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Diana Hongcha has worked as both an attorney and a part-time homeschool teacher. Born and raised in China before emigrating to the United States as a teenager, she has spent her adult life navigating the space between two cultures. Frequent travel for family and work, combined with a close eye on Chinese media, has given her a front-row seat to her homeland’s sweeping transformation.
While the news in the West often paints China in broad strokes, Diana's intimate connection with the country allows her to find the nuances headlines often miss. She wrote If You Don't Go to bridge that gap, inviting readers to experience China at a human level through a compelling story that is as insightful as it is fun.
Diana dreams of one day splitting her t ...more

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If You Don't Go: A Twisty, Addictive Literary Thriller of Lost Bitcoins and Buried Memories in Modern China

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