This First Person column is the experience of Lili Lai, who lives in Toronto. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
One of my fondest childhood memories in Montreal in the early 2000s was evenings watching Chinese dramas with my papa. I didn’t understand everything that was going on with my limited Cantonese and I complained when my dad insisted the shows would help me improve my fluency. But I secretly enjoyed the period dramas, such as Beyond The Realm Of Conscience 宮心計, a show about the Tang dynasty that ruled China from the seventh to
