Jung Chang

Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival.

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Luoyi

With one part of her heart she felt like a bird which was now going to burst out of its cage and fly to the sky. With the other part she wondered when or if she would ever see these people she loved, particularly her mother, again.

At this parade a slogan was put forward, “capable women can make a meal without food,” a reversal of the ancient Chinese saying, “no matter how capable, a women cannot make a meal without food.” Exaggerated rhetoric had become concrete demands. Impossible fantasies were supposed to become reality.

me when i have to choose between passing micro and surviving the cultural revolution

“What’s wrong with supplying things people need? If there is demand, there should be supply.” Because if this remark, my mother was given a warning about her “right wing tendencies”.

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