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Soong and Sisters
The life of Sun is portrayed in various films, mainly The Soong Sisters and Road to Dawn.
*** Charlie Soong 宋嘉樹 / 宋嘉树 ( 1863-1918 ; Wenchang, Hainan ; Hakka pronunciation: Soong Ka Su ), Financier and staunch supporter in the early days of Kuomintang ; Father of the Soong Sisters, who along with their husbands, were the most influential figures of China in the early 20th century
*** Soong Ai-ling 宋藹齡 / 宋蔼龄 ( 1890-1973 ; Wenchang, Hainan ; born in Shanghai ; Hakka pronunciation: Soong Oi Lin ), Eldest of the Soong Sisters ; Wife of H H Kung
*** Soong Ching-ling 宋慶齡 / 宋庆龄 ( 1893-1981 ; Wenchang, Hainan ; born in Kunshan, Jiangsu ; Hakka pronunciation: Soong Khin Lin ), Second of the Soong Sisters ; Wife of Sun Yat-sen ; Honorary President of the People's Republic of China, 1981
*** Soong May-ling 宋美齡 / 宋美龄 ( 1898-2003 ; Wenchang, Hainan ; Hakka pronunciation: Soong Mui Lin ), Youngest of the Soong Sisters ; Wife of Chiang Kai-shek
** Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for The Soong Sisters 宋家皇朝 ( 1998 )
In the 1997 Hong Kong movie The Soong Sisters ( 宋家皇朝 ), she is portrayed by Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung.
The Soong Sisters.
In the 1997 Hong Kong movie The Soong Sisters ( 宋家皇朝 ), she was portrayed by actress Michelle Yeoh.
* He was portrayed by Jiang Wen in the 1997 movie The Soong Sisters.
In addition to these he also starred in Hibiscus Town ( 1984 ), Black Snow ( 1990 ), The Emperor's Shadow ( 1996 ) and The Soong Sisters ( 1997 ).
Vivian Wu (; born February 5, 1966 in Shanghai ), is a Chinese actress, known for her roles in The Last Emperor ( 1987 ), Heaven & Earth ( 1993 ), The Joy Luck Club ( 1993 ), and The Pillow Book ( 1996 ) and as the historical figure of Soong May-ling, commonly referred to as Madam Chiang Kai-shek, in two major Chinese motion pictures The Soong Sisters ( 1997 ) and The Founding of a Republic ( 2009 ).
* The Soong Sisters ( 1997 )

Soong and Chinese
* 1893 – Soong Ching-ling, Chinese wife of Sun Yat-sen ( d. 1981 )
After the defeat of her husband's government in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, Madame Chiang followed her husband to Taiwan, while her sister Soong Ching-ling stayed on the mainland, siding with the communists.
Image: Chinese Florence Nightingale. jpg | Soong giving a bandage to an injured Chinese soldier ( c. 1932 )
According to recollections by newspaper publisher Gardner Cowles, Willkie's visit to China involved a bizarre episode in which Soong May-ling, wife of Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek allegedly seduced Willkie.
* January 27 – Soong Ching-ling ( 宋慶齡 ), one of the Soong sisters, wife of Chinese president Sun Yat-sen ( 孫逸仙, 孫文 ) ( d. 1981 )
In 1924 Sun appointed TV Soong to set up the first Chinese Central bank called the Canton Central Bank.
His widow, Soong Ching-ling, sided with the Communists during the Chinese Civil War and served from 1949 to 1981 as Vice President ( or Vice Chairwoman ) of the People's Republic of China and as Honorary President shortly before her demise in 1981.
By 1940, seeing that the Chinese Air Force had collapsed, because of ill-trained Chinese pilots and shortage of equipment, Chiang Kai-shek sent Chennault to the United States to meet with Dr. T. V. Soong in Washington DC, with the following directed purpose: to get as many fighter planes, bombers, and transports as possible, plus all the supplies needed to maintain them and the pilots to fly the aircraft.
Traveling with Dr. Soong were three other Chinese government bank officials: Chu-Chen Lee, Fu-Chen Chang, Chien-Hung Chang.
By late July 1940, Dr. Soong was able to obtain concessions from the U. S. government for two $ 50 million loans ( to stabilize Chinese financial market ; to purchase war material ).
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau signed for the United States, and Dr. T. V. Soong and Dr. Lee Kan both signed for the Chinese government with the Chinese Ambassador to the United States Dr. Hu Shih present.
During the Chinese Civil War, Soong sided with the Communists.
There are also a few modular designs in the Chinese paperfolding tradition, notably the Pagoda ( from Maying Soong ) and the Lotus made from Joss paper.
Charles Jones Soong ( 宋嘉樹 Pinyin: Sòng Jiāshù ) ( February 1863 – May 3, 1918 ), courtesy name Yaoru ( 耀如 Yàorú, hence his alternate name: Soong Yao-ju ) was a Chinese businessman who first achieved prominence as a missionary in Shanghai.
Some Chinese Americans move their Chinese given name ( transliterated into the Latin alphabet ) to the middle name position, and use an English first name, e. g. James Chu-yu Soong, Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang, and Michelle Wingshan Kwan.
A less common Chinese family name (pinyin Chóng ) can also be transliterated to Soong in some Chinese dialects.

Soong and pinyin
The switch to pinyin is still quite new for Taiwan and many non-standard spellings continue to be found, including " Lee " and " Soong ".

Soong and were
During a prolonged skirmish between the troops of these opposing forces, Sun and his wife Soong Ching-ling narrowly evaded heavy machine gun fire and were rescued by gunboats under Chiang's direction.
The Soong episodes later gave rise to a story arc where the Klingons were attempting to improve their species through the continuation of Soong's work.
Their three brothers were all high-ranking officials in the Republic of China government, one of whom was T. V. Soong.
In the 1930s, Soong Ai-ling and her sister Mei-ling were the two richest women in China at the time.
Although several androids, robots and artificial intelligences were seen in the original Star Trek series, Data was often referred to as being unique in the universe as being the only sentient android known to exist ( save the other androids created by Soong ).
Li threatened Soong that he will reveal the names of the people with CIA backgrounds, who were influencing Soong, to the general public unless Soong reverted to his previous opposition position.
During the 2000 presidential election, Lee Teng-hui arranged for Lien Chan to be nominated as Kuomintang candidate for president rather than the more popular James Soong, who bolted from the party and formed his own People First Party after both he and Lien were defeated by Chen Shui-bian in the presidential elections.
Soong established himself as one of the few mainlanders who were also loyal to Lee.
There were widespread rumors that Soong agreed to take the Vice-Presidential post in exchange for a pledge by Lien to give him significant power including the Premiership.
On November 17, 2005, Soong was awarded NT $ 10 million in a defamation suit against former President Lee Teng-hui, who had alleged that Soong was playing mahjong while his supporters were protesting on the streets in April 2004.
Claiming that his remarks were based on " intelligence ," Chen also said Soong promised during the meeting to oppose a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow for popular referendums on future constitutional amendments, in exchange for Beijing's approval for Soong to visit China.
How to obtain the shopping list of aircraft, aviation supplies, volunteers and funds for the Bank of China were discussed in a meeting held at the home of Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Saturday afternoon, December 21, 1940, with Captain Chennault, Dr. T. V. Soong, and General Pang-Tsu Mow.
The children of Kung and Soong were:
Soong Ching-ling ( 27 January 1893 – 29 May 1981 ), also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the three Soong sisters — who, along with their husbands, were amongst China's most significant political figures of the early 20th century.

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