Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang, wasn’t just the glamorous wife of Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek — she was a ...

Her temperament and the times were well matched. It was early 1943, and the Republic of China was struggling to resist the invading forces of imperial Japan. Soong Mei-ling, then 45 and the wife of ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- She was born into one of modern China's most remarkable families, married one of China's most powerful men and -- at his side -- helped rule China and later Taiwan during decades of ...

What many people do not recognize is Madame Chiang Kai-shek’s importance in local Chinese American history (obituary, Oct. 24-25). When Madame Chiang toured the U.S. in 1943, one of her stops was in ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Madame Chiang Kai-shek, the glamorous, U.S.-educated "eternal first lady" of Taiwan, has died at her New York City home. She was 105. After battling cancer and other illnesses for ...

Madame Chiang Kai-shek died in New York City Thursday at the age of 105. Madame Chiang, whose given name was Soong Mei-ling, became well known in the United States when she addressed Congress in 1943, ...

Generalissimo Chiang Kai- Shek with his wife, Madame Chiang Kai- Shek, on June 23, 1964. Madame Chiang Kai- shek, the widow of the Nationalist Chinese president who used her charm and fluent English ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Madame Chiang Kai-shek, widow of the Nationalist Chinese president who used her charm and fluent English to become a driving force for nationalism in Taiwan, died Thursday in New York ...

Madame Chiang Kai-shek, the widow of the Nationalist Chinese president who used her charm and fluent English to lobby Washington and become a driving force in Taiwan's Nationalist government, died ...