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20 quotes by Jung Chang

Jung Chang (simplified Chinese: 张戎; traditional Chinese: 張戎; pinyin: Zhāng Róng; Wade–Giles: Chang Jung, Mandarin pronunciation: [tʂɑ ŋ ɻʊ ŋ], born 25 March 1952) is a Chinese-born British writer now living in London, best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, selling over 10 million copies worldwide but banned in the People's Republic of China. Her 832-page biography of Mao Zedong, Mao: The Unknown Story, written with her husband,...
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The Chinese seemed to be mourning Mao in a heartfelt fashion. But I wondered how many of their tears were genuine. People had practiced acting to... →

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I no longer have the terrible nightmares that I used to have. Mao had just died in 1976, and China began to open up. For the first time scholarships... →

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If children were brought up to become non-conformists it would only ruin their lives. So parents all over China who loved their children told them to... →

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For anyone to open their heart, they need the right atmosphere, and something to prompt them. For my mother it was her trip abroad: she was in a very... →

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At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general.

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China is more prosperous than before. The people have better lives but they are not happy and confident because the scars are still there.

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Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind of control that Mao used to have-there have been... →

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What has marked Chinese society is its level of cruelty, not just revolutions and wars. We ought to reject it totally, otherwise in another upheaval... →

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I think because of their terrible past, particularly this century, the Chinese have come to accept cruelty more than many other people, which is... →

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I was not allowed to take notes but my friend and I memorised those two and a half pages. Most people talked to me because of the warning. They knew... →

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We were not treated by our own government as proper human beings and consequently, some outsiders did not regard us as the same kind of humans as... →

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When I was in China, Mao was Chairman, and parents were terrified to tell their children anything that differed from the party line in case the... →

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I remember when my mother pointed to a stone, and she said this was the kind of stone people used to place on the feet of the baby girls to stop them... →

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