Jung Chang
Jung Chang
Jung Changis 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...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
home past chinese
I like to have Chinese furniture in my home as a constant and painful reminder of how much has been destroyed in China. The contrast between the beauty of the past and the ugliness of the modern is nowhere sharper than in China.
spring taken army
In spring 1989...I saw the buildup of demonstrations from Chengdu to Tiananmen Square. It struck me that fear had been forgotten to such an extent that few of the millions of demonstrators perceived danger. Most seemed to be taken by surprise when the army opened fire.
dog men heaven
When a man gets power, even his chickens and dogs rise to heaven.
grandmother age fifteen
At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general.
boredom labor exhausting
...boredom was as exhausting as backbreaking labor.
wanted
I always wanted to be a writer.