Soong Mei-ling, China’s legendary “Madame Chiang,” followed a surprisingly simple staple in her daily diet
Soong Mei-ling, widely known as Madame Chiang, remains one of the most fascinating and influential women of the twentieth century, remembered for her intelligence, political influence, and remarkably long life that spanned more than a century. Born in 1898 in Shanghai into the prominent Soong family, she was raised in an environment that combined traditional…