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Early life
Cheng Xiaoqing was a Chinese detective fiction writer that was born in Shanghai, China on August 2nd, 1893. Cheng was the eldest son, he had two siblings, a younger brother and sister. Cheng was born into a poor family. His father initially worked in a textile store but when closed down he was forced to sell newspapers in order to feed his family. His father died in 1903, when Cheng was only ten years old. Cheng' s mother was a seamstress and also worked hard to ensure her son would go to school. He later on quit school when he was 15 and he helped his mother raise his younger sister. Cheng' s family and Cheng' s new bride moved to Suzhou in 1915 as Cheng Xiaoqing accepted a teaching position to teach Wu (the Shanghainese dialect). Cheng became acquainted with another foreign language teacher, this American teacher taught Cheng English.