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| Affiliation | Chinese Communist |
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1937-01-01 |
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| Name | Song Qingling |
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| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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January 27, 1893
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| Died | May 29, 1981
(88 years)
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| Contributor | Ashley |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Sep 30, 2022 07:13pm |
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| Info | AKA Rosamund Soong Ch'ing-ling, Soong Qinling, and Red Sister
Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the Soong sisters—three sisters who were, along with their husbands, amongst China's most significant political figures of the early 20th century. She was the Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China. She was the first non-royal woman to officially become head of state of China, acting as Co-Chairman of the Republic from 1968 until 1972. She again became head of state in 1981, briefly before her death, as President of China. Her Christian name was Rosamond.
She was born to the wealthy businessman and missionary Charlie Soong in Nanshi (a part of present-day Huangpu District), Shanghai, attended Motyeire School for Girls in Shanghai, and graduated from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, United States.
She married Sun Yat-sen in Japan on October 25, 1915; he had previously been married to Lu Muzhen. Ching-ling's parents greatly opposed the match, as Dr. Sun was 26 years her senior. After Sun's death in 1925, she was elected to the Kuomintang (KMT) Central Executive Committee in 1926. However, she exiled herself to Moscow after the expulsion of the Communists from the KMT in 1927. She became the first female Chairman and President of the People's Republic of China.
Although Soong reconciled with the KMT during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), she sided with the Communists in the Chinese Civil War. She did not join the party but rather was part of the united front heading up the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang.
On May 16, 1981, two weeks before her death, she was admitted to the Communist Party and was named Honorary President of the People's Republic of China. She is the only person ever to hold this title.
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