Jun 10 2008
Jung Chang
Celebrated Author of ‘Wild Swans’
Jung Chang is the author of the best-selling book ‘Wild Swans – Three Daughters of China’, which has sold over 12 million copies and been translated in more than 30 languages. ‘Wild Swans’ has won many awards, including the UK Writers’ Guild Best Non-Fiction (1992), Book of The Year UK (1993) and NCR Book Award UK (1992),. Her biography of Mao Tse-tung, ‘Mao: The Unknown Story’, was published in 2005 and has sold some 1.5 million copies outside China and been translated into 34 languages.
A compelling writer and raconteur
Born in Yibin, Sichuan Province, China in 1952, Jung Chang worked as a peasant, a ‘barefoot’ doctor, a steelworker and an electrician before becoming an English Language student and, later, an assistant lecturer at Sichuan University. She left China for Britain in 1978 and was awarded a scholarship by University of York, where she obtained a PhD in Linguistics in 1982 – the first person from the People’s Republic of China to receive a doctorate from a British University. She has also been awarded honorary doctorates from the Universities of Buckingham, York, Warwick and the Open University and Bowdoin University in the USA.[/expand]
Her spellbinding lectures charting the dramatic developments in 20th century China provide a truly unique, inspiring and uplifting experience and help to understand the challenges of 21st Century globalisation. The lessons to be learned from her latest highly acclaimed book ‘Mao – The Unknown Story’ add tremendously to the understanding of Chinese culture and development. [/expand]
A gifted storyteller, her presentations stimulate emotions and leave audiences reflecting upon her powerful and moving messages, taking them on a thoughtful and, at times, emotional journey.[/expand]
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Topics
‘Wild Swans’ – Life’s Journey
Globalisation: The People Factor
Meeting the Challenge of the 21st Century
Mao Zedong – Lessons to be learned
Publications
2005
Mao – The Unknown Story
1991
Wild Swans – Three Daughters of China
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