Ms Chen's ordeal began in 2003 when her husband was imprisoned for attempting to breach a quarantine during a Sars epidemic, according to the Global Times newspaper.
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Ms Chen is said to be in poor health.
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If there are any such doubts for Ms. Chen, she has long since erased them.
Her eyes sweeping the Las Vegas ballroom, Ms. Chen lays out her emotional proposition.
Eleven years as a grade-school instructor have given Ms. Chen a tough but motherly tone.
Ms. Chen favors simple stories and homilies, which the attendees scribble down in earnest.
In another clip, Ms. Chen, who boasts of being one of Chanel's top 50 customers, steps from a private jet.
Ms. Chen was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison and more than three million yuan in fines, the attorney involved in the case said.
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The lights are dimmed, and a video shows Ms. Chen and her husband, Barry Chi, riding in a red Cadillac convertible at a parade in their honor.
And it is there where Ms. Chen thrived, finding prospects at casino tables and in the line for the bathroom (talk to the people behind you, not in front of you, she advises).
Ms. Chen couldn't be reached for comment.
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So it is here in Las Vegas, amid the buzz of Mandarin and Ms. Chen's exhortations about the value of making friends, when the jarring realization sets in: Of all things, of all places, perhaps the future of business looks like an Amway convention.
Ms. JEREMY CHEN: Well, it's getting more peer pressure for our generation than the older generation.
Ms. WANG-CHEN-SHONG (Volunteer, Beijing, China): Now, this street is very beautiful, and many foreigners are here, yes.
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