Tang Hualong (1874 – September 1, 1918) was the

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from 1914 to 1915 and the

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in 1917 in the

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Biography

Tang Hualong was born in 1874, and was the older brother of naval officer Tang Xiangming. A prominent member of the Progressive Party of China, Tang served in the governments of

Xu Shichang Xu Shichang (Hsu Shih-chang; ; courtesy name: Juren (Chu-jen; 菊人); October 20, 1855 – June 5, 1939) was a Chinese politician who served as the President of the Republic of China, in Beijing, from 10 October 1918 to 2 June 1922. The only p ...

and Duan Qirui. He was assassinated on September 1, 1918 in

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, Canada by a local Chinese barber and

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member named Wong Chun (1886–1918), who later killed himself.

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