kuo, Tai-chun, and Lin, Hsiao-ting. "T.V. Soong in Modern Chinese History." Stanford University: Hoover Institution Press, 2003. http://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/tv-soong-in-modern-chinese-history.pdf

Winston Ho 何嶸 (talk) 19:49, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Assessment comment

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Some mention of T.V. Soong's connection to organized crime should be included. His Triad ties are well-known and well documented, including in Martin Booth's history of the Triads Dragon Syndicates. This is all significant so that researchers see that much of the KMT's work was funded with Triad money.

Last edited at 15:44, 9 June 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 07:31, 30 April 2016 (UTC)