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Why label people by nationality?
Yiyun Li is an author, who is often described as 'Chinese-American' - she was born in Beijing and moved to the US in her early 20s. But she thinks there are more useful ways to think about identity and that nationality should not define who we are.
Image: Yiyun Li
Credit: Roger Turesson
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