Jung Chang: A History of Modern China'

Jung Changs worldwide bestseller Wild Swans was both an epic personal history of three daughters of China - Jung, her mother and Jung Changs Wild Swans sold 10 million copies, was translated into 30 languages and transformed our understanding of modern China.In a rare event, she joins us to explore her family story from her grandmothers life as a warlords concubine to the Communist Revolution, Maos rule and now Chinas dramatic transformation since 1978.

Offering a fascinating history of a nation, she reveals how political upheaval shaped private lives and what one familys experience tells us about the making of contemporary China.

She talks to Vernon Harwood.