Lai was quoted as saying he always wanted to return to China. He has kept regular contact with his relatives in his hometown - Jinjiang of Fujian.

赖表示他一直想回到祖国，他始终保持着与福建老家亲戚们的联系。

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At that time he decided to have Gong Li play the role King Siu Lai, and officially invited her.

与此同时，他将金兆丽的最佳人选圈定巩俐，并正式发出邀请。

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Hearing the order, Lai Junchen had misgivings about it. He knew that Zhou Xing could not be forced to tell the truth merely by using a letter informing against him because he was very sly and crafty.

来俊臣，心里直犯嘀咕，他想，周兴是个狡猾奸诈之徒，仅凭一封告密信，是无法让他说实话的；

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Jack Tchen has said that when he and Charles Lai started, there was no place to find true stories of Chinese people in New York.

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Gore has insisted he never viewed the gathering at the Hsi Lai Temple as a Democratic fund-raiser, but merely an event to thank past contributors and encourage future fund-raising efforts among the Asian-American community.

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