Time Quote by Gordon G. Chang

“Even if Chinese own the entire world; still they will be servants.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“The sacrifices of time and money that Chinese friends will make for one another often go far beyond what is expected or accepted in…

— Larry Herzberg

“Some believe his political vulnerabilities have not only driven him into the arms of Mao but also the clutches of the country’s generals and…

— Gordon Chang

“If we wish to understand the role of China in today's global society, we would do well to remind ourselves of the tragic, titanic…

— Rana Mitter

“The time would come when every leader in the world would read the writings of the Chinese Communists—for it was barely possible that the…

— T. R. Fehrenbach

“If Xi personally accepts Maoism, we should not be surprised he believes his Maoist campaign is popular across Chinese society. “Today’s Chinese leadership—under pressure…

— Gordon Chang

I doubt very much if Mao would ever command great respect from the intellectual élite of China, perhaps not entirely because he has an…

— Edgar Snow

“As I gazed at Mao’s face wearing what was intended as a benign expression but was in fact a smirk of self-satisfaction, I wondered…

— Nien Cheng

“after seeing decades of Maoist campaigns, that idealism mostly resulted in misery. China would be helped only as ordinary citizens went about bettering their…

— Gordon G. Chang

“We may look and act modern in many ways, but we can’t escape what we are... obedient chinese daughters.”

— Lisa See

“Published in this month's Harper's, from a conversation held in Beijing in February 1973: Chairman Mao Zedong: Do you want our Chinese women? We…

— Mao Zedong

“China might have given up on trying to stop the endless civil war, but some of its companies were still here, picking over history’s…

— Paolo Bacigalupi