The Soong sisters

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The Three Soong sisters - Three Women Who Changed the Course of Chinese History



The Soong Sisters were three Hakka women who were, along with their husbands, amongst China's most significant political figures of the early 20th century.  They each played a major role in influencing their husbands, which, along with their own positions of power, ultimately changed the course of Chinese history.

Throughout their lifetimes, each one of the sisters followed their own belief in terms of supporting the Kuomintang (KMT) or the Communist Party of China.  In the 1930s, Soong Ai-ling and her sister Mei-ling were the two richest women in China at the time. Both of them supported the Nationalists, while Soong Ching-ling later sided with the CPC.

http://history.cultural-china.com/

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The Three Soong Sisters

Soong Ai-ling (Song Ailing): The eldest.  Was married to the richest man and finance minister of China, H. H. Kung.

Soong Ching-ling (Song Qingling): The second in order of seniority.  Was married to Father of Modern China and first President of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen in Japan on 25 October 1915.  She became joint President of the People's Republic of China with Dong Biwu from 1968 to 1972 and Honorary President in 1981, just before the passing of the Constitution of 1982.

Soong May-ling (Song Meiling): The youngest.  Was a prominent political leader in her own right, the wife and partner in power of the leader of the Kuomintang (KMT) , Generalissimo of the Chinese armies, and later President, Chiang Kai-shek.

http://history.cultural-china.com/

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Their father was American-educated Methodist minister Charlie Soong, who made a fortune in banking and printing.  Their mother was Ni Kwei-tseng, whose mother Lady Xu was a descendant of Ming Dynasty mathematician and Jesuit Xu Guangqi.  All three sisters attended Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.  Their three brothers were all high-ranking officials in the Republic of China government, one of whom was T. V. Soong. (wikipedia)

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Nancy Soong Ai-ling

Born:  14 June 1888
Shanghai, Qing China

Died:  18 October 1973 (aged 85)
New York City, New York, United States


with husband H. H. Kung

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Soong Ching-ling

Born:  27 January 1890
Huangpu, Qing Dynasty

Died:  29 May 1981 (aged 91)
Beijing, People's Republic of China


Soong Ching-ling accompanied
Sun Yat-sen in 1924 on his final trip to Beijing

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Soong May-ling

Born:  March 5, 1898
Shanghai, Qing Empire

Died:  October 23, 2003 (aged 105)
New York City, United States


Chiang-Soong wedding photo


On February 18, 1943, she addressed
both houses of the U.S. Congress.

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[Lorenzo]

They were very beautiful when they were younger ! Smart and beautiful gayod.