# Jung Chang
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jung chang (traditional Chinese: 張戎; simplified Chinese: 张戎; pinyin: Zhāng Róng; Wade–Giles: Chang Jung, Mandarin pronunciation: [tʂɑ́ŋ ɻʊ̌ŋ], born 25 March 1952) is a Chinese-born British writer now living in London, best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, selling over 10 million copies worldwide but banned in the People's Republic of China.
Her 832-page biography of Mao Zedong, Mao: The Unknown Story, written with her husband, the Irish historian Jon Halliday, was published in June 2005.
== Life in China ==
Chang was born on 25 March 1952 in Yibin, Sichuan Province.
Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Jung Chang
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Wild Swans author Jung Chang on growing up in Mao’s China, her new book Fly Wild Swans and her mother’s death
Jung Chang achieved worldwide acclaim for her autobiographical work Wild Swans, published in 1992.
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Archive: Empress Dowager Cixi
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Chairman Mao
Leader of the Chinese Communist Party from 1949 until his death in 1976, Chairman Mao reshaped the nation's course of history, founding the People's Republic of China and implementing sweeping socio-political reforms that dramatically changed the country. However, his rule was marred with controver…
Jung Chang and Kate McClymont
Jung Chang on the Soong sisters and Kate McClymont on the murder of Michael McGurk
Canberra, China and ASIO and author Jung Chang
Katharine Murphy with the latest from Canberra, David Uren on the role of ASIO in foreign investment decisions and Jung Chang on the Soong sisters
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