Chiang Yung-Ning

Chiang Yung-Ning, was a Hong Kong international table tennis player who represented Hong Kong and China.

Table tennis career

He won a bronze medal at the 1952 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup when representing Hong Kong. The team consisted of Cheng Kwok Wing, Chung Chin Sing, Fu Chi Fong and Suh Sui Cho. He also reached the fourth round of the singles.
Four years later he won three bronze medals at the 1956 World Table Tennis Championships, 1957 World Table Tennis Championships and 1959 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup for China.
He was also the first National table tennis champion of China in 1952 and in 1953 defeated the defending World Champion Johnny Leach.

Death

Chiang was the victim of harassment and torture during the Cultural Revolution in China. He and fellow table tennis stars Fu Chi Fong and Yong Guotang were accused of being capitalist spies simply because of their Hong Kong origin. Chiang liked to read newspapers in his spare time, which led to accusations by the rebels that he was collecting information for the capitalists and Japanese. After being forced into a confession, he committed suicide on May 16 1968 Chi Fong and Yong Guaotang were also forced into suicide by the same public harassment and torture.