A Quote by John Rocha

If you ask me where do I belong, it would be somewhere in the Irish Sea almost - born in Hong Kong, Chinese mother, Portuguese father from Macao, lived in Europe most of my life.

John Rocha

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John Rocha
Chinese - Designer
Born: August 23, 1953

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