The original flight of the swans
A stranger in a new world
The mother who stayed behind
The heavy cost of truth
YOUR GOAL
Master of The long-awaited return of the wild swans
007skaty A Stranger in a New World
Fly, wild swans, fly! / Fly, wild swans, fly! / She flew to London for her PhD!
007skaty Finding free speech and wealth in 1978 Britain instead of abject misery shocked Jung into re-examining all Chinese
007skaty Plot the swan's flight path to learn how conservationists return these birds to the wild.
York connection: Jung Chang completed her PhD in Linguistics at the University of York in 1982, a pioneering feat for post-Mao Chinese scholars.
The feeling of disorientation experienced by someone who is suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture. In 1978, Jung Chang experienced this confusion upon arriving in London from a highly isolated China.
What did Chinese state propaganda claim about Western capitalist countries when Jung was growing up?
Jung Chang was the first citizen from which nation to receive a British doctorate?
What did Jung Chang use to capture her mother's oral history during her London visit?
In what year did Jung's mother visit London and record the family memories that inspired Wild Swans?
In which year did Jung Chang leave China for Britain under Deng Xiaoping's reforms?