“As a child, my idea of the West was that it was a miasma of poverty and misery, like that of the homeless 'Little Match Girl'in the Hans Christian Andersen story. When I was in the boarding nursery and did not want to finish my food, the teacher would say:'Think of all the starving children in the capitalist world!” ThinkingWorldWantChildrenLittlesIdeasStoriesChristianGirlPovertyTeacherMiseryWestCapitalistHomelessStarvingNursery Book:Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Source: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
“If children were brought up to become non-conformists it would only ruin their lives. So parents all over China who loved their children told them to do as Chairman Mao said. It was not possible to tell them anything else.” IfsChildrenSaidParentChinaRuinsChairmanConformistMaoNon ConformistChairman Mao Author:Jung Chang
“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.” ChildrenWholeParentLinesPartyCasesChinaTerrifiedChairmanWhole FamilyMao Author:Jung Chang
