“Father is close, Mother is close, but neither is as close as Chairman Mao.” — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
When I was in China, Mao was Chairman, and parents were terrified to tell their children anything that differed from the party… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
For anyone to open their heart, they need the right atmosphere, and something to prompt them. For my mother it was her… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
I remember when my mother pointed to a stone, and she said this was the kind of stone people used to place… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
My father said he was going to write to the Jinzhou City Party Committee asking for permission to 'talk about love'...My mother… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
“Poverty drove their parents to have them castrated as young children, hoping they would earn a better living at court. Usually the… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
“The summer of 1950 was the hottest in living memory, with high humidity and temperatures above 100 F. My mother had been… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
“For each self-criticism, there were many criticisms. My mother's two comrades insisted that she had behaved in a 'bourgeois' manner. They said… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
“In 1969 my parents, my sister, my brother Jin-ming, and I were expelled from Chengdu one after another, and sent to distant… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
“Startled, he tried to comfort him. But Father said slowly, "I ask myself whether I am afraid of death. I don't think… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
“So the story of Wild Fox Kang’s attempted coup and murder of Cixi lay in darkness and obscurity for nearly a century, until the… — Jung Chang Copy Share
My father said he was going to write to the Jinzhou City Party Committee asking for permission to 'talk about love'...My mother supposed it… — Jung Chang Copy Share
For anyone to open their heart, they need the right atmosphere, and something to prompt them. For my mother it was her trip abroad:… — Jung Chang Copy Share
“Meanwhile, Mme Mao and her cohorts were renewing their efforts to prevent the country from working. In industry, their slogan was: "To stop production… — Jung Chang Copy Share
“I was extremely curious about the alternatives to the kind of life I had been leading, and my friends and I exchanged rumors and… — Jung Chang Copy Share
“Unlike most founding dictators—Lenin, Mussolini, Hitler—Mao did not inspire a passionate following through his oratory, or ideological appeal. He simply sought willing recruits among… — Jung Chang Copy Share
“MAO TSE-TUNG, who for decades held absolute power over the lives of one-quarter of the world’s population, was responsible for well over 70 million… — Jung Chang Copy Share
“mosquito-netted open windows was an enormous privilege. ‘You must not think you are superior to them,’ he would say. ‘You are just” — Jung Chang Copy Share
When he asked my grandmother if she would mind being poor, she said she would be happy just to have her daughter and himself:… — Jung Chang Copy Share
“Poverty drove their parents to have them castrated as young children, hoping they would earn a better living at court. Usually the father would… — Jung Chang Copy Share
I was not allowed to take notes but my friend and I memorised those two and a half pages. Most people talked to me… — Jung Chang Copy Share
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… — Jung Chang Copy Share
“The Manchus drank tea with a lot of milk. In her case, the milk came from the breasts of a nurse. Cixi had been… — Jung Chang Copy Share
“According to tradition, my great-grandfather married early, at 14, with a woman six years older. It was considered to be one of the duties… — Jung Chang Copy Share
“When I heard about the ease with which the Four had been removed, I felt a wave of sadness. How could such a small… — Jung Chang Copy Share
