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Mme Sun Yat-sen

Pages
143
Published
1986
Language
English

Synopsis

This biography by Jung Chang explores the extraordinary life of Song Qingling, also known as Mme Sun Yat-sen, one of the influential Soong sisters. It traces her journey from a privileged upbringing to her marriage with the father of modern China, Sun Yat-sen, and her subsequent role as a key political figure throughout the tumultuous 20th century in China. The book sheds light on her unwavering commitment to her ideals amidst revolution, civil war, and the establishment of the People's Republic.

About the author

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Jung Chang

Jung Chang was born in Yibin, Sichuan Province, China, in 1952. She was a red guard briefly at the age of fourteen and then worked as a peasant, a 'barefoot doctor', a steelworker, and an electrician before becoming an English language student and, later, an assistant lecturer at Sichuan University. She left China for Britain in 1978 and was subsequently awarded a scholarship by York University, where she obtained a Ph.D. in linguistics in 1982 - the first person from the People's Republic of Ch...