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 and Duan Qirui. He was assassinated on September 1, 1918 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada by a local Chinese barber and Kuomintang member named Wong Chun (1886–1918), who later killed himself.[1][2]
