...go In The Direction Your Head Is

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.

...boredom Was As Exhausting As Backbreaking Labor.

I Feel Perhaps My Heart Is Still In China.

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.

I Would Love Mainland Chinese To Read My Book. There Is A Chinese Translation Which I Worked On Myself, Published In Hong Kong And Taiwan. Many Copies Have Gone Into China But It Is Still Banned.