


(Tse-ven) Soong (by common practice all three were referred to by the initials of their Chinese given names) became a major figure in Nationalist Chinese, Kuomintang Party politics, serving at intervals as Finance Minister, Foreign Minister and governor of the Central Bank of China his younger brothers, T. The three sons were educated at universities in the United States, two at Harvard and one at Vanderbilt, and became vastly wealthy. There were three sons and three daughters, and between them they carved out a permanent niche in the steamy politics of the Chinese republic in the years from its founding in 1911 to its fall in 1949.

No mater whether you love them or hate them, Charlie Soong's six children make good copy.
