Tom Chang's father is Zhang Jianmin, a soldier from Jiaxing, Zhejiang. 20 1 1 On May 9th, Zhang Jianmin died of gastric cancer. Tom Zhang's mother is A Mei, an Atayal aborigine from Mount Li in Taichung. Tom Zhang is the eldest in the family, with two younger brothers and two younger sisters. 1986 Tom Chang's sister Zhang Yuxian drowned.