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082			_223 _a951.04 _bSEAS
100			_aSterling Seagrave _937181
245			_aSoong dynasty
260			_aLondon: _bCorgi Books, _c1996
300			_aviii,531p. _bPB _c20x13cm.
365			_2History
520			_aDescendants of a Chinese runaway who grew up in America under the protection of the Methodist church and who returned to his homeland to make a fortune selling Western bibles, the Soong family became the principal rulers of China during the first half of the 20th century and won the support of the American government and press for many decades. Sterling Seagrave describes for the first time the intricate and fascinating rise to power of Charlie Soong and his children: daughters Ai-ling, who married one of China's richest men, H.H. Kung; Ching-ling, who married Sun Yat-sen, leader of China's republican revolution; May-ling, who married Chiang Kai-shek, the autocratic ruler of Nationalist China whose ties to the Shanghai underworld the author has documented; and son T.V. Soong, who at various times served as Chiang's economic minister, foreign minister and premier. How all of the Soongs except Ching-ling amassed enormous wealth while millions of Chinese starved or were killed in the long fight against Japan and the equally bitter struggle with Mao are just some of the revelations in this explosive book.
650			_aHistory of China _937182
650			_aSoong Family _937183
700			_aSEAGRAVE (Sterling) _937184
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