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The Soong sisters [note 1], Soong Ai-ling, Soong Ching-ling, and Soong Mei-ling, were three prominent women in modern Chinese history. Of Hakka descent, with ancestral roots in Wenchang , Hainan , they were raised as Christians in Shanghai and educated in the United States.
The Soong Sisters is a 1997 Hong Kong historical drama film based on the lives of the Soong sisters from 1911 to 1949. The three sisters married the most important historical figures – Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek and K'ung Hsiang-hsi – in the founding of the Republic of China, making their family the focal point of every major decision made in modern Chinese history.
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.
Soong Ai-ling (traditional Chinese: 宋蔼齡 or 宋靄齡; simplified Chinese: 宋蔼龄 or 宋靄龄; pinyin: Sòng Àilíng; July 15, 1889 – October 20, 1973), legally Soong E-ling or Eling Soong, Christian name Nancy, was a Chinese businesswoman, the eldest of the Soong sisters and the wife of H. H. Kung (Kung Hsiang-Hsi), who was the richest man in the early 20th century Republic of China.
Song sisters may refer to: Song Ruoshen , Song Ruozhao , Song Ruolun , Song Ruoxian , and Song Ruoxun from the Tang dynasty Soong sisters (Ai-ling, Ching-ling, and Mei-ling) or Song sisters, from 20th-century China
Midi Z, the Taiwan-based Myanmar-born director whose career has expanded from no-budget documentaries and dramas to 2019 Cannes title “Nina Wu,” has wrapped “The Unseen Sister,” his first ...
As with the Chinese naming tradition, Soong was the family name, Ching-ling was the first name. [6] Her name is also rendered as Song Qingling in Pinyin. [7] In some early literature, she was referred to as Chung-ling Song, [8] [9] a name she used during her time at Wesleyan. [9]
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