Wife of 孙中山 and the second of the 宋氏三姐妹, the three Soong sisters; her sister 宋美龄 married 蒋介石. She stayed on the mainland after 1949, became Vice Chair of the PRC and founded the China Welfare Institute.
Soong Ching-ling devoted herself for many years to women's and children's welfare.
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The three sisters' lives are summed up in the saying 一个爱钱，一个爱权，一个爱国: 'one loved money, one loved power, one loved her country', meaning Ai-ling, Mei-ling and Ching-ling, in that order.
