Jung Chang
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Published 2015-01-26
Chang’s 2005 biography of Chairman Mao, written with her husband Jon Halliday, courted further controversy with its negative portrayal of the Chinese leader.
Her latest book Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China is a biography of the legendary woman who ruled China from behind the scenes for almost half a century, reforming it in the process – including banning foot-binding and forcing the nation out of its self-enforced isolation.
In this video, Jung Chang talks to Australian author Toni Jordan about her work.
All Comments (9)
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"Wild Swans" is a staggering book. Finished reading the book this evening. Thanks for letting us kow such things. Thanks for your courage and effort.
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I'm just reading the first book for the first time. It's beautifully written and a real insight into the inside of China during the revolution.
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W Polsce też czytana i doceniana. Znakomita jest książka "Dzikie łabędzie: Trzy córki Chin" ("WILD SWANS: Three Daughters of China"). Inne też przeczytam na pewno. :) Jung Chang jest piękną kobietą! :)
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I have just read Wild Swan and l'm so moved about the story... to the point that I googled the author Jung Chang! I want to know more her other books.
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I would like to speak with Jung Chang. She has the research skills to find information at the China's First National Archives. We might be related, too...
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I have read the book ,I would like the buy the audio if it exist
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Her Mao biography was one long horror story.
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So stereotypical and predictable, isn't it ?