Wild Swans by Jung Chang5/12/2023 As communists were "deep red", she asked her father to rename her when she was 12 years old, specifying she wanted "a name with a military ring to it." He suggested " Jung", which means "martial affairs." 'Second Swan'), which sounds like the Chinese word for "faded red". The Communist Party provided her family with a dwelling in a guarded, walled compound, a maid and chauffeur, as well as a wet-nurse and nanny for Chang and her four siblings.Ĭhang writes that she was originally named Er-hong ( Chinese: 二鴻 lit. His formal ranking was as a "level 10 official", meaning that he was one of 20,000 or so most important cadres, or ganbu, in the country. As a child she quickly developed a love of reading and writing, which included composing poetry.Īs Party cadres, life was relatively good for her family at first her parents worked hard, and her father became successful as a propagandist at a regional level. Her parents were both Chinese Communist Party officials, and her father was greatly interested in literature. Chang was born on 25 March 1952 in Yibin, Sichuan Province.
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