Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Chang Hsiang-lin

Mr. Ziangling Chang

張祥麟字祥麟

(Chang Hsiang-lin)

Mr. Ziangling Chang was born at Shanghai in 1880. He received his early education at St. John's College of Shanghai and later went to America and studied for a short period at Columbia University. After graduation, Mr. Chang took up journalistic work at Shanghai. In 1913 he joined the Peking Daily News, at that time the only English paper at Peking edited and managed by Chinese. Mr. Chang was connected with the News in the capacity of assistant editor for more than one year. In 1914 Mr. Chang joined the News and Translation Bureau of the Hsiung Hsi-lin Cabinet and was in charge of the foreign section. Later this Bureau was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Chang was invited to continue his service which he did. For sometime he worked under Dr. Wellington Koo, at that time Councillor of the Ministry and Director of the Bureau. In the spring 1916 Mr. Chang returned to China upon the death of his mother and later returned to the Translation Bureau of the Foreign Office. For a time he served as a member of the Commission for the Study of Political Affairs called by the late President Yuan Shih-kai. In 1917 Mr. Chang was appointed a Secretary of the Cabinet. During the next two years, he held various positions, among them being associate councillor of the Ministry of the Interior, secretary of the bureau for the Custody of Ememy Property, associate secretary of the Ministry of Communications, councillor of the Commission for the Reunification and Reorganization of China, member of the Commission for the Study of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet, member of the Diplomatic Commission during the World War, and member of the Famine Relief Bureau. In March 1919 Mr. Chang was decorated with the Fourth Order of Wenfu. In June 1919 he was conferred the Fourth Order of Chiaho. In January 1920 he received the Third Order of Chiaho. In September 1920 he was appointed assistant chief of the Foreign Affairs Investigating Bureau of Waichiaopu. In November 1920 he was appointed assistant director of the Translation Bureau, and acting director in 1921. In September 1921 he was conferred the Second Order of Tashou Chiaho. In the same month he was appointed Secretary to the Chinese Delegation to the Washington Conference. In May 1922 Mr. Chang was conferred the Second Order of Paokuang Chiaho. In December 1922 he was appointed Consul-General at New York which position he is still holding. Mr. Chang is a Member of the American Society of International Law, Washington. D. C, of the Chinese Social and Political Science Association, and of the Chinese-American Association, Peking.