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"ref": "2007, “About OCPA”, in Overseas Chinese Physics Association, archived from the original on 2010-02-25",
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"ref": "2009 August 7, Malcolm Moore, “Overseas Chinese become targets.”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 2009-10-12",
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