Soong Sisters (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Soong Sisters were three Hakka Chinese women who were, along with their husbands, amongst China's most significant political figures of the early 20th century. They each played a major role in influencing their husbands, which, along with their own positions of power, ultimately changed the course of Chinese history. Their father was American-educated Methodist minister Charlie Soong, who made a fortune in banking and printing. Their mother was Ni Kwei-tseng, whose mother Lady Xu was a descendant of Ming Dynasty mathematician and Jesuit Xu Guangqi. Their three brothers were all high ranking officials in the Republic of China government, one of whom was T. V. Soong.