in Linguistics in 1982 at the University of York – the first person from Communist China to receive a doctorate from a British university. Born in Sichuan Province, China, in 1952, during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) she worked as a peasant, a “barefoot” doctor, a steelworker, and an electrician before becoming an English-language student at Sichuan University. She left China for Britain in 1978 and obtained a Ph.D. She has won many book awards and received a number of honorary doctorates from universities in the UK and USA. Chang’s books have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. Her latest book is Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China (2019). Jung Chang is the author of the best-selling books Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (1991) Mao: The Unknown Story (2005, with her husband Jon Halliday) and Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China (2013). CBS News reports that more Black families, when given the option, are likely to choose remote learning, for a variety of reasons having to do with mistrust of the system and safety concerns.ĭr. Stories of the Week: A new report covered by Time magazine reveals a shocking lack of Holocaust knowledgeamong Millennials and Gen-Z Americans surveyed across 50 states – troubling evidence of the dangers of woefully inadequate history instruction. She concludes with a reading from her memoir, Wild Swans. Chang then delves into the topic of her newest book, Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China, a group biography of the powerful Soong sisters, including Madame Chiang. She explores Mao’s cult of personality, changing perceptions of his character and legacy, and Maoism’s resurgence in China today. She also describes her definitive biography of Mao – which, like Wild Swans, remains banned in China – documenting the carnage under his reign, including the peacetime deaths of an estimated 70 million people.
Chang discusses Wild Swans, a sweeping narrative about three generations of her family across 20th-century China, and the importance of transmitting firsthand historical knowledge of life under Mao Zedong. Jung Chang, author of the best-selling books Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Mao: The Unknown Story and Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China. This week on “The Learning Curve,” Cara and Gerard are joined by Dr.
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