On China Central Television’s English-language interview program Up Close, Geling Yan shares three breakthroughs in her life with the studio audience. The first breakthrough was when she started studying English at the age of 30 and went to the US to further her study, even though she was already an accomplished Chinese writer. Her second breakthrough was when she became a screenwriter in Hollywood, writing scripts in English. Her third breakthrough is writing English novels. In her view, a meaningful life should be full of breakthroughs. She also discusses why her main characters are frequently people living on the margins of society.

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