Consider a young man, called Liu, who graduated from university in Beijing in 1990 with a maths degree and hopes of a career in accounting.

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"She loves all the different rooms they have, " said Ms. Liu, sitting near a man who had dozed off on another bed.

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His relatives held a brief press conference on Wednesday with New York City Comptroller John Liu at their church in Maspeth, Queens where they described him as a dedicated family man.

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