Hu Yun (),

courtesy name A courtesy name ( zh, s=字, p=zì, l=character), also known as a style name, is an additional name bestowed upon individuals at adulthood, complementing their given name. This tradition is prevalent in the East Asian cultural sphere, particula ...

Bijiang (), (1881-1938) was a Chinese banker and former chairman of the

Bank of Communications Bank of Communications (BOCOM or BankComm) is a Chinese multinational banking and financial services corporation. It was originally established in 1908 and was one of a handful of domestic Chinese banks that issued banknotes in modern history. ...

. History professor Parks Coble described him as one "of Shanghai's most prominent bankers" for that time. He was born in 1881. At one time he managed a

branch, and he suggested to an acquaintance that he create a bank for

Overseas Chinese Overseas Chinese people are Chinese people, people of Chinese origin who reside outside Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan). As of 2011, there were over 40.3 million overseas Chinese. As of 2023, there were 10.5 milli ...

people. Hu Yun later became the chairperson of the Bank of Communications. He died in the

Kweilin incident The ''Kweilin'' incident occurred on August 24, 1938 when a Douglas DC-2 airliner named ''Kweilin'' carrying 18 passengers and crew was shot down by Japanese aircraft in China. There were fourteen fatalities. It was the List of airliner shootdow ...

in 1938.

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1881 births 1938 deaths Deaths by firearm in China {{China-stub

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