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People there only dream that it is China, because if you are Chinese you can never let go of China in your mind.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
Chinese
China
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