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Where does general tso chicken actually come from
The dish General Tso’s Chicken as most Americans know it today was invented by Peng Chang-kuei, a chef from the Hunan province.
where is peng chang-kuei now
Peng Chang-kuei, the inventor, died on Nov. 30 in Taipei. The chef, who had two children was 97 years old by Western reckoning.

Question: what was the inventor's chilld hood like
Self-contained rewrite: what was peng chang-keui's childhood like