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IN DEEP SORROW

YVITH the deepest sorrow, we onnounce to our reoders the possing ol Soong Ching Ling (Mme. Sun Yot-sen), Honorory Choirmon of the People's Republic of Chino rlho omong her mony other octivities wos Choir- mon of the Chino Welfore lnstitute which publishes this mogozine. She died of lymphocytic leukemio on Moy 29, 1981, ot the oge of 90. Her long life wos one of unremitting service to the people. ' She wos,' without doubt, one of the most beloved ond inspiring women of our century. An eminent stoteswomon of Chino ond the world, she wos ot the some time q leoder ond o fighter in the ron[4s. She never seporoted the welfore of the country, the society ond the people, hence she wos o potriot, o democrot, o reuolutionory ond o communist. Within these lorger obiectives, she worked unceosingly for the welfore of Chino's women ond children. And she never seporoted the progress of Chino from thot ol other notions ond peoples, hence she wqs o thorough internotionolist ond fighter for world Peoce. We, of this mogozine, found her olwoyll concerned with our work, os direct leoder, frequent outhor, constont helpfu! critic ond encouroging od' viser. She urged us olwoy! to present to the world o true picture of Chino qnd its reyolution to which she wqs so possionotely devoted. We pledge to continue ond improve our work in her spirit.

The Editorial Board Chino Reconstructs sooNc cHrNG UNG (18e3-1e81) ANNOUNCEMENT lssued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of , the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of Ghina and the State Gouncil of the People's Republic of Ghina rfr HE Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Standing I Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and the State Council of the People's Republic of China announce with the deepest grief : Comrade Soong Ching Ling, a great patriotic, dem- ocratic, internationalist and communist fighter, outstanding international political figure and prominent state leader of China, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China and Vice-Chairman of the Standing Com- mittee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, died of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in at 20:18 hours on May 29, 1981, at the age of 90. f\ OMRADE Soong Ching Ling's death is a great loss to our country and \-/ the people of the whole country. We hereby decide to hold a state funeral for her to express the profound mourning of the people of all our nationalities.

fr.r""al cornmittee for Comrade Soong Ching Ling has been formed. I

E TERNAL glory to Comrade Soong Ching Ling, a great patriotic, demo- U cratic, internationalist and communist fighter and outstanding state Ieader of China. Gondolences to Soong Ching Iing's Relatiueq in the United $tates, and Hongkong

THE funeral committee for Soong Ching Ling Jeanette, and Soong Ching Ling's elder grand- r sent telegrams on the evening of May 29 to son T.P. Sun and younger grandson T.K. Sun. her relatives in the , Taiwan and The telegram read: Hongkong, informing them of her death and ex- We inform you with deep grief that Soong pressing condolences. Ching Ling, Honorary President of the The relatives included Mme. Chiang Kai- People's Republic of China, passed away in Bei- shek, Mme. Sun Fo. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Soong. jing at 20:18 hours on May 29, 1981. Her pass- Mrs. T.V. Soong, Mrs. T.A. Soong, Moon Sun, ing is a great loss to the people of China and the Kin Sun, Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Wei-kuo, world and to you relatives. We send you our H.H. Kung's children David, Louis Rosalyn and deepest condolences.

Relatives and Friends ol $oong Ghing ling in Taiwan lnvited to ller Funeral

THE funeral committee for Soong Ching Ling memorial ceremony will be held on June 3. She r issued the following announcement on May will be buried in the Soong family graveyard 30 inviting her relatives and friends in Taiwan in on June 4. to attend her funeral: Ail of Comrade'Soong Ching Ling's rela- Comrade Soong Ching Lihg (Madame Sun tives and friends in Taiwan are welcome Yat-sen), Honorary President of the People's to attend the memorial activities. Special flights Republic of China, died at 20:18 hours on of (Taiwan's) China Airlines may land at Beijing May 29 in Beijing. Condolence and paying last Airport or the Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai. respects to her remains will be held at the Great The funeral committee will bear all the Hall of the People from May 31 to June 2. The expenses. MEMORIAL SPEECH by Uice-Ghairman lleng Xiaoping

Yat-sen in 1915. She was firm, loyal, prudent and modest, and always remained Dr, Sun's close comrade-in-arms and able assistant. In May 1921, Dr. Sun Yat-sen took office as the Extraordinary President of the Republic of China. In June the following year, Jiong- ming turned against the revolution and bom- barded the presidential mansion. His rebel forces pressed on, and the situation beeame crit- ical. Comrade Soong Ching Ling refused to Ieave the mansion before the others. She said to Dr. Sun: "China can do without me, but can- not do without you." She insisted that Dr. Sun be evacuated from the danger area before her. Then escorted by guards, she broke through the battle lines. As a result, her health was gravely impaired. This heroic action is but one indica- tion of Comrade Soong Ching Ling's staunch will, and outstanding and wise courage in her dedication to the cause of revolution. Comrade Soong Ching Ling did a great deal of active and practical work during Dr. Sun Yat-sen's consultations with representatives of the Communist Party of China on matters of cooperation and in his discussions with envoys deliverinB the memorial speech. sent by Lenin. She firrnly supported the Three People's Principles, as newly interpreted by Dr. Sun Yat-sen in the Manifesto of the ITH deep grief, we pay tribute today to the First National Congress of the YY memory of Comrade Soong Ching Ling, of China, namely, the new Three People's Prin- one of the founders of the People's Republic of ciples incorporating the policies of alliance China, Honorary President of the People's Re- with Russia, alliance with the Communist public of China, a leader whom the people of all Party and assistance to the peasants and nationalities in China, including our Taiwan the workers. In order to solve the problems compatriots and , love and of the unification and construction of China, respect from the bottom of their hearts, a great Dr. Sun Yat-sen, despite grave dangers and patriotic, democratic, internationalist and com- against all advice tcl the contrary, traveled to munist fighter known throughout the world, a in November L924. Comrade Soong Iong-tested vanguard defender of world peace, Ching Ling accompanied him with great resolu- and an outstanding member of the Communist tion. Dr. Sun Yat-sen died of illness in Beijing Party of China. on March 12, 1925. It was Comrade Soong Ching Despite all the efforts of medicine, Comradq Ling who publicized Dr. Sun Yat-sen's testament Soong Ching Ling died of chronic lymphocy- to China and the world. Shortly afterwards, justice, tic leukemia at 20:18 hours on May 29, 1981, in speaking with the stern force of she de- Beijing at the age of 90. nounced the Right wingers of the Kuomintang A native of Wenchang county, and plunged into the work of preparing for the province, Comrade Soong Ching Ling from her Northern Expedition. early years followed the great revolutionary, T\URING the Second National Congress of the Dr. Sr,rn Yat-sen, and devoted herself to the Ll 6uernintang of China in January 1926, cause of the democratic revolution. In 1913 she Comrade Soong Ching Ling resolutely imple- became Dr. Sun Yat-sen's secretary, taking mented Dr. Sun Yat-sen's three great policies, charge of his vast correspondence, including worked in close cooperation with the Chinese confidential Ietters from China and abroad, and Communists, and struggled against the Right other day-today work. She married Dr. Sun wing of the Kuomintang. After the April 12, 1927 counter-revolutionary coup in Shanghai, mintang reactionaries, protecting and rescuing a Comrade Soong Ching Ling and many Kuomin- large number of mem- tang Left wingers as well as the Chinese Com- bers and patriotic democrats who opposed munists , , Yun Daiying, Chiang Kai-shek. Thus she, made important and issued a joint mes- and unique eontributions to the cause of sage in denunciation of Chiang Kai-shek. On revolution. the eve of the open betrayal of the revolution by the Wang Jingwei (Wang Ching-wei) gov- A FTER the September 18 Incident of 1931, ernment in Wuhan, she again issued a State- -fl" .;tsp.r..e troops invaded and occupied Chi- ment in Protest Against the Violation of na's three northeastern provinces, and the KMT Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Revolutionary Principles government pursued a policy of non-resistance. and Policies, declaring that she would In 1934, the Chinese Communist Party set forth sever all relations with those who were a Six-point Program for Resisting Japan and renegades to the cause of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. On Saving the Nation which was promulgated over August 1., Comrade Soong Ching Ling, Comrade the signatures of Comrade Soong Ching Ling Mao Zedong and 20 others issued a declaration and others. On August 1, 1935, the Central Com- in the name of Central Committee members of mittee of the Chinese Communist Party issued the Kuomintang, solemnly exposing the betrayal the August 1 Declaration which called on the of Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei. On the people of the whole country to work together day of the Nanchang Uprising, a revolutionary as one to stop the civil war and resist Japanese committee comp-osed of and 24 others aggression. Comrade Soong Ching Ling, He was formed and, though Comrade Soong Ching Xiangning, Liu Yazi, Jing Hengyi, Chen Shuren Ling was not in Nanchang at the time, she was as well as Yu Youren, Sun Fo and others were elected to the seven-member presidium of the the first to respond. Their response produced a revolutionary committee. In August 1927, she tremendous public impact. After the outbreak .made a long and arduous journey to the Soviet of the War of Resistance to Japan, Comrade Union, in search of the road to victory for the Soong Ching Ling refused to go to the places Chinese revolution. where the Kuomintang government had its seat, During the first two years of the ten-year and instead went to Gtiangzhou and Hongkong civil war, Cornrade Soong Ching Ling participat- where she founded the China Defence League ed in a series of important international anti- for collecting donations from foreigners imperialist activities in the and and overseas Chinese sympathetic to China's France and, in 1929, she was elected honorary War of Resistance to Japan. She unremittingly chairman of the second congress of the Anti- supported the anti-Japanese struggles led by the Imperialist League. She subsequently became Chinese Communist Party and exposed the Kuo- one of the principal leaders of the world anti- mintang reactionaries' policies of compromis- fascist movement. ing with and capitulating to Japan qnd opposing After Comrade Soong Ching Ling returned the Communist Party and the Chinese people. to China, she gave wholehearted support to the The Kuomintang government therefore exerted political stand of the Chinese Communist Party pressure on Comrade Soong Ching Ling through and resolutely rejected any post offered to her foreign forces, but were rebutted by her.and by on the Central Committee of the Kuomintang Comrade Chen Han-seng who was working with and in the government, thus defeating her at the time. After the Southern Anhui all KMT threats and lures. She time and Incident in 1941,.Comrade Soong Ching Ling, He again stated her profound yearning for Xiangning, Liu Yazi and Peng Zemin came out socialism. She solemnly pointed out in an boldly to denounce the Kuomintang's peirfidious article she wrote in 1931 that the Kuomin- acts. Comrade Soong Ching Ling arrived in tang had long since betrayed its revolutionary in December 1941. She managed policies, and that its various factions, backed by to meet or maintain contact with George Hatem, warlords, were all trying to curry favor with Agnes Smedley, , Rewi Alley and the imperialists and slaughtering the Chi- other foreign friends who were sympathetic to nese masses. "Only a revolution based on the the revolutionary cause of the Chinese people masses and serving them can smash the power and they worked closely with her, making im- of the warlords and politicians, shake off the portant contributions to the Chinese people's yoke of imperialism and realize socialism." In cause of resistance to Japanese aggression. the 1930's, when she was engaged in revolution- After the victory of the War of Re- ary activities in Shanghai, she established a sistance to Japan, Comrade Soong Ching Ling profound . revolutionary friendship with the founded the China Welfare Fund in Shanghai great communist Lu Xun. Together with Lu and, under very trying conditions, provided Xun, Cai Yuanpei, Yang Xingfo and others, she concrete assistance to the working masses. Dur- organized the China League for Civil Rights, ing the War of Liberation, she rendered great and waged tit-for-tat struggles against the Kuo- material help to the Chinese Communist Party

6 and the Chinese People's Liberation Army un- to which she devoted all her energy and strength der its leadership. in her later years. She ardently hoped for the growing prosperity of the motherland which has A FTER Beijing was ]iberated, Comrade entered into the era of socialism after fully fI Seeng Ching Ling was delighted to accept realizing Dr. Sun Yat-sen's ideal of the revolu- the invitation from the Central Committee of tionary Three People's Principles. Comrade the Chinese Communist Party addressed to her Soong Ching Ling made brilliant contributions to pagticipate in the First Plenary Session of to thE cause of China's revolution and construc- the Chinese People's Political Consultative Con- tion and won the heartfelt respect and love of ference, and she left Shanghai for the north. the people of all nationalities in the country. When the People's Republic of China was Comrade Soong Ching Ling was elected a tounded in 1949, Comrade Soong Ching Ling ieading member of the World Peace Council in was elected Vice-Chairman of the Central Peo- 1950 and Chairman of the Peace Liaison Com- ple's Government. She was elected Vice-Chair- mittee of the Asian and Pacific Regions in 1952. man of the Standing Committee of the National In the international sphere, she conducted cour- People's Congress in 1954, and Vice-Chairman ageous and fruitful struggles against wars of of the People's Republic of China in 1959 and aggression, in defence of world peace, for the again in 1965; and again elected Vice-Chairman advance of progressive culture, for social pro- of the N.P.C. Standing Committee in 1975. As gress and the well-being of mankind, and for the years, an important state leader for the past 32 promotion of . understanding and friendly ex- she was involved in numerous state activities change among the people of all countries. She in the cause of China's socialipt revolution and enJoyed the high esteem of people of all strata socialist construction. Comrade Soong Ching in China and other countries, and was acknowl- Ling made highly successful visits to the Soviet edged internationally as one of the greatest Union, India, Burma, Pakistan, Indonesia and women of the 20th centurY. Sri Lanka. In 1957, Comrade Soong Ching Ling Ching accompanied Comrade Mao Zedong to partici- n VER the past 70 years, Comrade Soong her pate in the Moscow Meeting of Representative L, Ling spared no effort in performing Communist and Workers' Parties. Mao duties and devoted all her energies and strength of of Zd,ong, Zhou Enlai, and other com- to the people's democratic and socialist cause the rades often exchanged views with her on major China, to . world peace and the cause of international and domestic issues and, during progress of human society. Under all circums- the long period in which they collaborated, they tances, she retained her unyielding revolution- confided each other, and forged profound ary principles, and was neither intimidated by in a Her and comradely friendship. force, nor subdued by wealth or rank. Comrade Soong Ching Ling always paid noble spirit and integrity will be remembered most i's attention to women's work in new China, de- throughout history. What we treasure the fact that Comrade Soong Ching Ling votedly watching over the health and education start- of children and young people. For many years kept up with the pace of history and, she be- she presided over the work of the People's Re- ing as a great revolutionary democrat, Administration and the Red Cross Society came a great Communist' The Communist Iief Zhou of Comrade Soong Ching Ling was an Party of China and its leaders Mao Zedong, China. long outstanding leader of Chinese women and an Enlai, Liu Shaoqi and other comrades had a com- aff ectionate grandmother the children of accepted her as a close comrade-in-arms, to vanguard China. She always showed great solicitude for rade and a respected proletarian old friends and acquaintances who had been fighter. Shortly before her followers of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in their early cepted as a full member years, and deep concern for the future of Tai- Party of China, and a long wan. She ardently hoped that peace talks be- hers was thus fulfilled. Thi an honor tween the Kuomintang and the Communist Cornrade Soong Ching Ling and also Comrade Party would be conducted at an early date so for the Communist Party of China. hearts as to accomplish the great cause of the reunifi- Soong Ching Ling will always live in the China and cation of the motherland; to which she ma'de of the people of all nationalities in invaluable contributions. in the hearts of the Chinese Communists. In mourning Comrade Soong Ching Ling; f N recent yeafs, Comrade Soong Ching Ling we will turn grief into strength and, rallying r was elated by our Party's successive still more closely arouhd the Party Central smashing of the and coun- Committee, work hard to accomplish the great ter-revolutionary cliques and staunchly sup- sacred callse of the reunification of the ported the series of principles and policies since motherland and build China into a modern, the Third Plenary Session of the l1th Pariy powerful socialist country with a high degree Central Committee. She was full of enthusiasm of democracy and civilization! for the socialist modernization of the motherland Eternal glory to Comrade Soong Ching Ling! She Lives Foreyer in Our Flearts

Ching Ling's Chinese and foreign friends and relatives.

Condolence Ceremonies began in Beijing on May 31 and lasted until June p. A black-bordered portrait of Soong Ching Ling hung in the mourning hall of the Great Hall of the People, which was draped in crepe and sheets of silk with elegiac inscriptions. On either side of the hall were wreatht presented by governmental and people's organizations and by foreign friends. Draped with the flag of the Chinese Com- munist Party, her body lay in state amid flowers and pines. Armed fighters of the People's Liber- ation Army stood guard at the sides of the crystal sarcophagus. Wreaths presented by Soong Ching Ling's daughter-in-law, Mme. Sun Fo, and by other relatives were placed in front China's flag was lowered to half staff at Soong Ching of her body. Soong Ching Ling's relatives who Ling's residence and, on June 3 all over the country. stood as guards at the bier included Pearl Suiying Sun Lin, Rose Suihua Sun Tchang, Venus Shing Kung Tai, Paul Kiakong Tchang, heart of a great woman stopped beating THE Paul T. K. Lin, Eileen Chen (Chen Shu), r at 20:18 hours on May 29, Soong Lin lgSI. Walter Chee Kwon Ching Ling, Honorary President of the people,i Chun, Sau Chun Wong Chun, Yen Chun and Ni Bing. Republic of China, died of chronic lymphocytic Services began at 8:30 on the morning of leukemia at her residence in Beijing at age the May 31 to the strains of funeral music. Among of 90. At her bedside were her granddaughters the first arrivals were and Kang Pearl Suiying Sun Lin, Rose Suihua Sun Tchang Keqing, outstanding women leaders of the Chi- and Venus Shing Kung Tai and relatives other nese Communist Party and her close friends, including PauI Kiakong Tchang, Paul T. K. Lin, who observed a silence before the bier and then Eileen Chen Lin (Chen Shu), Walter Chee Kwon stood on guard. They followed a Chun, Sau Chun Wong were by Chun and Yen Chun. hundred kindergarten children hundred On hearing and a the news, leaders of the state Young Pioneers, who presented baskets of and Party hurried to her home to mourn. flowers on behalf of the children and Young The Central Committee of the Communist' Pioneers in the capital. The ribbon on the Party of China, the Standing Committee of the baskets bore the inscription: "In Deep Mourn- National People's Congress, and the State ing for Our Dear Grandmother Soong." Council announced that a state funeral would Although June 1 was International Chil- be held to exptess the profound mourning of dren's Day, celebrations were put off until the people the of Cliina. ?th. Delegations of children from every school A funeral committee was formed the same and every district were sent to attend the service day, composed of 3g3 people including leading on June 1. The whole day the Great HalI was members of the Party, the state, the army, the crowded with children paying-their respects and democratic parties, provincial leaders, and Soong repeating what Soong Ching Ling had written o ':. #.i High leaders of the Party and state paying their respects to the remains o[ Comrade Soong Ching Ling at her home on ihe night of her death, May'29, (left to righti Zhao Ziyans, , Deng ying-chao, , Deng Xiaoping, , , .

in her illness for her talk on Children's Day, Soong Ching Ling's family members al the bier at her "My heart beats with yours." Zhu Hong, a tifth-year pupil, said, "I'm determined to carry out the behest of Grandmother Soong, study hald and be a worthy successor to revolu- the Yen tionary cause." Chun. Arhong the 120;000 mourners during the three days of ceremonies were workers. peasants! PLA fighters, cadres, minority repre- sentatives and overseas Chinese representatives, Foreign friends now in Beijing from over a hundred countries and regions, foreign diplo- mats, journalists, experts, students and trainees also paid their last respects.

The People Mour,n

At six p.m. on June 2, people lined Chang,an Avenue from the Great Hall of the people to watch the remains of Soong Ching Ling taken to the Babaoshan Crematory. In the crowd was a young teacher with her child standing under a {ree on the sidewalk. She said, ,'My child and I are here to see Grandmother Soong off.,, The 7-year-old girl, who had attended the service in the morning, had returned with her mother. At 6:30, to the strains of funeral music. Soong Ching Ling's remains were escorted by government officials and her relatives to Babao- shan in a hearse draped with black and yellow crepe. About a million people Iined the 20-li Chang'an Avenue. 7iN:38 1:;!.'i111;l$

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State teaders Ye Jiahyins (center), Tan Young Pioneers in B€ijing come Jo see their beloved Grantlmother Zhenlin and Yang:lShangkun Bt the Soong for the last time, at ihe mass mourning in the Great Hall of the bier in the Great llall. Xinhuo People"

'Iextile workers" Representatives of minority nationalities.

S tudents. Women's representalives.

10 " ''.: "/i'&:$ ;" ; "'- I '+iA" "r,ir.-"' lnternational members of the Soong Ching Ling funeral committee in Beijing Zlru Hong, representing at the time (left to right) Rewi AIIey, George Hatem, Kinkazu Saionji, Talitha Beijing's children, in the me- Gerlach, Seimin Miyazaki, Ruth Coe; Israel Epstein, and SoI Adler in the morial guard of honor on guard of honor at the bier. Children's Day, June l.

The hearse was gone, but the people stayed. Her noble spirit and integrity will be remem- Before the Monument to the People's Heroes at bered throughout history. Tian An Men Square, many people gathered amid the wreaths in the evening mist. There Final Rest in Shanghai were wreaths from university and middle school students. Amid the wreaths there was a At her own wish, expressed before her pot of Chinese roses. On the iron fence were, death, Soong Ching Ling's ashes were interred hung delicate paper flowers made by children- in Shanghai, the city where she was born, grew into a revolutionary, and had her permanent Her Glory Will Last home. The grave is in the burial plot of the Soong family established by her father and June was climax m'emorial 3 tht of the mother; with places left for their children. ceremonies in Beijing. Throughout the country, The brief, solemn ceremony took place on flags flew at Ealf staff and all entertainment June 4, immediately after the urn was brought stopped. At eight in the morning, the urn con- by plane from Beijing, escorted by a group of taining Soong Ching Ling's ashes was taken into Ieaders of the Party and government headed by the mourning hall of the Great Hall of the Peo- Deng Yingchao and other senior national ple escorted by a procession of PLA soldiers., leaders. At four in the afternoon, a memorial service Some 500 people were present at the cere- attended by about 10,000 people was held in the mony Shanghai's International Cemetery' Great Hall of the People. On the rostrum were in Many thousands simultaneously stood at atten- Ieaders of the Party and state and Soong Ching Ling's relatives, including her granddaughter tion in the streets. Lily Sun Wong who arrived in Beijing from Red-scarved Young Pioneers from the Honolulu on June 2nd. The meeting was pre- Shanghai Children's Palace of the China Welfare project close Soong sided over by Secretary-General of the Institute, a particularly to Party Hu Yaobang. Vice-Chairman Deng Xiao- Ching Ling's heart, stood sobbing at the grave- ping gave the eulogy. He praised Soong Ching side as the urn was lowered. It was immediately Ling for her devotion over the past 70 years to covered with a granite slab reading simply; the Chinese people's democratic and socialist 1893-1981 cause, and to world peace and progress. She Comrade Soong Ching Ling retained her unyielding revolutionary principles, Honorary President Deng Xiaoping said, and was neither intimi- of the People's Republic of China dated by force, nor subdued by wealth or rank. June 4' 1981

11 About one million Peo- ple lined Beiiing's Changi'an Avenue &s Soong Ching Ling's body was taken to the Babaoshan Crematofv.

Foreign triends taking pictures that will carrY scenes of the mourning people in Chang'an Avenue to many eoun- s. tries.

On the other side of the family plot, also Wreaths for Soong ehins Ling laid by Beijing citizens Tian An at Soong Ching Ling's request, is a grave of the on the Monument to thc People's lferoes on Men Square. same size and configuration containing the re- mains of her faithful staff member and com- rade-in-al'ms, Li Yen'o (Li Ma), a simple Chinese woman who was with her for five decades through w'eal and woe, and who died of cancer early this year. Shanghai's newspapers and radio and TV broadcasts. fiite those throughout the nation. " lt* ,6, were filled with tributes to Soong Ching Ling. '\t vivid of her work . These included reminiscences Fi and struggles by percons directly involved.

12 The meeting of nrourn- ing in the Creat Hall of the People on June 3. r9Bl.

Silent tribute

l3 Casket containing the ashes oi Soong Ching Ling. Honorary President of the People's Republir of China.

Children at the memorial service

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On June { Soong Ching Ling's ashcs $,ere flotl'tr to Shanghai tor intermenl. The urn with Soong Ching Ling's ashes being lowered into the marble outer coffin. Deng Yingchao, , . and Chen Guodong standing in tribute before the tomb. Funeral eeremony held at the Soong tamily tomb in Shanghai.

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CHINA RECONSTRUCTS MOU RNS

On May 30, the day after Soong Ching Ling's passing, the Ctiina Reconstructs staff of some 200. including foreign specialists in the various language editions gathered to mourn her, AIso present were leaders of the Foreign Languages Publishing and Distributing Bureau and representatives of other foreign publications in Beijing. The editorial board's announcement to readers (See page 1.) was read out in Chinese and English. A eulogy recalled Soong Ching Evcryone at China Reconstructs bid a last farewell to Ling's leadership of the magazine over a period Soong Ching Ling, of almost thirty years. Members of the editorial board called on Soong Ching Ling during her last illness, and were present at the State Memorial Service in Beijing on June 3 and the State Funeral in Shanghai on June 4. A special supplement in commemoration of S

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