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Chen Xiuliang worked as a deep cover spy operative for the CCP; she infiltrated the critical departments of the ROC, betrayed ROC officials, and for her efforts, she was betrayed and tortured by the CCP for 22 years. (Image: via Public Domain)

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In ancient India, there lived a prudent king named King Pasenadi who believed it was his position rather than her own good karma that made people love his daughter. (Image: Luciano Mortula via Dreamstime)

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