His father was a Kuomingtang official and industrialist who managed a number of companies .
Zhang Xianliang was born in 1936 into an upper - middle - class family in Nanjing , then the capital of the Republic of China .
Zhang Xianliang 's father was a Kuomingtang official and industrialist who managed a number of companies .
Zhang Xianliang was born in 1936 into an upper - middle - class family in Nanjing , then the capital of the Republic of China .