Soong Ch'ing-ling (1892-), was the wife of Sun Yat-sen. She was active in social welfare work, and after 1949 she held a variety of posts in the People's Republic of China. The second daughter of Charles Jones Soong (q.v.), Soong Ch'ing-ling was born in Shanghai. Like her elder sister, Soong Ai-ling, she received her early […]

Liu Chih (1892-), prominent Nationalist military commander. He served as governor of Honan from 1930 to 1935, reorganized troops .in Kiangsu, Anhwei, and Honan after the Sian Incident, commanded the Chungking garrison district from 1939 to 1945, and served as field commander for the Hwai-Hai battle in late 1948. In 1952 he joined the National […]