I no longer have the terrible nightmares that I used to have. Mao had just died in 1976, and China began to open up. For the first time scholarships to go to the West to study were awarded on academic merit.
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We were not treated by our own government as proper human beings and consequently, some outsiders did not regard us as the same kind of humans as themselves.Jung Chang
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
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.
Jung Chang
I feel perhaps my heart is still in China.
Jung Chang
I was not allowed to take notes but my friend and I memorised those two and a half pages. Most people talked to me because of the warning. They knew this book was not going to be the official line.
Jung Chang
Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind of control that Mao used to have-there have been deep fundamental changes in society.
Jung Chang
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