"This character 'fu' looks exactly like my grandfather's writing," said Ngamsasisakulchai Warisara during calligraphy class at Shenyang Ligong University. "My grandfather is Chinese, and he used to tell me many stories about China. Now I can finally write the Chinese characters he taught me."

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