Sons of Song

Author: Chen Tingyi
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The three Soong brothers received a good family education in their early years and later traveled overseas to pursue their studies. Under the impact of Chinese and Western cultures and civilizations, they had grand ambitions to save the nation and its people, as well as deliberate pursuits to excel. Like their parents, they followed the revolutionary pioneer Sun Yat-sen to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and achieve a better world. Notably, the eldest brother, Soong Tse-ven, signed both of Sun Yat-sen's wills as a witness, drawing widespread attention. Later, during the period of Kuomintang-Communist cooperation and the Soong-Han split, he successively served as the Minister of Finance and President of the Central Bank (also known as Chairman) for the Guangzhou, Wuhan, and later Nanjing Nationalist Governments. He also held positions such as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vice Minister of the Executive Yuan, Acting Minister, and Minister, participating in the organization and planning of major political, economic, and diplomatic issues for the Nanjing Nationalist Government. Soong Tse-liang and Soong Tse-an, as capable assistants to their older brother Soong Tse-ven, were deeply involved. It can be said that the three Soong brothers were the core figures of the Soong family. In the competition for wealth with the Kong family, they showed no inferiority in practices such as setting up investment traps and dividend distributions.