Meiling Soong, wife of Chiang Kai-shek, died last month aged 105 in New York. Jeff Babb reviews her life.Madame Chiang Kai-shek – also known as Meiling Soong, her maiden name – died in New York on October 23, aged 105. She lived through one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of China, was famous in her own right and during, the Second World War, was the face of China best known in the West.Meiling Soong was a Methodist, born on the southern Chinese island of Hainan.She converted Chian…
