My life experience, no matter from exile students to journalism work, single -person horses struggle in the United States, sweet and sour, bitter and bitter. Chen Xiangmei once said in an interview with the media that I did not work in vain.

According to the Washington Post, on March 30, local time, Chen Xiangmei died at the age of 94 in Washington, USA.

△ Deng Xiaoping shook hands with Chen Xiangmei

Many people know that Chen Xiangmei is because her husband is the US Flying Tiger General Chen Nade.During World War II, he led the Flying Tigers and the Chinese people to resist the Japanese invaders and gave the Chinese people a huge help.

The encounter between Chen Xiangmei and Chen Nade also happened during this period.

Chinese leader awarded her to the War of Resistance Against Japan

During the Anti -Japanese War, I was a student of exile.After the Lugou Bridge Incident, Chen Xiangmei went to Hong Kong to take refuge with her family.After the fall of Hong Kong in 1941, Chen Xiangmei moved to Guangdong with Lingnan University and joined the Central News Agency after graduating from university to become a battlefield reporter.

In an interview, she met Chen Nade, who was invited to support the Anti -Japanese War in China.

My instant impression of him is: This person has great will, strength and courage, and has superb wisdom. Chen Xiangmei once described the first contact with Chen Nad in the memoir.Looking at him.

Two years after the War of Resistance Against Japan, in 1947, Chen Xiangmei, 22, met with 54 -year -old Chen Nade in Shanghai.They quickly set their lives and held a wedding on Christmas Eve that year.

△ Chen Nade married Chen Xiangmei

At that time, the major newspapers and magazines of China and the United States reported on this love that started in the war. General Chen Nada and female reporter Chen Xiangmei became the most sensational news.

After marriage, the two settled in the United States to live.In 1958, Chen Nad died.At that time, Chen Xiangmei was only 33 years old and did not marry again.

He died from the age of 33 to a few days before, Chen Xiangmei has always been known as Chen Nade's widow, and has accepted his honor instead of Chennad.

On September 2, 2015, in the Great Hall of the People, Chen Xiangmei took over the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's Anti -Japanese War from the leader of the President of the State President.This commemorative medal fully affirmed that his husband, General Chen Nade, formed the American Volunteer Aid China Airlines to fight against the Chinese Air Force against the Japanese aggression alongside the Chinese Air Force.

Deligen sent a letter to Deng Xiaoping

At the same time, Chen Xiangmei has not been living in her husband's halo, and she has been recognized by the mainstream American society with her own efforts.

After Chen Nade's death, Chen Xiangmei moved his two daughters to the political center Washington.She joined the Republican Party and gradually emerged in politics, and successively served as a consultant among the eighth U.S. government.

In 1963, Chen Xiangmei accepted the appointment of then President Kennedy and became the first Chinese to work in the White House.Four years later, Nixon appointed her to support the President of the Presidential Committee of the Nixon campaign for women in the United States. After the next year's election won, Nixon appointed her as the vice chairman of Republican Finance and executive member.In 1978, she helped Lagan's campaign and served as the vice chairman of the White House Export Committee after the Reagan's victory.During the later period of Bush, Chen Xiangmei served as a member of the White House Scholars Committee.After Clinton took office, she helped set up scholarship exchange projects in the United States and China.

During his tenure in the White House, Chen Xiangmei played an important role in Sino -US exchanges.

In January 1981, she visited China as a special envoy of Reagan and was interviewed by Deng Xiaoping.

According to reports, Deng Xiaoping held a welcome banquet for Chen Xiangmei and his party at the Great Hall of the People, so that Chen Xiangmei sat in the first VIP and let the senator Stevens sit in the second place.

Because the senators have 100 in the United States, and Chen Xiangmei, don't say that the United States is only one in the world.Deng Xiaoping explained the reasons for such arrangements in a humorous language at that time, and won the laughter.

This experience was regarded by Chen Xiangmei as the most important task in his political career.

When asked about the reason why Reagan chose to be a special envoy, Chen Xiangmei once said that he knew my work in all aspects of the United States and did a lot of things for the Republican election.He also had a deep friendship with me.When he was the governor, we knew.Therefore, he gave me this mission.At the same time, she also acknowledged that Reagan also made such a decision because he learned about some of the special relationships with him and some of the strait.

It is believed that the special relationship between Chen Xiangmei on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will also make her a messenger of cross -strait exchanges.

On the one hand, Chen Xiangmei is the niece of Liao Chengzhi, the vice chairman of the National People's Congress, and Chen Xiangmei's grandfather Liao Fengshu and Liao Chengzi's father Liao Zhongkai are brothers.

On the other hand, Chen Xiangmei and Taiwan, especially the Kuomintang's senior figures, have maintained close contacts.Chen Xiangmei and Chen Nade's two daughters Chen Meihua and Chen Meimei were all named by Song Meiling and were recognized as Song Meiling's daughter.

In an interview with the media, she recalled the friendship between her and Song Meiling: Mrs. Jiang had a friendship with me for more than half a century, and my husband, General Chen Nade, was a life and death. She was also my two daughter's godmother.During the War of Resistance Against Japan, under the persuasion of Mrs. Jiang, General Chen Nade organized LSquo; Flying Tiger RSquo; to China to help China for eight years of resistance.She also persuaded U.S. President Roosevelt to help China fight against the war, which played an important role.

Chen Xiangmei actively communicated with cross -strait relations during her lifetime.

After the end of the Beijing trip in 1981, Chen Xiangmei went to Taipei again and was accepted by Jiang Jingguo.

△ Chen Xiangmei and Jiang Jingguo (photographed in Chen's home in Washington)

At that time, when I saw Deng Xiaoping, Deng Xiaoping knew that I was going to Taiwan. He said that you should let those who are already in Taiwan let them return to the mainland to visit relatives. This was proposed by Deng Xiaoping.When I arrived in Taiwan, I told Mr. Jingguo, Mr. Jing Guo said lsquo; I can consider RSquo; he is quite enlightened.Later, Mr. Jing Guo soon announced that retired soldiers could return to the mainland to visit relatives.In an interview, Chen Xiangmei talked about the experience of spreading between the leaders of both sides of the strait.

In early 1989, she took the lead in organizing a Taiwan investment visit delegation to visit the mainland.Four months later, Taiwan officially announced the opening of business inspections on the mainland.

Since then, she has visited mainland China and Taiwan many times, and said on many occasions that she has great hope for the unity of cross -strait cooperation.