| Biography | Peng Chun Chang also P. C. Chang (1892 1957) was a Chinese professor, philosopher and playwright.
Born in China, he received his higher education in the United States, at Columbia University. He returned to China and became a professor at Nankai University in Tianjin. After the invasion of China by Japan in 1937, Chang joined the anti-Japanese resistance at Nankai University. When the Japanese arrived there he fled, dressed as a woman. He was engaged by the Chinese government to assist in promoting awareness in Europe and America of the Nanking Massacre. Chang later taught at the University of Chicago.
Chang became a full-time diplomat in 1942, serving as China's representative in Turkey. He was an enthusiastic promoter of Chinese culture. While in Turkey he delivered lectures on the reciprocal influences and commonalities between Arabic and Chinese cultures, and on the relationship between Confucianism and Islam.
Chang resigned from the UN in 1952 because of a worsening heart condition and died in 1957. |