Ningnan

So when I was told some days later that my school was being dispatched to a place called Ningnan, which was only about fifty miles from his camp, I was delighted.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

So when I was told some days later that my school was being dispatched to a place called Ningnan, which was only about fifty miles from his camp, I was delighted.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

So when I was told some days later that my school was being dispatched to a place called Ningnan, which was only about fifty miles from his camp, I was delighted.

WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA CHANG, JUNG 1991

When we had all three, we had to go back to our production teams in Ningnan to obtain their approval before the registrar at Ningnan county would give us the final release.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

Everything at Ningnan was done manually, the way it had been for at least 2,000 years.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

Here, as in Ningnan, and much of Sichuan, there were no machines at all.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

As soon as we entered Ningnan, which was about 5,000 feet above sea level, I was hit by stomach trouble again.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

I planned the transfer with Nana, a good friend of mine who was just back from Ningnan to try to find a way to get out of there.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

We included my sister, who was still in Ningnan, in our plan.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

After we said goodbye to the driver who had brought us from Chengdu we hitched a lift on one of these “loyalty trucks” for the last stretch to Ningnan.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991