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1. The "Dragon Lady" died. Her name was Soong May-Ling. She passed away in New York yesterday, at age 106. May-Ling was a powerful lady, the widow of Taiwanese's Generalissimo, Chiang Kai-Shek. She, also known as Madame Chiang, was the second woman (and the first Chinese national) to address the United States Congress with her "Free China" campaign. Her longtime fight, continuing on Kai-Shek and brother-in-law Sun Yat-Sen, has rewarded her the fame. She's one of the Gallup Poll's "10 Most Admired Women in the World", and together with Kai-Shek were the Time's 1937 "Man and Wife of The Year". She was the lady who spoke for Kai-Shek --and thus for China (or, for Taiwan in that matter)-- in important meetings with Roosevelt and Churchill.
But did he ever succeed? The Mao's CPC is still there, all over the mainland. Kuomintang is history. [Learn the story from Wikipedia, click the link in the sidebar].