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My children speak very good Chinese, and they translate for our American friends.

My mother has a very big family in Shanghai, so I have, like, almost 40 cousins, so we stayed together all the time. So by the time I get to Hong Kong, I become the only child and the only one surrounded by adults, you know.

No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.

I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles.

People in China say: 'If you love your children, send them to New York. If you hate your children, also send them to New York.'

The Chinese view the state, not just as an intimate member of the family... but as the head of the family.

I love having different cultures around, but when the parent culture kind of dissipates, you're left thinking, 'Well, what's going on?'

However, when my parents married in 1945, China was in turmoil and the possibility of returning grew increasingly remote, and they decided to begin their family in the United States.

English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different.