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Soong Mei-ling (also spelled Soong May-ling; March 4, 1898 [1] – October 23, 2003), also known as Madame Chiang (Chinese: 蔣夫人), was a Chinese political figure.The youngest of the Soong sisters, she married Chiang Kai-shek and played a prominent role in Chinese politics and foreign relations in the first half of the 20th century.
The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China is a 2009 biography of Soong Mei-ling, wife of Kuomintang leader and President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek written by Hannah Pakula. The book was widely reviewed as extensively researched and strongly put forward the argument that Madame Chiang and her husband ...
Chiang Kai-shek was born and raised as a Buddhist, but became a Methodist upon his marriage to his fourth wife, Soong Mei-ling. It was previously believed that this was a political move, [ 200 ] but further studies of his personal diaries suggest that his faith was sincere.
Chiang Kai-shek: Soong Mei-ling 31 October 1887 5 April 1975 Mausoleum of Late President Chiang: Chiang Kai-shek (1887–1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who headed the Kuomintang and led the Nationalist government in the early 20th century. After Sun Yat-sen's death in 1925, he led China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Mao Fumei (Chinese: 毛福梅; pinyin: Máo Fúméi, 9 November 1882 – 12 December 1939) was the first wife of Chiang Kai-shek, and the biological mother of Chiang Ching-Kuo. Tablet of Returning Blood with Blood- Promising to avenge his mother's death, Chiang Ching-Kuo had the words "以血洗血" ('wash away blood with blood') carved on a tablet
Taiwan will withdraw the military honour guards at the memorial hall for former leader Chiang Kai-shek as part of ongoing efforts to end the "veneration of authoritarianism", the culture ministry ...
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Laura Tyson Li called Soong Mei-ling "one of the most controversial and fascinating woman of the 20th century", [attribution needed] who was, beside the wife of China's wartime leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, also his "chief adviser, interpreter, and propagandist". [3]