Chiang Nan
| Henry Liu | |||||||||||||
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7 December 1932 Jingjiang, Jiangsu, China |
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| Died | 15 October 1984 (aged 51) Daly City, California, United States |
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| Cause of death | Assassination | ||||||||||||
| Monuments | Newseum Journalists Memorial | ||||||||||||
| Citizenship | United States | ||||||||||||
| Education | National Chengchi University American University (graduate studies) |
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| Known for | Unauthorized biography of Chiang Ching-Kuo | ||||||||||||
| Notable work | 《蔣經國傳》 (1984) | ||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Helen (崔蓉芝; Cuī Róng Zhī, m.1967) | ||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 劉宜良 | ||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 江南 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "South of the Yangtze River" (cf. Jiangnan) | ||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Liú Yíliáng |
| Wade–Giles | Liu Yi-liang |
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| Hokkien POJ | Lâu Gî-liông |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jiāng Nán |
| Wade–Giles | Chiang Nan |
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| Hokkien POJ | Kang Lâm |
Henry Liu (Chinese: 劉宜良; pinyin: Liú Yíliáng, 7 December 1932 – 15 October 1984 (aged 51)), often known by his pen name Chiang Nan (江南), was a writer and journalist from Taiwan. He was a vocal critic of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party), then the single ruling party of the Republic of China in Taiwan, and was most famous for writing an unauthorized biography of Chiang Ching-kuo, former president of the Republic of China. He later became a naturalized citizen of the United States, and resided in Daly City, California, where he was assassinated by Bamboo Union members who had been reportedly trained by Republic of China military intelligence.
Liu was born on 7 December 1932 in Jingjiang, Jiangsu, Republican China. When he was nine years old, his father was killed by Chinese communists. When he turned sixteen, he was drafted into the Nationalist Army, and he left for Taiwan in 1949. After leaving the military, he worked for the state-run radio and later as a reporter for the Taiwan Daily News, where he was sent on assignment to Hong Kong, Manila, and the Vietnam War. After marrying Helen, he became a foreign correspondent in 1967, and moved to Washington DC, where he took graduate classes at American University and worked part-time as an interpreter for the State Department.
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