Chang Tao-fan was a prominent figure and long-time central member of the Kuomintang.
20 Facts About Chang Tao-fan
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Chang Tao-fan was the fourth President of the Legislative Yuan, and former President of Broadcasting Corporation of China.
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When Chang was a student he was very active in politics, and joined the Chinese Revolutionary Party.
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In 1919, Chang Tao-fan went to study in Europe with the financial aid from then Chinese government.
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Chang Tao-fan spent three years in London at Slade School of Fine Art, an art school of the University College London.
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Chang Tao-fan spent more than one year in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
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Chang Tao-fan married a French woman, Suzanne Grimonprez, in 1928 although he had met and admired Jiang Biwei, but she was the partner of the artist Xu Beihong.
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Chang Tao-fan knew that the Japanese were thought to be about to bomb Nanjing and he arranged for Jiang Biwei to escape to Chongqing.
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Chang Tao-fan was a married man and the vice-minister of education.
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Chang Tao-fan arranged for Jiang to be given a job.
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Chang Tao-fan adopted Biwei's daughter, Lilian, or Lilian was Chang Tao-fan and Biwei's daughter outside wedlock.
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Chang Tao-fan's French wife was a difficulty in Chinese society and Chang Tao-fan sent her abroad for some years.
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Chang Tao-fan had been a senior and central member of the Kuomintang for a long time, so he is considered as belonging to the central club clique.
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From 1923 to September 1926, Chang Tao-fan was a head of the Kuomintang London Branch.
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From January 1928 to 1930, Chang Tao-fan was the Secretary-General of the Nanjing Government.
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From August 1928 to 1930, Chang Tao-fan was Provost of National Tsing Tao University in Shandong province.
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From December 7,1932 to April 8,1936, Chang Tao-fan was the Executive Vice-minister of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in China.
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From January 1940 to 1941, Chang Tao-fan was Provost of National Chengchi University.
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From January 1950 to 1968, Chang Tao-fan was the President of China Daily News in Taiwan.
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From March 17,1952 to Feb 24,1961, Chang Tao-fan was the fourth President of the Legislative Yuan.