Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: father demonstrates wealth and prestige of family, Fact2: Sun Yat-sen is fugitive of weakening Qing government, Fact3: Sun becomes Republic of China 's first provisional president, Fact4: Chiang Kai-shek succeeds Sun Yat-sen as new chief of Kuomintang, Fact5: Empire of Japan takes advantage of situation to invade China in 1930s
Output (English): The film opens with a scene of the three Soong sisters in their childhood in the late Qing dynasty. Their father, Charlie Soong, demonstrates the wealth and prestige of his family by running one of the most successful printing businesses. The sisters later travel abroad to attend Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, United States. Of the three sisters, the eldest, Soong Ailing, is the first to get married in 1914. Her husband is Kung Hsianghsi, a wealthy banker and descendant of Confucius. Sun Yatsen is a fugitive of the weakening Qing government and he lives in exile in Japan. He weds Soong Chingling, despite stern opposition from Charlie Soong. After the Qing dynasty is overthrown by the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, Sun becomes the Republic of Chinas first provisional president and founds the Kuomintang Nationalist Party. Sun dies of liver cancer in 1925 and leaves his wife with his dying wish of Chinese reunification. Chiang Kaishek succeeds Sun Yatsen as the new chief of the Kuomintang. In 1927, he marries Soong Meiling, the youngest of the three sisters. The Chiang couple oppose the Communist Party. The widowed Soong Chingling often quarrels with the family, accusing Chiang Kaishek and his followers of persecuting the Communists and hindering the Chinese reunification. She leaves the Kuomintang and openly voices dissent against Chiang. The three sisters were hardly reunited again, except at their parents deathbeds and on other special occasions. While the Kuomintang and Communists are fighting with each other, the Empire of Japan takes advantage of the situation to invade China in the 1930s. In 1936, Chiang Kaishek is kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang in the Xian Incident. He is forced to make peace with the Communists and focus on dealing with the Japanese invaders, leading to the Second SinoJapanese War. The Chinese Civil War continues after the Japanese surrender in 1945 until around late 1949. The film ends with actual footage of the Kuomintang relocating the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan, and a quick glimpse of Communist leader Mao Zedong proclaiming the Peoples Republic of China on 1 October 1949 in Beijing.