Ivanka reminds me of Madame Chiang Kai-shek. I do not mean politics. The Madame was a pure political animal who relished in global trench warfare, while Ivanka balances business and politics with the emphasis on business. It is their fame as ambitious, beautiful woman that fascinates me. Each one was embraced by a culture much different than their own. I have no catchall answer as to why Ivanka has become famous in China. I have some thoughts on why The Madame became famous in this country.
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Madame Chiang’s fame in this country had a lot to do with her being a hardcore anti-Communist. Had she achieved her political goal:
there would be no Communist China, Communist North Korea, and Communist Vietnam today. Unfortunately, The Madame was bucking the beginning of the United Nations and the New World Order. Today, Americans live in a world created by American traitors. I like The Madame’s world better:
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Ivanka’s fame in China is made of the stuff that will defeat Communism without firing a shot:
Finally, I once compared Hillary Clinton to another Chinese woman:
Hillary: The Original
Madame Chiang’s fame in this country had a lot to do with her being a hardcore anti-Communist. Had she achieved her political goal:
"I would rule the Orient and Wendell would rule the western world."
there would be no Communist China, Communist North Korea, and Communist Vietnam today. Unfortunately, The Madame was bucking the beginning of the United Nations and the New World Order. Today, Americans live in a world created by American traitors. I like The Madame’s world better:
Today the woman Ernest Hemingway once called "the Empress of China" will be celebrated in a memorial service at St Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan which her family hopes will be attended by 1,000 people. Sixty years ago, in the same city, she dreamed of ruling the world in association with one of America's most prominent politicians.
Meiling Soong, aka Madame Chiang Kai-shek, once famous round the world as the beautiful and extremely powerful Dragon Lady wife of China's autocratic ruler, lived the last years of her life in seclusion in a large apartment overlooking Gracie Park on the Upper East Side before dying on October 23 at the age of 106. The seclusion was not simply a matter of age and health. The Kuomintang Nationalist party, which had ruled the island of Taiwan after she and her husband fled there from mainland China in 1949, is trying to reinvent itself as a modern democratic party, and had no wish for this figure from its authoritarian past to emerge from the shadows.
Meiling Soong, aka Madame Chiang Kai-shek, once famous round the world as the beautiful and extremely powerful Dragon Lady wife of China's autocratic ruler, lived the last years of her life in seclusion in a large apartment overlooking Gracie Park on the Upper East Side before dying on October 23 at the age of 106. The seclusion was not simply a matter of age and health. The Kuomintang Nationalist party, which had ruled the island of Taiwan after she and her husband fled there from mainland China in 1949, is trying to reinvent itself as a modern democratic party, and had no wish for this figure from its authoritarian past to emerge from the shadows.
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"If Wendell could be elected, then he and I would rule the world," she went on. "I would rule the Orient and Wendell would rule the western world." Though Cowles considered the proposal crazy, he was "so mesmerised by clearly one of the most formidable women of the time that this evening I would not have dismissed anything she said."
Returning to China, Meiling led a palace coup to block her equally ambitious eldest brother, and talked of becoming China's war minister. Then, 60 years ago this month, she flew with her husband to meet Churchill and Roosevelt at a war summit in Cairo.
Instead of visiting the pyramids, as Churchill wanted her to do, she walked into the conference chamber, wearing a black satin dress with a yellow chrysanthemum pattern, the skirt slit up the side. Since the Generalissimo spoke no English, she took over on the Chinese side, constantly correcting the interpreters and setting policy as she chain-smoked British cigarettes. At one point, according to the British chief of staff, she aroused a "rustle" and a "neighing" from men in the room when she shifted position and showed "one of the most shapely of legs" through the slit in her skirt.
But her plans to co-rule the world fell apart when Willkie failed to get the Republican nomination, and then died of a heart attack. Nor were matters smooth at home. The Generalissimo was congenitally suspicious of anybody around him who amassed power, including his wife. He was said to be having an affair with his nurse, and Meiling was reported to have thrown a vase at him, causing such injuries that he could not go out in public for several days.
Returning to China, Meiling led a palace coup to block her equally ambitious eldest brother, and talked of becoming China's war minister. Then, 60 years ago this month, she flew with her husband to meet Churchill and Roosevelt at a war summit in Cairo.
Instead of visiting the pyramids, as Churchill wanted her to do, she walked into the conference chamber, wearing a black satin dress with a yellow chrysanthemum pattern, the skirt slit up the side. Since the Generalissimo spoke no English, she took over on the Chinese side, constantly correcting the interpreters and setting policy as she chain-smoked British cigarettes. At one point, according to the British chief of staff, she aroused a "rustle" and a "neighing" from men in the room when she shifted position and showed "one of the most shapely of legs" through the slit in her skirt.
But her plans to co-rule the world fell apart when Willkie failed to get the Republican nomination, and then died of a heart attack. Nor were matters smooth at home. The Generalissimo was congenitally suspicious of anybody around him who amassed power, including his wife. He was said to be having an affair with his nurse, and Meiling was reported to have thrown a vase at him, causing such injuries that he could not go out in public for several days.
The sorceress
Jonathan Fenby
Tuesday 4 November 2003 22.00 EST
The extraordinary secret of Madame Chiang Kai-shek
Jonathan Fenby
Tuesday 4 November 2003 22.00 EST
The extraordinary secret of Madame Chiang Kai-shek
Ivanka’s fame in China is made of the stuff that will defeat Communism without firing a shot:
. . . in China, Ms. Trump is widely adored. Her lavish lifestyle and business acumen resonate with many young professionals who are hungry for fame and fortune in a society that often equates material wealth with success.
“She’s pretty, she has her own career, she’s hardworking and she has a beautiful family,” said Ms. Wang, 26, a student at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in Beijing. “She inspires me.”
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“She’s pretty, she has her own career, she’s hardworking and she has a beautiful family,” said Ms. Wang, 26, a student at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in Beijing. “She inspires me.”
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She is called a “goddess” on social media. A video of her daughter singing in Chinese went viral, attracting tens of millions of viewers. Working mothers have latched onto Ms. Trump’s brand of have-it-all feminism, even if most lack her financial resources, and entrepreneurs have studied her speeches for clues on making successful pitches.
Xinhua, the official news agency, weighed in last week, describing Ms. Trump as having an “elegant and poised style.”
Chinese companies have also tried to profit from Ms. Trump’s popularity, filing hundreds of trademark applications using her name — Yi Wan Ka in Chinese — on products and services such as shoes, spa treatments, plastic surgery and pottery.
Xinhua, the official news agency, weighed in last week, describing Ms. Trump as having an “elegant and poised style.”
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Chinese companies have also tried to profit from Ms. Trump’s popularity, filing hundreds of trademark applications using her name — Yi Wan Ka in Chinese — on products and services such as shoes, spa treatments, plastic surgery and pottery.
The ‘Goddess’ Yi Wan Ka: Ivanka Trump Is a Hit in China
By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ
APRIL 5, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/world/asia/ivanka-trump-china.html
By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ
APRIL 5, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/world/asia/ivanka-trump-china.html
Finally, I once compared Hillary Clinton to another Chinese woman:
I often accused Hillary Clinton of learning the road to political power from Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Saul Alinsky and others of their persuasion. I was mistaken. Hillary is a carbon copy of Jiang Qing:
July 8, 2016
Jiang Qing: Wife of Mao Zedong, Cruel Manipulator, Feminist
By Jason Morgan
Articles: Jiang Qing: Wife of Mao Zedong, Cruel Manipulator, Feminist
Jiang Qing: Wife of Mao Zedong, Cruel Manipulator, Feminist
By Jason Morgan
Articles: Jiang Qing: Wife of Mao Zedong, Cruel Manipulator, Feminist
Hillary: The Original
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