Readers eager to understand the paradox of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, once deemed the world's most powerful woman, may be disappointed by this detailed history. While the emergence of modern China is ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — She was born into one of modern China's most remarkable families, married one of China's most powerful men and — at his side — helped rule China and later Taiwan during decades of war ...

A 19,000-square-foot mansion on 12 acres of the former 36-acre estate of Madame Chiang Kai-shek in Lattingtown was purchased by a Chinese buyer, sources say. Terms weren’t disclosed, but the sale ...

A little more than 12 acres of the former 36-acre estate of Madame Chiang Kai-shek in Lattingtown is on the market for $11.8 million. Originally sold to the Stillman Organization in 1998, the estate ...

Madame Chiang Kai-shek, 106, one of the world's most powerful, best-known and controversial women during the 1930s and 1940s and a major influence on United States policy toward China in those decades ...

Pakula, an experienced biographer of royal women (An Uncommon Woman: The Empress Frederick), looks at the imperious (if not imperial) wife of the Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, presenting ...

Generalissimo Chiang Kai- Shek with his wife, Madame Chiang Kai- Shek, on June 23, 1964. Madame Chiang Kai- shek, the widow of the Nationalist Chinese president who used her charm and fluent English ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Madame Chiang Kai-shek, widow of the Nationalist Chinese president who used her charm and fluent English to become a driving force for nationalism in Taiwan, died Thursday in New York ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Madame Chiang Kai-shek, who became one of the world's most famous women as she helped her husband fight the Japanese during World War II and later the Chinese Communists, has died in ...

Madame Chiang Kai-shek died in New York City Thursday at the age of 105. Madame Chiang, whose given name was Soong Mei-ling, became well known in the United States when she addressed Congress in 1943, ...

Madame Chiang Kai-shek, the widow of the Nationalist Chinese president who used her charm and fluent English to lobby Washington and become a driving force in Taiwan's Nationalist government, died ...