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...Lai travelled to his ancestral village in Quon Dong, China to see the home his family fled at the onset of the Japanese invasion during World...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Welcome to the Jungle | 9/25/1993 | See Source »

...grandfather worked for the Chinese government," Lai explains. "Had [the Japanese] found out they would have killed the whole family...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Welcome to the Jungle | 9/25/1993 | See Source »

...Lai says his family had no choice but to escape on foot to Hong Kong...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Welcome to the Jungle | 9/25/1993 | See Source »

When he returned to his village Lai says he was surprised to find clans in which the entire population share the same last name...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Welcome to the Jungle | 9/25/1993 | See Source »

...There is an old Chinese custom that the wives have to go and live with the husbands--everyone has the same last name," Lai says...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Welcome to the Jungle | 9/25/1993 | See Source »

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