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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 deep fundamental changes in society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/although-my-book-is-banned-i-am-still-allowed-to-go-to-china-and/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

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> [I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myself, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many copies have gone into China but it is still banned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/i-would-love-mainland-chinese-to-read-my-book-there-is-a-chinese/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

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## More by Jung Chang

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/so-the-story-of-wild-fox-kang-s-attempted-coup-and-murder-of-cixi-lay/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/my-father-said-he-was-going-to-write-to-the-jinzhou-city-party/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

> [For anyone to open their heart, they need the right atmosphere, and something to prompt them. For my mother it was her trip abroad:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/for-anyone-to-open-their-heart-they-need-the-right-atmosphere-and/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

> [“Meanwhile, Mme Mao and her cohorts were renewing their efforts to prevent the country from working. In industry, their slogan was: "To stop production…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/meanwhile-mme-mao-and-her-cohorts-were-renewing-their-efforts-to/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

> [“I was extremely curious about the alternatives to the kind of life I had been leading, and my friends and I exchanged rumors and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/i-was-extremely-curious-about-the-alternatives-to-the-kind-of-life-i/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/unlike-most-founding-dictators-lenin-mussolini-hitler-mao-did-not/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/mao-tse-tung-who-for-decades-held-absolute-power-over-the-lives-of/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

> [“mosquito-netted open windows was an enormous privilege. ‘You must not think you are superior to them,’ he would say. ‘You are just”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/mosquito-netted-open-windows-was-an-enormous-privilege-you-must-not/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

> [When he asked my grandmother if she would mind being poor, she said she would be happy just to have her daughter and himself:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/when-he-asked-my-grandmother-if-she-would-mind-being-poor-she-said/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

> [“Poverty drove their parents to have them castrated as young children, hoping they would earn a better living at court. Usually the father would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/poverty-drove-their-parents-to-have-them-castrated-as-young-children/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

> [I was not allowed to take notes but my friend and I memorised those two and a half pages. Most people talked to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/i-was-not-allowed-to-take-notes-but-my-friend-and-i-memorised-those/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/if-children-were-brought-up-to-become-non-conformists-it-would-only/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

> [“The Manchus drank tea with a lot of milk. In her case, the milk came from the breasts of a nurse. Cixi had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/the-manchus-drank-tea-with-a-lot-of-milk-in-her-case-the-milk-came/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/according-to-tradition-my-great-grandfather-married-early-at-14-with/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

> [“When I heard about the ease with which the Four had been removed, I felt a wave of sadness. How could such a small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/when-i-heard-about-the-ease-with-which-the-four-had-been-removed-i/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

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