Editing Soong Mei-ling (section)

===Appraisals by the international press===
[[File:Chiang Kai-shek & Mme. Chiang Time Cover.jpg|thumb|upright|Soong and Chiang on the cover of ''Time'' magazine, October 26, 1931]]
The ''New York Times'' obituary wrote:
{{blockquote|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.<ref name=nytobit/>}}

''Life'' magazine called Madame the "most powerful woman in the world"<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pakula|first1=Hannah|title=Chiang Kai-shek|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/chiang_kaishek/index.html|access-date=November 11, 2014|newspaper=New York Times}}</ref> while ''Liberty'' magazine described her as "the real brains and boss of the Chinese government."<ref>Pakula 2009, p. 305</ref> Writer and diplomat [[Clare Boothe Luce]], wife of ''Time'' publisher [[Henry Luce]], once compared her to [[Joan of Arc]] and [[Florence Nightingale]].<ref name=wsj/> Author [[Ernest Hemingway]] called her the "empress" of China.<ref name=wsj>{{cite news|last1=Kirkpatrick|first1=Melanie|title=China's Mystery Lady|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703574604574500412440365156?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748703574604574500412440365156.html|access-date=November 11, 2014|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=November 3, 2009}}</ref>