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'Paper sons,' hidden pasts

By Lisa See Aug. 2, 2009 12 AM PT Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! Print Lisa See is the author of, most recently, "Shanghai Girls." p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text" data-subscriber-content> A few years ago, I corresponded with a young Chinese American man who complained that his grandparents didn’t treat his father and him like the rest of the family. I asked if his father might have been a “paper son” -- someone who had come to this country from China using papers claiming false U.S. citizenship and often false bl

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