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The Triumph of Madame Chiang
Charlie Soong, born in , was a new kind of figure in Chinese history, an independent-minded youngster with an openness to the world who came to Boston from Hainan Island at the age of twelve to work in a store. At fourteen he stowed away on a Coast Guard cutter, was baptized a Christian, enrolled in school, and learned enough English to graduate from Vanderbilt. Returning to his homeland as a preacher and Bible salesman, he became an innovative businessman in eastern China. Before dying at the age of fifty-two in his Shanghai mansion, Charlie married and had six children, three boys (two of whom graduated from Harvard and one from Vanderbilt) and three girls.
Two of the girls graduated from Wesleyan College in Georgia, and the third girl, May-ling, lived in the South from the age of ten before enrolling and graduating from Wellesley. All six of the children played active parts in Chinese politics and finance, covering between them a skala of politi
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Chiang Kai-shek
Chinese politician and military leader (–)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Chiang.
Chiang Kai-shek[a] (31 October &#;&#; 5 April ) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and general who led the Republic of China (ROC) from until his death in His government was based in mainland China until it was defeated in the Chinese Civil War by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in , after which he continued to lead the Republic of China on the island of Taiwan. Chiang served as leader of the Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) party and the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) from until his death, during which he was known as Generalissimo.
Born in Zhejiang, Chiang received a military education in China and Japan and joined Sun Yat-sen's Tongmenghui organization in After the Revolution, he was a founding member of the KMT and head of the Whampoa Military Academy from After Sun's death in , Chiang became leader of the party and
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Two Gun Cohen and Soong Ching-ling
She came from the most important 20th century Chinese family. Her name means &#;Lucky Years&#; and she, her two sisters, and her brother played a remarkable role in China&#;s history. All of them were children of Han Jin Shun (known as Charlie Soong), a Chinese Methodist. He made sure all of them were American educated.
Soong Ai-ling, one of the three hona children of Han, married China&#;s top banker, H.H. Kung.
Soong Mai-ling became the wife of China&#;s Chang Kai-shek. She would become prominent in China and Taiwan and highly influential in the United States.
Soong Ching-ling would marry the founder of modern China Sun Yat-sen (–). After Sun&#;s death in she would remain prominent in Chinese politics, eventually siding with the communists. She was deeply revered in China, as is Sun Yat-sen to this day, and for a brief period () was the Acting President of the PRC, the first and only woman president of mainland China.
Soong Ching-li