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Not since Wild Swans has Chinese history been so intimately encountered - through the stories of four sisters born between 1907 and 1913, a renowned historian examines a century of extraordinary change The success of Wild Swans and the film 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' attest to the appetite for serious history told through individual lives. The four Chang sisters are alive today, and their different experiences provide an astonishing insight into a century of Chinese culture.