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Life is a journey, and you can't carry everything with you. Only the usable baggage.
Ha Jin
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Ha Jin
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: February 21
Novelist
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University Teacher
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Jin Xuefei
Hajin
Xuefei Jin
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