...is coming. Roach, the often controversial state senator, will soon be blogging from Beijing.

Representing Gov. Gregoire, on August 7th I will present the leaders of Sichuan Province, our sister state, with the promise of a new, privately-funded school building.

she writes. She's primarily in China, she says, to support daughter-in-law Melanie Roach, an Olympic power-lifter.

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