Word: lynn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Looser social norms in the U.S. have also surprised the trio. "In China, there's no sex education. Here, you start learning about it right away. I think that's too early," Lynn says, noting that premarital sex is outlawed in China...
Though none regret coming here, Bing, Lynn, and Jia Chang all say the transition hasn't been easy. Bing and Jia, who have no family in the U.S., are occasionally homesick, but say calling each other and Lynn often helps. "Sometimes we have to talk Chinese--we get desperate," Bing jokes...
Despite their Harvard peers' laid-back view of academics, courses have kept all three very busy, thanks largely to language difficulties and unfamiliar "in-class terminology." Like many other freshmen, all three are taking Ec 10; Bing and Jia say they may major in Economics, while Lynn leans towards Applied Math...
Attempts by the U.S. press "to dramatize everything," also contribute to the poor coverage, Bing says, adding that this tendency reflects the press' "commercialized motives." Lynn concurs, saying that textbooks here also offer "slanted news" about China...
...three, who insist they speak only for themselves, reserve their sharpest criticism for the Gang of Four, who controlled the Chinese Government until they were driven from power by current Premier Deng Xiao Ping in 1978. "We hate them. They made the country disunited," Jia says. Lynn, whose letters from her father in Beijing "always tell me things are getting better," also assails the Gang's repressive policies and deceptive practices...