美东时间2003年10月23日深夜11时17分,蒋介石遗孀宋美龄女士在其美国纽约寓所去世,享年106岁。有媒体称她是“中国近代百年史上最有争议与影响的女人之一”。国台办深表哀悼评其具有影响力10月29日,在国务院台湾事务办公室的例行新闻发布会上,新闻发言人张铭清主持并回答了记者 US East Coast Time At 11:17 on the night of October 23, 2003, Mrs. Soong Mei Ling, the widow of Chiang Kai Shek, died at her apartment in New York City at the age of 106. Some media said that she is “one of the most controversial and influential women in the modern Chinese history.” Taiwan Affairs Office Deeply Mourns for Its Impact On October 29, at a routine news briefing by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, press spokesman Zhang Mingqing presided over and answered reporters