![]() ![]() Jung Chang, their daughter, was raised in the privileged circles of China’s Communist elite, but was to take the unimaginable step of questioning Mao himself. Following the Communist victory in 1949 she and her husband became senior officials. ![]() That daughter grew up to become active in the Communist movement during the civil war against the Kuomintang. As the general lay dying, she fled with her infant daughter. Jung Chang’s grandmother’s feet were bound as a child, and she was given to a warlord general as a concubine. Through the story of three generations of women in her own family – grandmother, mother and daughter – Jung Chang reveals the whole tragic history of China’s twentieth century. Since its first publication it has been published in 37 languages and sold more than 13 million copies (while still banned in mainland China). Few books have ever had such an impact as Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China. ![]()
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