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Born in Yibin, Sichuan Province, China in 1952
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At
the age of fourteen she was a Red Guard
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Worked as a peasant, a 'barefoot doctor', a steelworker, and an electrician
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Became an English-language student then an assistant lecturer at Sichuan
University
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Left China in 1978
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Awarded a scholarship by York University, where she obtained PhD in
Linguistics in 1982
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First person from the People's Republic of China to receive a doctorate from
a British University
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Now
lives in London and teaches at the school of Oriental and African Studies,
London University
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