Background and Education
Tang's family operated in the textile industry and came from Wuxi, Jiangsu to Hong Kong in 1949. Henry Tang himself was born in Hong Kong in 1952. Tang holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan. He is a graduate of class of 1975.
Tang has extensive ties with PRC leaders. His father Tang Hsiang Chien is a former standing committee member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the advisory body to the National People's Congress.
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