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  1. Charlie Soong. Charles Jones Soong ( Chinese: 宋嘉澍; pinyin: Sòng Jiāshù; Wade–Giles: Sung Chia-shu; October 17, 1861 – May 3, 1918), also known by his courtesy name Soong Yao-ju ( Chinese: 宋耀如; pinyin: Sòng Yàorú; Wade–Giles: Sung Yao-ju ), was a Chinese businessman who first achieved prominence as a publisher in Shanghai.

  2. Feb 20, 2023 · The patriarch, Charles Jones (Charlie) Soong, was born in China in 1861, and traveled to the U.S. as a young man, where he spent eight years studying to become a Christian missionary through the ...

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  3. Charlie Soong (1863–1918), also called Charles Jones Soong, was born Han Jiaozhun and was reared until he was nine in Wenchang, a port on the eastern coast of the island of Hainan, China. After a three-year apprenticeship in the East Indies (Indonesia), he spent eight…. Other articles where Charlie Soong is discussed: Soong family: Charlie ...

  4. Soong family, influential Chinese family that was heavily involved in the political fortunes of China during the 20th century. Among its best-known members were Charlie, the founder of the family, and his children T.V. Soong, financier and politician; Soong Mei-ling, who became Madame Chiang

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  5. May 29, 2014 · Charlie did quite well financially over time, making enough money to send all six of his children to school in the United States. The education the Soong children received, along with the family’s growing connections in China, put them on the path to creating powerful political and financial dynasty for the first half of the twentieth century.

  6. Learn about the life and achievements of Charlie Soong, the first international student at Trinity College (now Duke University) in 1881. He became a Methodist minister, a businessman, and the father of three influential women in China.

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  8. Indeed, in 1985, journalist Sterling Seagrave used it as a pivotal illustration in the first two chapters of his volume, The Soong Dynasty. The letter was from Charlie Soon, a special and preparatory student enrolled in Trinity College in Randolph Country and the first international student at the college.

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