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3 Dec 2025 Conversations with Tyler Dan Wang on What China and America Can Learn from Each Other
“I will also say that part of the reason that I’m so into some of these tribes is that, the ethnic groups in China is that within my family allure — again, I don’t know how accurate this is — but there’s speculation that through one of my grandmothers who come from, whose origins are cheerfully unknown, that we have Tibetan heritage through her or Wa heritage through her.”
— Dan Wang
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- 3 Dec 2025
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…One difference between us, I enjoy seeing Chinese tourists. For me, it’s novel. For you, you’re trying to avoid it, right? Yes. I will also say that part of the reason that I’m so into some of these tribes is that, the ethnic groups in China is that within my family allure — again, I don’t know how accurate this is — but there’s speculation that through one of my grandmothers who come from, whose origins are cheerfully unknown, that we have Tibetan heritage through her or Wa heritage through her. Again, in that sense, although I would officially be categorized as a member of the Han majority in China, there could be that there’s some Tibetan or Wa in me. Who’s the greatest living Chinese novelist?…
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