Tourists walk past the former residence of Soong Ching-ling in Beijing, capital of China. Soong Ching-ling (1893-1981) was the Vice President of the People's Republic of China. In 1915, She married Sun Yat-sen, a great revolutionary and statesman, who led the 1911 Revolution that overthrew the imperial Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Soong spent most of her time and energy in maternal and pediatric health care, preschool education and other women and children's issues.[Xinhua/He Junchang]