27 moments

1. Birth in Shanghai

   1893-01-27 · Shanghai, China

   

   Soong Ching-ling was born in Shanghai; the precise birth-site location is contested, so the coordinate represents central Shanghai. The exact birthplace within Shanghai is disputed; coordinates represent the city.

2. Departure for the United States

   1907-08-01 · Shanghai, China

   

   As one of fourteen government-funded Chinese students, Soong departed Shanghai for study in the United States. The preceding text identifies Ching-ling as one of the group.

3. Arrival in Seattle

   1907-08-28 · Seattle, Washington, United States

   

   Soong arrived in Seattle with the government-funded student group sent from Shanghai. The preceding text identifies Ching-ling as one of the group.

4. Summer school at Fairmount College

   1910-01-01 · Fairmount College, Wichita, Kansas, United States

   

   Soong and her sister Mei-ling attended summer school at Fairmount College. Fairmount College was the predecessor institution of Wichita State University; coordinates represent its historic Wichita campus area.

5. YMCA conference at Montreat

   1912-01-01 · Montreat, North Carolina, United States

   

   She participated in a church-sponsored YMCA conference in Montreat, North Carolina. The article gives the year and summer season, but not a specific day.

6. Return via Yokohama

   1913-01-01 · Yokohama, Japan

   

   After graduating from Wesleyan, Soong returned toward China via Yokohama and met Sun Yat-sen there.

7. Marriage to Sun Yat-sen

   1915-10-25 · Tokyo, Japan

   

   Soong married Sun Yat-sen in a small wedding ceremony held in Tokyo. The exact private residence used for the ceremony is not securely geolocated here; coordinates represent central Tokyo.

8. Return to Shanghai with Sun

   1916-05-01 · Shanghai, China

   

   Soong and Sun Yat-sen returned to Shanghai following Yuan Shikai’s resignation. The article gives month-level precision only.

9. Reunion with Sun in Shanghai

   1923-01-01 · Shanghai, China

   

   Following Sun Yat-sen’s escape, Soong made her way to Shanghai, where the couple reunited and met Soviet envoy Adolph Joffe. The surrounding section places this event in the First United Front period; the source does not give a more exact date.

10. Peace-negotiation journey to Beijing

    1924-01-01 · Beijing, China

    

    Soong accompanied Sun Yat-sen to Beijing for negotiations with the Beijing government.

11. Arrival in Moscow

    1927-08-01 · Moscow, Soviet Union

    

    Soong went to Moscow intending to seek renewed Soviet support for the Kuomintang within the United Front. The source gives late August for departure but not a specific Moscow arrival date.

12. Departure from Wuhan

    1927-08-01 · Wuhan, Hubei, China

    

    In the aftermath of the Kuomintang–Communist split, Soong traveled from Wuhan to Shanghai before leaving China for Moscow. The source places her Moscow departure in late August 1927; it does not date the Wuhan departure separately.

13. Meeting with Stalin at the Kremlin

    1928-01-01 · Moscow Kremlin, Moscow, Soviet Union

    

    Soong and Eugene Chen met Joseph Stalin at the Kremlin during her Soviet exile. The source specifies spring 1928, so year precision is used.

14. Arrival in Berlin

    1928-05-01 · Berlin, Germany

    

    Soong arrived in Berlin with Deng Yanda after leaving the Soviet Union.

15. Arrival for Sun Yat-sen's burial

    1929-06-01 · Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

    

    Invited for Sun Yat-sen’s burial, Soong arrived in Nanjing and helped arrange his funeral. The source identifies the year through the preceding sentence dated 26 March 1929.

16. Return to Berlin

    1929-11-01 · Berlin, Germany

    

    After departing China by ship in September, Soong returned to Berlin in mid-November. The source specifies mid-November rather than a day.

17. Return to China for her mother's funeral

    1931-01-01 · Shanghai, China

    

    Soong returned from Germany to China in connection with her mother’s funeral and subsequently worked for the Comintern. The article’s section title identifies Shanghai as the 1931–1937 base, but the quoted sentence establishes China rather than a particular arrival city; Shanghai coordinates reflect that section-level location.

18. Move to Hong Kong

    1937-12-23 · Hong Kong

    

    To evade Japanese aggression, Soong moved from Shanghai to Hong Kong with her secretary Li Yun.

19. China Defence League work in Hong Kong

    1938-01-01 · Hong Kong

    

    In Hong Kong, Soong founded the China Defence League to mobilize international support and humanitarian aid for China’s war effort.

20. Wartime move to Chongqing

    1940-01-01 · Chongqing, China

    

    Soong and her sisters left Hong Kong for China’s wartime capital and undertook morale-boosting visits during the war. The source says the sisters remained in Hong Kong until 1940, then left for Chongqing; it does not supply an exact date.

21. Meeting with Mao Zedong

    1945-09-01 · Chongqing, China

    

    Soong met Mao Zedong in Chongqing shortly after the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

22. Return to Shanghai and China Welfare Institute work

    1945-12-01 · Shanghai, China

    

    By December, Soong had left Chongqing for Shanghai, where she transformed the China Defence League into the China Welfare Institute. The preceding sentence establishes the year as 1945.

23. CPPCC and PRC founding ceremony

    1949-10-01 · Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China

    

    After traveling to Beijing for the CPPCC, Soong attended the Tiananmen ceremony marking the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

24. Visit to the Soviet Union

    1953-01-01 · Moscow, Soviet Union

    

    Soong visited the Soviet Union and was received by Joseph Stalin shortly before his death. The source identifies the Soviet Union but not the city; Moscow coordinates are used because Stalin was received there, though the quoted text does not explicitly name the venue.

25. Moscow visit with Mao delegation

    1957-01-01 · Moscow, Soviet Union

    

    Soong returned to Moscow as part of Mao Zedong’s delegation for the fortieth anniversary of the Russian Revolution.

26. Final public appearance

    1981-05-08 · Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China

    

    Soong made her last public appearance in a wheelchair at the Great Hall of the People while accepting an honorary University of Victoria degree.

27. Death in Beijing

    1981-05-29 · Beijing, China

    

    Soong Ching-ling died of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Beijing at age 88. The source does not specify the hospital or exact death site; coordinates represent central Beijing.