A figure from China's past is gone

This news came as a surprise to me. Soong Mei-Ling, better known to the world as Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, is dead. In truth, I had no idea she was still alive all this time. Here is her story in the National Post obituary: "Madame with charm transformed China: First Lady of Christendom and Dragon Lady dies in seclusion at 106."