Chapter 6 of Wild Swans gives us a good insight into transitional points in history.
In China 1949, families might have loyalties and histories embedded in both the Kuomintang and Communism. It could be dangerous to reveal too much loyalty or previous involvement to any side, and families might have to change allegiance quickly, depending on where people lived and who at that time was in power.
At these points in history - when there is rapid social and political change - people might feel the imperative to change their own beliefs - or say they had done so - as part of daily survival.
Can you think of other points in history where this might be true?
In Chapter 7 we read the circumstances of the author's family as Mao proclaims the founding of the People's Republic of China; 1 October 1949.
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