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...first seems bland, a simple, boring tale: Leo Fang (Peter Wang) decides to return to China with his family to visit his sister whom he has not seen since the Revolution. Affluent and Americanized, Fang retains little of his heritage other than the language and memories. Meanwhile, Mrs. Chao (Shen Guanglan), Fang's sister, awaits his visit in a land full of history and change...
...extent that such a nationalism reflects social prejudices, the criticisms become self-contradictory. Lillian Chao, professor of English emeritus at National Taiwan University, fears that the spread of English is doing subtle damage. "China has always been a civilization of great politeness and courtesy," she says. "But now our young people, through the English they're studying, are learning to be so offhanded. They say 'Hi' to everyone they greet, and everything is 'O.K.' " Well, exactly...
...people laugh at the busloads of women who come up to Boston, but don't forget that busloads of men come down to Wellesley," says Connson M. Chao '87, who transferred from Wellesley after her freshman year...
...Harvard people look down on everybody, and the fact that Wellesley is a women's college makes it easy to create stereotypes," Chao says...
...There are people at Wellesley who fit the stereotype, and those are the people that come to Harvard," Chao says...