...go in the direction your head is pointed in.

- Jung Chang

When I was in China, Mao was Chairman, and parents were terrified to tell their children anything that differed from the party line in case the child…

- 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 them to…

- Jung Chang

As a child, my idea of the West was that it was a miasma of poverty and misery, like that of the homeless 'Little Match Girl'in the Hans Christian An…

- Jung Chang

When a man gets power, even his chickens and dogs rise to heaven.

- Jung Chang

I remember when my mother pointed to a stone, and she said this was the kind of stone people used to place on the feet of the baby girls to stop them…

- Jung Chang

China is more prosperous than before. The people have better lives but they are not happy and confident because the scars are still there.

- 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: 'If you have love, even…

- Jung Chang

The Chinese seemed to be mourning Mao in a heartfelt fashion. But I wondered how many of their tears were genuine. People had practiced acting to suc…

- Jung Chang