Ku Cheng-kang

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Ku Cheng-kang or Gu Zhenggang (

Biography

Ku Cheng-kang was born in

Ku attended school in Germany where many of the Kuomintang's elite were also educated. He obtained his bachelor's degree from Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1924, whilst still a student, Ku and his younger brother joined the Kuomintang.

In 1925, the two brothers traveled to the

The brothers returned to China in 1926. In 1928, they fell in with Chen Gongbo and Ku Meng-yu to form the Reorganization Clique (zh: 国民党改組同志会, 改組派), one of many Kuomintang factions.

In 1931, Ku caught the eye of

In December 1934, Ku was appointed as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and in 1935, he secured a promotion to serve as Vice Minister of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee.

In 1937, with the outbreak of the

In 1941, Ku was in charge of casualty processing during the Japanese bombing of Chongqing and in 1944, he was in charge of Chinese military and civilian casualties on the Guangxi, Guizhou warfronts.

In 1945, Ku was elected to the Chinese Kuomintang Central Executive Committee and the 6th Standing Committee. He also served as Chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang Central Committee of agricultural workers.

In 1947, he began involvement with Chen Lifu, Fang Chih and the CC Clique and became active in the Shanghai political scene.

Ku retreated with the nationalists to Taiwan in 1949.

Anti-communist activities in Taiwan

In January 1950, Ku was appointed

• Ku Chia-tai (zh: 谷家泰)
• Ku Chia-hua (zh: 谷家華)
• Ku Chia-sung (zh: 谷家嵩)
• Ku Hsiu-heng [zh] (zh: 谷秀衡) - She went on to become director of Taiwan Cyanamid Company
• Ku Chia-heng (zh: 谷家恒)

Literary works

• The following is an incomplete list of the literary works of Ku Cheng-kang
• Ku Cheng-kang 谷正綱編，世盟重要文獻，台北市：世界反共聯盟中華民國分會，1967年
• Ku Cheng-kang 谷正綱，發揚胞愛精神團結反共力量，台北市：中國大陸災胞救濟總會，1973年
• Ku Cheng-kang "Expose and Destroy Peiping's "Peaceful Unification" Intrigue", World Anti-Communist League, China Chapter, 1979, Taipei.
• Ku Cheng-kang "The 12th [Twelfth] C.C.P. Congress and the Future of Teng's Line", World Anti-Communist League, China Chapter, 1982, Taipei.
• Ku Cheng-kang 谷正綱，為人類自由而奮鬥：世盟榮譽主席谷正綱博士言論選集，世盟榮譽主席谷正綱言論選集編委會，1985年

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