Soong Ching-ling

Former Vice President of the People's Republic of China and third wife of Sun Yat-sen (1893-1981) · China · Politicians · Died at 88

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She married the founder of the Republic of China, outlasted him by fifty-six years, and became the only woman to serve as head of state - non-Communist - in the People's Republic that followed.

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A life in dates

1981Died29 May 19811978“In my mind, there is still the idea of fraternity in the Bible.”In their wordsIn a letter written to her Japanese friend Fumiko Niki in 1978, 宋慶齡基督教思想之演變Read the whole statement

1960“The people are patient, but the stomach cannot wait too long.”In their wordsDjakarta Dispatches (1960)Read the whole statement

1951International Stalin Prize for PeaceAward1941“In the last analysis, all revolutions must be social revolutions, based upon fundamental changes in society; otherwise it is not a revolution, but merely a change of government.”In their wordsHahn, Emily. The Soong Sisters: Generic, 1941Read the whole statement

1893Born27 January 1893

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Cecil Beaton Photographs- Political and Military Personalities; Sun Yat-Sen, Madame IB3459C

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In my mind, there is still the idea of fraternity in the Bible.
1978, In a letter written to her Japanese friend Fumiko Niki in 1978, 宋慶齡基督教思想之演變, Own words
The people are patient, but the stomach cannot wait too long.
1960, Djakarta Dispatches (1960), Own words
In the last analysis, all revolutions must be social revolutions, based upon fundamental changes in society; otherwise it is not a revolution, but merely a change of government.
1941, Hahn, Emily. The Soong Sisters: Generic, 1941, Own words

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International Stalin Prize for Peace1951

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Born in Shanghai in 1893 and educated in the United States, Soong married Sun Yat-sen as his third wife in 1915 and became a fierce advocate for the KMT-CCP coalition he championed. When Chiang Kai-shek broke with the Communists in 1927, she refused to follow, splitting from her own family as China tore itself apart. She joined the Communist government in 1949 and spent the next three decades in its upper ranks - Vice Chairman of the PRC, Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress - serving twice as de facto head of state when the presidency sat empty. During the Cultural Revolution, Zhou Enlai kept her on a protected list, though Red Guards still ransacked her home and destroyed her parents' graves. She was admitted to the Communist Party and named Honorary Chairman of the People's Republic a few weeks before her death in May 1981.

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