A new eight story tall statute of Soong Ching-ling, wife of Sun Yat-sen, is nearing completion in the Henan capital of Zhengzhou. The second eldest of the three famous Soong sisters who were all prominent figures during China's Republican era, Madame Sun Yat-sen will have the unique privilege of being the world's tallest statue of a female from the modern era.
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Photos: 24m tall Soong Ching-ling statue in Henan
Shanghaiist Video: Shanghai Memorial
Shanghai-based Daedalum Films takes you on a walk through the Song Qing Ling Memorial (宋庆龄陵园), a little known cemetery in western Shanghai home to the remains of Song Qing Ling, numerous other Chinese personalities — and scores of foreigners who came to Shanghai mostly during its early boom years in the mid-1800s and early 1900s, some identified by simple gravestones, and some anonymous.
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