Business Quote by Hanif Kureishi

“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

“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

“The Maoist mechanisms of social control have been loosened. A totalitarian state has become merely an authoritarian one.”

— Gordon G. Chang

“On our way down, we passed a two-story villa, hidden in a thicket of Chinese parasol trees, magnolia, and pines. It looked almost like…

— Jung Chang

“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

“You don’t have to subscribe to a political ideology, move to a commune, or join the guerrillas in the mountains; you wake up in…

— Rebecca Solnit

“When you live in China as a foreigner, there are two critical moments of recognition. The first comes immediately upon arrival, when you are…

— Peter Hessler

“The world is moving so fast, progressing towards new ways of thinking and doing things. You'll be left behind if you don't adjust.”

— Mitta Xinindlu

“My own outlook and my values had been formed long ago. I did not believe in dividing people into rigid classes, and I did…

— Nien Cheng

“Mao recalled: "Very many members of our family have given their lives, killed by the Kuomintang and the American imperialists. You grew up eating…

— Anonymous

“For entertainment there were only Mao Thought Propaganda Teams, who sang Mao's quotations set to raucous music.”

— Jon Halliday Jung Chang

“Your handwriting. The way you walk. Which china pattern you choose. It's all giving you away. Everything is a self-potrait. Everything is a diary.”

— Chuck Palahniuk