A thought provoking collection of Creative Quotations from Soong May-ling, aka Madame Chiang Kai-Shek (1897-2003); born on Mar 5. Chinese sociologist; She became widely known in the West as a spokeswoman for Chinese efforts to resist Japanese forces,...
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Creative Quotations from Pearl Buck for Jun 26 »
YouTube video A thought provoking collection of Creative Quotations from Pearl Buck (1892-1973); born on Jun 26. US author; She was known for her novels of life in China, e.g., "The Good Earth"; won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1938. |
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek Visits US Alma Mater (1943) »
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Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall »
YouTube video We always take visitors to Taipei here. It is one of the most amazing sites in Taipei. It was built to commemorate Chiang Kai Shek. It is almost an exact replica of Sun Yat Sen's mausoleum in Nanjing. Anyway, we went there with our friends Simon and Helen... |
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Soong Mei-ling and Christianity » Danwei Biographer Hannah Pakula has written an biography of Soong Mei-ling. The New York Times has an extract about her religious upbringing: One of the interests the Soong parents shared was music. Madame Soong had studied piano, and her husband had a... |
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Morning tea: Snow, the blues, and the “Last Empress” » Granite Studio Things read and noted: In the WSJ, Melanie Kirkpatrick reviews Hannah Pakula’s new biography of Song Meiling: The Last Empress. Given that the only other major work to focus on Madame Chiang Kai-shek is Sterling Seagrave’s wretched Soon... |
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The Historical Record for March 5: Zhou Enlai and Madame Chiang Kai-shek » Granite Studio Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) Today is the birthday of Zhou Enlai, born in Hui’an in Jiangsu Province in 1898. Zhou’s grandfather was a minor official but like many scholar families in the late Qing, the Zhou clan had fallen on hard times and Zhou... |
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