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. ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 104,858 ratings · 7,404 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.26 avg rating — 88,468 ratings — published 1991 — 165 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 3.83 avg rating — 9,412 ratings — published 2002 — 66 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 3.93 avg rating — 6,006 ratings — published 2013 — 60 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
	Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China 3.85 avg rating — 940 ratings — published 2019 — 21 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 3.50 avg rating — 26 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
	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
	Gevecht om de geschiedenis by Jung Chang, Rudy Kousbroek, Michael Dyson 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
	The Phycomycete Flora of Soil and Litter in Hong Kong 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 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
	Wild Swans by Alexandra Wood (Adapted by), Jung Chang (Source Material) 4.20 avg rating — 76 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
	Mao: A história desconhecida by Jon Halliday, Jung Chang, Pedro Maia Soares (Translator) 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

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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

tags: decision-making

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What biography/autobiography would you like to read in April?

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

12 votes, 33.3%

Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear

9 votes, 25.0%

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

8 votes, 22.2%

Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi

4 votes, 11.1%

Making It Up by Penelope Lively

3 votes, 8.3%

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