Word: yatsen
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...political machine, and a skillful playing of the ancient Chinese game of family politics. Himself the direct descendant of Confucius (75th generation), Dr. Kung married the eldest of the three famed Soong sisters. At once he thus became the brother-in-law of China's late, sainted Sun Yatsen, of Chiang Kaishek, and of T. V. Soong...
...Letters about this new edition have come in from such people as the Gissimo and Mme. Chiang Kaishek, Mme. Sun Yatsen, Finance Minister H. H. Kung, General Wu Techen...
...Japan? China's faith in democracy was not for herself alone but for all Asia, including her mortal foe. On this same, solemn day, Sun Fo, son of the "sainted Sun Yatsen, now President of the Legislative Yuan, called for a republic in postwar Japan...
...christened Chung Cheng and Chung Shan, the formal names of Chiang Kai-shek and Sun Yatsen...
...great sense of humor that earned him a unique place in Chinese hearts. When a group of American newsmen visited Nanking shortly after the 1932 Shanghai war, they were struck by the loveliness of an unusually large garden behind a modest home near the tomb of Sun Yatsen. Of an old man with a flowing beard, sauntering in the garden, they asked admittance. "Sure, come in," said the patriarch. The tour over, one of the newsmen slipped a dollar bill into the old man's pocket. "No thank you, gentlemen," said Lin Sen. "You are quite welcome to visit...