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We are evolving as one species - not only as Americans, Syrians, Russians, Chinese, and jihadists. We cannot attack one without inflicting forms of violence and destruction upon ourselves. This is our new reality.

~Gary Zukav

Topics: American Attack Cannot Chinese Destruction Evolving Forms New Only Our Ourselves Reality Russians Species Violence We Cannot Without

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My experience of Chinese culture is indirect, through echoes. When I approach the cashier at my local Chinese supermarket, they switch to English before I've even said a word. They somehow know that I'm not quite Chinese enough.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Approach Before Chinese Chinese Culture Culture Echoes English Enough Even Experience Indirect Know Local Quite Said Somehow Supermarket Switch Through Word

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Ch'in Shih-huang is the first emperor of China. He united seven separate kingdoms into a single nation. He built the Great Wall and was buried with the terra-cotta soldiers. The Chinese have mixed feelings about him. They're proud of the nation he created, but he was a maniacal tyrant.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: About Built Buried China Chinese Created Emperor Feelings First Great Great Wall He Him Kingdoms Maniacal Mixed Mixed Feelings Nation Proud Separate Seven Single Soldiers Tyrant United Wall

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I started 'American Born Chinese' as a mini-comic. I would write and draw a chapter, photocopy a hundred or so copies at the corner photocopy store, and then try to sell them on consignment through local comics shops. If I could sell maybe half a dozen, I'd be doing okay.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: American Born Chapter Chinese Comics Copies Corner Could Doing Dozen Draw Half Hundred If I Could Local Maybe Okay Sell Shops Started Store Them Then Through Try Would Write

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In 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized 120 saints of China, 87 of whom were ethnically Chinese. My home church was incredibly excited because this was the first time the Roman Catholic Church acknowledged Chinese citizens in this way.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Acknowledged Because Catholic Catholic Church China Chinese Church Citizens Excited First First Time Home Incredibly John John Paul Paul Pope Roman Roman Catholic Saints Time Way Were Whom

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My experiences growing up in both a Chinese American household and the Catholic Church define much of who I am.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Am American Both Catholic Catholic Church Chinese Church Define Experiences Growing Growing Up Household Much Up Who I Am

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I got these big coffee table books about Chinese opera from the local library, and I loved looking through them. I loved studying the intricate costumes and figuring out how to 'cartoonify' them.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: About Big Books Chinese Coffee Costumes Figuring Got How Intricate Library Local Looking Loved Opera Out Studying Table Them Through

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When I looked into the lives of the Chinese saints, I discovered that many of them had died during the Boxer Rebellion, a war that occurred on Chinese soil in the year 1900.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Boxer Chinese Died Discovered Had Lives Looked Many Occurred Rebellion Saints Soil Them War Year

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During the Cultural Revolution, the communists came in, and what they wanted to do was eradicate all sense of traditional Chinese culture.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Came Chinese Chinese Culture Communists Cultural Culture Eradicate Revolution Sense Traditional Wanted

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I finished 'American Born Chinese' in 2005, so after that, I started actively researching the Boxer Rebellion.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Actively After American Born Boxer Chinese Finished Rebellion Researching Started

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