BIG SISTER, LITTLE SISTER, RED SISTER Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China By Jung Chang. In this book, the paths of these three sisters were part of a major period in Chinese history. China in their hands: How three sisters helped changed the course of Chinese history - but a new book about their lives and loves is BANNED in their home country Having analysed three generations of her own family in the seminal Wild Swans, Chang spotlights another trio of remarkable women in this intensely human history of twentieth-century China.Charting the changing fortunes of the politically divided Soong sisters with a forensic eye, Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister is pacy narrative history with the flair and incident of a novel. When Japan laid siege to China, the three fled to … The book is well-researched, well-written, and well-paced. Three sisters, three women, who couldn't be more different but … The book is a wonderful overview of the history of modern China through the lives of three sisters who influenced the lives and thought of the leadership that founded modern China. The Three Sisters (maize, beans, and squash) is what Native American farmers called a classic form of mixed cropping, and archaeological evidence has shown that these three American domesticates have been grown together for perhaps 5,000 years. Three Sisters (Russian: Три сeстры́, romanized: Tri sestry) is a play by the Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov.It was written in 1900 and first performed in 1901 at the Moscow Art Theatre.The play is sometimes included on the short list of Chekhov's outstanding plays, along with The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull and Uncle Vanya. Wonderful insights into Chinese political culture from Manchurian, through nationalism, to communist China. Between 1913, and 1928 when Chiang Kai-shek seized power, China was a democracy. Jung Chang’s new book on Soong sisters a long overdue account of three remarkable Chinese women. The very different Soong sisters and their roles in China's history. Three sisters, three women, who couldn't be more different but all shared one thing in common: they impacted Chinese history.