A fascinating description of one family's experiences of China's political upheavals during the 20th century. Although Jung Chang's family are fairly privileged much of the time, they still experience great hardships: being an official and Party member was no guarantee of immunity from persecution a...
Several years ago, I was at a Buddhist grotto in an isolated hillside in rural China. As I walked past the small caverns filled with statues, I noticed that most of the statuettes were headless. The Chinese math teacher at the middle school I had been working at was serving as my guide. “What hap...
An absolutely fascinating book. Just like most other people in the Western world I know far too little about the history and culture of China and as such was at the same time totally fascinated and appalled by what I read here. Allegedly Mao caused more deaths than Hitler and Stalin put together, ye...
At a conference dinner some time in the mid-90s, I found myself sitting next to this extremely impressive Chinese woman researcher - bunch of frequently cited publications, well-read in three languages, manages to look gorgeous as well. I cast around for something to say."I liked that Wild Swans boo...
This is a good choice for those interested in 20th century Chinese history. It does not read like a novel, and I'm a little surprised at its popularity, but I'm glad I read it.Wild Swans is a memoir/family history/popular history all rolled into one. It starts in 1924 with the life of the author's g...
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