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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
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Screenwriter
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Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
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