Today, March 4th, is the birthday of Song Meiling, daughter of
one of the wealthiest families in China. Born in China, educated
in America, and married to General Chiang Kai-shek. Her two
other sisters had equally glorious lives, one married into a
family of equally great wealth and worldwide interests in
banking. The other, Qingling, married Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a
revolutionary and the first president China. Song Meiling was
beautiful and well-spoken, and was well-known to people around
the world during the World War II as she and her husband rallied
support from the allied governments, fought against the Japanese
invaders, and tried stop the rise of the communists China. They
fought bravely, but a great number of communist sleeper spies
planted in many parts of the government and military just got up
joined the communists in their fight for power. Song Qingling
stayed in China. Song Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek and their
nationalist loyalists retreated to the island of Taiwan to re-
arm and re-take China. It neve