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Eight-year-old Teresa Chi-Ching Sun played blissfully on a bridge in China, oblivious to the danger her family faced during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1943. The Wang family of nine had quickly packed their belongings, embarking on a perilous journey through land occupied by the Japanese army to reach a safer region of China. The family was especially at risk because Sun’s grandfather was a well-known politician. Suddenly, Teresa plunged through planks on the wobbly bridge. Her family gasped in horror, thinking Sun would surely die in the raging Yellow River. Thankfully, she landed on a soft embankment. “My family felt that I was blessed by Buddha — or by God—to live, to survive such a disastrous fall. Afterwards, I was always treated as the lucky child,” Sun said. Dr. Sun’s plummet from the bridge was the first of many crises that the university instructor, author, Chinese cultural expert and community leader has survived. She credits luck. However, a steely resolve, keen intellect and “can do” spirit have helped, too. The 85-year-old Rancho Palos Verdes resident has survived two wars—moving from city to city, first fleeing the Japanese army and then Mao Ze Dong’s army. In…
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