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Jing-Mei was then shocked when she learns some history about her mother leaving behind two young daughters in China. Because of the incident, Jing-mei thought to take care of the situation even though she doesn’t understand the suffer of Suyuan. After the death of Jing-Mei's mother, she learns about the sufferings of her mother when she was in China from the women in the club and her father. This knowledge helps her to appreciate Suyuan for what she has done for her. However, it mainly teaches her to get used to her Chinese heritage like when she went to China to meet the twins when they have been found and she then share Suyuan’s story with them. Jing-Mei’s journey to her heritage makes Jing-Mei glad to be Chinese. Overall, she lives up to

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