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Chang Bishi

The Chinese diplomat and businessman Cheong Fatt Tze or Tjong Tjen Hsoen (1840-1916) is usually referred to by the romanised spelling Chang (Zhang) Bishi. He is considered the founder and pioneer of modern viticulture in China. Due to the turmoil of the Second Opium War (1856-1862), he emigrated to Indonesia. After his marriage, he founded a trading company for agricultural products such as rubber, coffee and tea with the help of his father-in-law. He became a wealthy man by founding a bank.

Chang Bishi - Porträt, Etikett und Statue in Yantai

As Chinese consul in Singapore, he was summoned to China twice by the Emperor of China (Qing Dynasty) and later promoted to Minister of Agriculture, Industry, Roads and Mines for the provinces of Fujian and Guangdong. In 1892, he founded a winery on the Shandong Peninsula in eastern China, which was the forerunner of today's multinational Yantai Changyu. The Austro-Hungarian consul Baron Max von Babo (1862-1933), son of the well-known August-Wilhelm von Babo (1827-1894), was engaged as consultant and cellar master. A statue was erected in Yantai in honour of his pioneering work in Chinese viticulture (pictured right).

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