Beings Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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:…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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”

— 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:…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Jung Chang