What Has Marked Chinese Society Is Its

While I Was Writing Wild Swans I Thought The Famine Was The Result Of Economic Mismanagement But During The Research I Realised That It Was Something More Sinister.

The Chinese Seemed To Be Mourning Mao In A Heartfelt Fashion. But I Wondered How Many Of Their Tears Were Genuine. People Had Practiced Acting To Such A Degree That They Confused It With Their True Feelings.

I Feel Perhaps My Heart Is Still In China.

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.

When I Was In China, Mao Was Chairman, And Parents Were Terrified To Tell Their Children Anything That Differed From The Party Line In Case The Children Repeated It And Endangered The Whole Family.