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Top of Form Bottom of Form Chrysanthemum Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 3AM Seattle time February 21, 2010 Koon Woon (Learning Autobiography) LNT501 Professor William Kline University of Illinois at Springfield online Early Childhood I was born in a small village in Toishan, China in 1949. At the age of 5, I witnessed a public execution of a landlord. The Communists came to power and instituted land reform, winning the hearts of poor peasants. Thus, their hold on power was secured. I went to public schools in China and in 1960, came to the US to join my family, who had immigrated before me. My parents had left me to the care of my maternal grandmother. My siblings were all born in the US. Because of historical prejudice against the Chinese immigrants (they actually came as “indentured servants”), I was what was known as a “paper son.” I came under an assumed name. My legal name is Koon Woon, but my real name is Locke. I arrived in the US at t

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