China / USA: Soong May-ling or Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek (1898-2003), reads the news of Japan's 'Complete Surrender' with obvious satisfaction, New York, 15 August 1945

Soong May-ling or Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Song Meiling, 1898-2003), First Lady of the Republic of China (ROC) and wife of President Chiang Kai-shek. She was a politician and painter.

The youngest and the last surviving of the three Soong sisters, she played a prominent role in the politics of the Republic of China and was the sister in law of Song Qingling, wife of President Sun Yat-sen, the founder of the Chinese Republic (1912).

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