Jung Chang

Born

in Sichuan, China

March 25, 1952

Jung Chang (simplified Chinese: 张戎; traditional Chinese: 張戎; pinyin: Zhāng Róng; Wade-Giles: Chang Jung, born March 25, 1952 in Yibin, Sichuan) is a Chinese-born British writer now living in London, best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, selling over 10 million copies worldwide but banned in mainland China.

See also ユンチアン, 張戎.

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Average rating: 4.19 · 90,025 ratings · 6,358 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.25 avg rating — 76,842 ratings — published 1991 — 149 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang, Jon Halliday 3.81 avg rating — 8,358 ratings — published 2002 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China 3.89 avg rating — 4,785 ratings — published 2013 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Madame Sun Yat-Sen: Soong Ching-Ling by Jung Chang, Jon Halliday 3.43 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Зэрлэг хун 2 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	鴻－三代中國女人的故事 by Jung Chang, 張戎 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chinese Collection Library Pack by Jung Chang, Adeline Yen Mah it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De keizerin: Het verhaal van de vrouw die bijna vijftig jaar over China heerste really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enkekejserinden : Cixi, konkubinen, der grundlagde det moderne Kina really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cixi, l'impératrice 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“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 plain water is sweet.”
― Jung Chang, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

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“If you have love, even plain cold water is sweet.”
― Jung Chang, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

tags: love

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“...go in the direction your head is pointed in.”
― Jung Chang, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

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Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

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While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

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Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

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Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin by Hampton Sides

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