Researching Kurt Tong
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1057 people with the Tong surname? In that year Tong was ranked number 2538 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Kurt means "Form of CURTIS. courteous" and is of German origin.
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Kurt Tong and the Tong Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 1823 people with the Tong surname in the UK? Tong is now ranked number 2455 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Tong surname in the USA? Tong is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
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Kurt Tong
Kurt Walter Tong (born 1964) is an American diplomat and business consultant, and the former Consul General of the United States of America to Hong Kong and Macau. He joined The Asia Group LLC as a Partner in July 2019. He previously was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of State's Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and replaced Clifford Hart in Hong Kong in August 2016. He arrived in Hong Kong on August 27, 2016 to assume his position as the Consul General.
Tong was the Senate-confirmed U.S. Ambassador for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) when the United States hosted the forum in 2011. He was the Deputy Chief of Mission for the United States Embassy in Tokyo, Japan from 2011 to 2014. Earlier, he was Director for Korean Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, and Director for Asian Economic Affairs at the White House, and participated in the Six Party Talks with North Korea. He also worked at the U.S. embassies in Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo and Manila.
Tong was born in Ohio and raised in Massachusetts. He graduated with an A.B. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1987 after completing a 221-page long senior thesis titled "Distant Neighbors and Reluctant Partners: Political Economy and Popular Consciousness of Japan-Korean Relations." He has also studied at the Beijing Institute of Education, Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Study in Taipei, Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo, and International Christian University in Tokyo. He is fluent in Mandarin and Japanese.
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