At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general.
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I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myself, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many copies have gone into China but it is still banned.Jung Chang
I feel perhaps my heart is still in China.
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China is more prosperous than before. The people have better lives but they are not happy and confident because the scars are still there.
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I always wanted to be a writer.
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Doing this book didn't shock me at a personal level. I was no longer haunted by the past and I can honestly say that revenge is not in my nature.
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I think because of their terrible past, particularly this century, the Chinese have come to accept cruelty more than many other people, which is something I feel very unhappy about.
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