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58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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WH power-lister and deputy first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon; Chinese cooking with writer Jung Chang; Gone With the Wind; and keeping safe while travelling at night. Show more
The novelist Jung Chang, author of the prizewinning 'Wild Swans', talks to Sue MacGregor about her life and work in China and beyond. A programme from 1993. Show more
28 minutes
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Philip Pullman discusses the great Soviet children's classics of the 1920s and 30s, Jung Chang on Empress Dowager Cixi, and Alexander McCall Smith on the book he would never lend. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Kirsty Lang talks to author Jung Chang, comedians Dylan Moran and Igor Meerson, and documentary director Todd Miller. Plus Edinburgh Festival plays about the Scottish Referendum. Show more
Cixi forms an important political alliance and launches a palace coup. Jung Chang's biography of one woman's remarkable rise to power in 19th-century China. Show more
With the death of her son in 1875, Cixi adopts the three-year-old son of her sister and names him Emperor, thus orchestrating her return to power. Show more
A young ambitious reformist looks to topple Cixi from power, and a dramatic battle of wits ensues. Jung Chang's biography of a remarkable 19th-century stateswoman. Show more
Cixi faces her greatest challenge as ruler, when anti-Western feeling in rural China leads to violence. Jung Chang's biography of a remarkable 19th-century stateswoman. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Jung Chang's groundbreaking biography reassesses this formidable 19th-century stateswoman who single-handedly dragged China into modernity. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Kirsty Young's castaway is writer Jung Chang. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Presented by Rana Mitter. Jung Chang, author of Wild Swans, discusses her new account examining the story of the most important woman in Chinese history: Empress Dowager Cixi. Show more
Orgreave and the police. Heseltine and Boris on Europe. Jung Chang on China. Magic mushrooms for depression. Plus our new nightly recipes slot (until it gets shut down). Show more
1 hour, 28 minutes
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Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by vocal coach and presenter Carrie Grant. Plus the Inheritance Tracks of writer Jung Chang. Show more
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Jung Chang interview from the archive. Show more
