Days with Soong Mei-ling: Top Secret Secretary Discusses Soong Mei-ling

Author: Zhang Zige
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book primarily records some activities, work, and scenes of Soong Mei-ling during the War of Resistance Against Japan. It includes details of her work and activities while chairing the National Women's Guidance Committee and the War-time Children's Protection Society; delicate scenes of her leading prominent ladies on spring outings to visit troops; close-ups of her visiting wounded soldiers for 17 hours and working tirelessly at night to rescue orphans; touching moments where she was hailed as a "mother" to the orphans; narratives of her family life, including visiting doctors, boiling medicine, hosting home dinners, picnics, and strolling alongside villagers; candid conversations about her marriage and societal rumors and discussions; her interactions with figures such as Lu Zuofu, Shi Liang, Deng Yingchao, Guo Moruo, and Wu Shifang; secret political and diplomatic records of her mediating among military leaders and confronting foreign secret envoys; and even previously undisclosed historical facts about her efforts to rescue Communist Party members imprisoned in Xinjiang and free them from the siege in Xi'an.