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Join us to discuss Big Sister\, Little Sister\, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China< /em> by Jung Chang\, an epic yet intimate look at three women who shaped C hina in the twentieth century \;

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"They were the most famous si sters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars\, r evolutions and seismic transformations\, the three Soong sisters from Shan ghai were at the centre of power\, and each of them left an indelible mark on history.

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Red Sister\, Ching-ling\, married the &lsquo\;Father of China&rsquo\;\, Sun Yat-sen\, and rose to be Mao&rsquo\;s vice-chair.\n

Little Sister\, May-ling\, became Madame Chiang Kai-shek\, first la dy of pre-Communist Nationalist China and a major political figure in her own right.

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Big Sister\, Ei-ling\, became Chiang&rsquo\;s unofficia l main adviser &ndash\; and made herself one of China&rsquo\;s richest wom en"

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