TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Madame Chiang Kai-shek, the glamorous, U.S.-educated "eternal first lady" of Taiwan, has died at her New York City home. She was 105. After battling cancer and other illnesses for ...

Madame Chiang Kai-shek had triumphed in Washington before. This time it looked as if everything was against her. When the Sacred Cow, bringing her on the last lap of her trip from California, landed ...

With her legacy fading, Madame Chiang Kai-shek marked her 100th birthday on Tuesday, a milestone in the life of a woman once known to be Asia's foremost anti-Communist symbol. Madame Chiang celebrated ...

As a Chinese nationalist, Chiang eagerly joined Roosevelt’s push against imperialism, targeting European empires like the British and French, and demanding the repeal of “unequal treaties” that ...

Madame Chiang Kai-shek died in New York City Thursday at the age of 105. Madame Chiang, whose given name was Soong Mei-ling, became well known in the United States when she addressed Congress in 1943, ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Madame Chiang Kai-shek, who became one of the world's most famous women as she helped her husband fight the Japanese during World War II and later the Chinese Communists, has died in ...

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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- She was born into one of modern China's most remarkable families, married one of China's most powerful men and -- at his side -- helped rule China and later Taiwan during decades of ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — She was born into one of modern China's most remarkable families, married one of China's most powerful men and — at his side — helped rule China and later Taiwan during decades of war ...