Background
Mr. Yang was born in Shanghai, China in 1890.
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Mr. Yang was born in Shanghai, China in 1890.
Hsiao-tang Yang received his education at the Kiangsu Provincial College in Soochow.
Hsiao-tang Yang entered diplomatic service as a secretary in the Bureau of Foreign Affairs at Shanghai in 1911 and later chief secretary and director of the Land Office of the Bureau. He served in the Bureau from 1911 to 1926 when he was promoted Superintendent of Customs and concurrently Commissionerof Foreign Affairs at Nanking. Then he was appointed Chinese Consul-General at Penang, China in 1930 and transferred to Shanghai as Director of Shanghai Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1931.