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Li Cunxin is born
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Li Cunxin starts school
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Government officials come to Li's school and test the students to see who is flexible enough to do ballet. Li gets chosen and gets taken to Beijing to begin training.
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Li spends this portion of his life learning about the greatness of Chairman Mao and doing extensive dance training.
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Li's idol Mao Zedong dies.
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Li leaves China for the first time and goes to America.
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With his wife and one daughter, Li moved to Melbourne, Australia in search for a better life with his family.