Cheong fatt tze biography of mahatma
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Cheong Fatt Tze
Qing Dynasty politician
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang (Cheong).
Cheong Fatt Tze (born Chang Chin Hsun; c.
Cheong fatt tze biography of mahatma
1840–1916), also known as Tjong Tjen Hsoen, Thio Tiauw Siat or Zhang Bishi was a Chinese industrialist, politician and philanthropist. Spending the majority of his life residing in Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, he was a powerful Nanyang business magnate and a first-class Mandarin of China; he was made Consul-General in Singapore and economic advisor.
He was once regarded as the richest man in Malaya, with a reputed net worth of 80 million taels worth of silver (equivalent to approximately $2.4 billion today), which brought him the moniker "the Rockefeller of China". He died in Batavia from pneumonia.
Cheong fatt tze biography of mahatma gandhi
Early life
He was born in 1840 in Dabu, Guangdong, China to a poor Hakka family. Cheong started working at an early age as a cowherd back in his village. At age 16, Cheong had left Guangdong while Cantonese Red Turban rebell