Appraisals By International Press
The New York Times:
As a fluent English speaker, as a Christian, as a model of what many Americans hoped China to become, Madame Chiang struck a chord with American audiences as she traveled across the country, starting in the 1930s, raising money and lobbying for support of her husband's government. She seemed to many Americans to be the very symbol of the modern, educated, pro-American China they yearned to see emerge – even as many Chinese dismissed her as a corrupt, power-hungry symbol of the past they wanted to escape.- Life magazine called Madame the "most powerful woman in the world."
- Liberty magazine described her as "the real brains and boss of the Chinese government."
- Clare Boothe Luce compared her, to Joan of Arc and Florence Nightingale.
- Ernest Hemingway, called her the "empress" of China.
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