Big sister, little sister, red sister : three women at the heart of twentieth-century China / Jung Chang.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019Edition: First United States editionDescription: xx, 374 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780451493507
- 0451493508
- 951.05Â BÂ 23
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-354) and index.
The most famous sisters in China, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the center of power during a time of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations. Red Sister, Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen; Little Sister, May-ling, became Madame Chiang Kai-shek; Big Sister, Ei-Ling, became Chiang's unofficial main adviser, and made herself one of China's richest women.
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