Chiang Hsiao-wen explained

Alan Chiang Hsiao-wen
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Birth Date:14 December 1935
Birth Place:Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union
Death Place: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Parents:Chiang Ching-kuo
Chiang Fang-liang
Spouse:Nancy Xu (m.1960-1989)
Children:1

Chiang Hsiao-wen (; also known as Alan Chiang; 14 December 1935  - 14 April 1989) was the eldest son of Chiang Ching-kuo, the President of the Republic of China in Taiwan from 1978 to 1988. His mother is Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva, also known as Chiang Fang-liang. He had one younger sister, Hsiao-chang, and two younger brothers, Hsiao-wu and Hsiao-yung. He had two half-brothers, Winston Chang and John Chiang, with whom he shared the same father.

He married Xu Nai Jin (Nancy) in 1960 and had a daughter, Yomei, in 1961.[1] He suffered brain damage in 1970 while being treated for diabetes.[2] He died of throat cancer on April 14, 1989.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Taylor, Jay . November 14, 2000 . The Generalissimo's Son: Chiang Ching-kuo and the Revolutions in China and Taiwan . Cambridge, Massachusetts . Harvard University Press . 277 . 978-0674002876 . November 6, 2014 .
  2. News: . Chiang Hsiao-wen, Ex-Business Executive, 54 . The New York Times . AP . New York, New York . April 15, 1989 . November 7, 2014 .
  3. Book: 蒋孝文夫人徐乃锦(1)(图) . November 6, 2014 .