Isracl Epstein, born in 1915 in Poland, was
brought up in China and there began his jour-
nalistie work, publishing also in the Unlted
States and other countries. His first association
with Soong Ching Ling was in 1938-45 in the
wartime China Defense League In Hong Kong
and Chongqing (Chungking). In 1951 she invit-
ed him and his wife, the late Elsle Fairfax-
Cholmeley (1905-84), to return from the Unit-
ed States, where they then lived, to help set up
the magazine she founded in Beijing, "China
Reconstructs" (now "Chlna Today") of which, at
Soong Ching Ling's death in 1981, Epstein was
edltor-in-chief, havlng, in the meantime, be-
come a citizen of the People's Republic.
From the late 1970s, she had asked him
several times to write her biography after she
dled. Following retirement from the magazine,
he spent several years In researching and wrlt-
Ing this book which appeared on the centenary
of Soong Chlng Ling's birth.
Previous books by Epstein include The Peo-
ple's Ww in China, London, Victor Gollancz,
1939; The Unflnished Revolutlon in China, Bos-
ton, Little Brown, 1947; From Oplum War to
Llberation, Beijlng, New World Prcss, 1956 with
subsequent editions in 1964 and 1980 in Bei-
jing and Hong Kong (by Jolnt Publlshing Co);
and Tlbet Transformed, Beijing, New World
Prass, 1983
Concerning Soong Ching Ling, he has pub-
lished a number of articles and lectured at
symposia in the United States and Japan.
0 有用 夏希 2007-01-20 20:15:18
大一读了很多传记
0 有用 汤面加点盐 2020-12-17 15:33:54
当然读的是中文,还是盗版。中学门口书摊上买的,放假回家 不得带点东西回去?多无聊啊
0 有用 汤面加点盐 2020-12-17 15:33:54
当然读的是中文,还是盗版。中学门口书摊上买的,放假回家 不得带点东西回去?多无聊啊
0 有用 夏希 2007-01-20 20:15:18
大一读了很多传记