Ji-Li Liang's Identity Chart

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Carefully, my parents chose my name: Ji-li, meaning lucky and
beautiful. They hoped that I would be the happiest girl in the world. And I was. I was happy because I was always loved and respected. I was proud because I was able to excel and always expected to succeed

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I want to see how exible you are. Let me lift your leg,” the
Liberation Army woman said in her gentle voice. She raised my right leg over my head in front of me. “Very good! Now I’ll support you. Lean over backward as far as you can.” That was easy. I bent backward until I could grab my ankles like an acrobat. “That’s great!” she said, and her braids swung with excitement.
This is Jiang Ji-li. Principal Long leaned forward proudly.
“She’s been studying martial arts since the second grade. She was on the Municipal Children’s Martial Arts Team.

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“I’m not just talking about talent,” Dad said. “There are more
important requirements, political considerations…”
“Oh, Dad, that’s no problem.” I took another big bite of the bun. Iwas an Outstanding Student, an Excellent Young Pioneer, and even the da-dui-zhang, the student chairman of the whole school. What more could they want? My mouth was full, so I stretched out my arm to show Dad my da-dui-zhang badge, a plastic tag with three red stripes.

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In China people are usually called by their surnames first. In this book you will see Ji-li Jiang called Jiang Ji-li by her teachers
and friends. Usage of the first name is reserved for close friends and family.

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“Don’t do the audition? Why not?”
Dad shook his head.
I grabbed Mom’s arm. “Mom, why not?I want to do it.

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I had had many beautiful dreams. I dreamed of being a doctor in a white coat, with a stethoscope dangling from my neck, saving lives one after another. I dreamed of being an architect, designing the most beautiful bridges in the world. I dreamed of being an actress, holding bunches of owers, bowing again and again to answer curtain calls.