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The Soong sisters (Chinese: 宋氏姐妹; pinyin: Sòngshì Jiěmèi), Soong Ai-ling, Soong Ching-ling, and Soong Mei-ling, were three sisters from Wenchang city, Hainan island. Raised as Christians and educated in America, the sisters all married powerful men, respectively, H. H. Kung, Sun Yat Sen, and Chiang Kai-shek.
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 ...
Oct 11, 2012 · After 1949, the three sisters were never together again, estranged by history. But all three have taken their thoughts on that separation to the grave. China today offers women many more ...
May 21, 1997 · The fascinating life of the Soong Family (ChinaÆs equivent of the Kennedys) is chronicled in this lavish epic melodrama, with an all-star cast headed by Michelle Yeoh, Vivian Wu and Maggie Cheung. To see that China remains a dominant world force after the founding of the Republic by Dr. Sun Yai-sen, the patriotic Charlie Soong sends his three ...
Dec 8, 2014 · The Soong sisters were the clever daughters of Charlie Soong, an American-educated Methodist missionary in Shanghai, who made a fortune printing Chinese-language bibles. At that time,...
Nov 22, 2019 · There were three Soong sisters, each of them much larger than regular life. The oldest of them, Ei-ling – married to the richest man in China and Chiang Kai-shek’s most persuasive behind-the-scenes adviser – was born in 1888. The youngest, May-ling, became Madame Chiang. She died in 2003, aged 105.
Oct 29, 2019 · The Soong sisters, left to right: Soong Ei-ling (1890 - 1973), Soong May-ling (1897 - 2003) and Soong Ching-ling (1893 - 1981) in Chongqing (Chunking), China, 1940. The sisters were...
