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Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister

Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

Chang, Jung

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister

Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister

 

The best-known modern Chinese fairy tale is the story of three sisters from Shanghai, who for most of the twentieth century were at the centre of power in China. It was sometimes said that 'One loved money, one loved power and one loved her country', but there was far more to the Soong sisters than these caricatures.

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