Henry Liu
Henry Liu | |||||||||||||
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劉宜良 | |||||||||||||
| Born | 7 December 1932 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 15 October 1984 (aged 51) Daly City, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Cause of death | Assassination | ||||||||||||
| Monuments | Newseum Journalists Memorial | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American, Taiwanese | ||||||||||||
| Education | National Chengchi University American University | ||||||||||||
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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.1967-1984) | ||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 劉宜良 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 刘宜良 | ||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 江南 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "South of the Yangtze River" (cf. Jiangnan) | ||||||||||||
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Henry Liu (Chinese: 劉宜良; pinyin: Liú Yíliáng; 7 December 1932 – 15 October 1984), often known by his pen name Chiang Nan (江南; Jiāng Nán), was a Taiwanese-American writer and journalist. 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, then 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 the Kuomintang's military intelligence division.