Annotated Bibliography 
Jingni Liu
Muir 50
Professor Maki Smith
08 May 2014
Annotated Bibliography Final Draft
Annotated Bibliography
A Native of Beijing in New York. Dir. Xiaogang Feng and Xialong Zheng. Perf. Wen Jiang, Ji Wang. Beijing Television Art Center, 1993. TV Series.
This was a TV series that demonstrated how economic factors played a significant role in this particular Asian American’s desire to improve his social standing, and pursue his dream of financial success. The protagonist, Qiming Wang, came to America with his wife in order to pursue his passion for music. After living in poverty for a few years, he let his passion go, and he and his wife invested in a business. While Qiming and his wife were able to succeed economically, he had to forgo his passion in pursuit of his American Dream to become extremely wealthy. This provides a concrete example of how Asian Americans have allowed economic factors to be the primary motivating factor for their success.
The first director of this movie was Feng Xiaogang. He is a highly successful Chinese film director and is renowned for making comedies as well as dramas. He was a member of the Beijing Military Region Art Troupe as a stage designer, and he began his cinema work as an art designer in the Beijing Television Art Center in the 1980’s. Given his experience working in the field for an extensive period of time, it is clear that he has learned the necessary cinematography skills to accurately portray the economic struggle faced by many Asian American immigrants. I will be using this as an evidentiary source to show that many Asian Americans have had to forgo their passions in order to be successful financially. They have allowed for economic factors to be the primary motivation sources in their lives, and they measure their success based off of their financial success and not their happiness. I will be using this in conjunction with “The Rise of Asian Americans” to build connections and show that Asian Americans are now
Muir 50
Professor Maki Smith
08 May 2014
Annotated Bibliography Final Draft
Annotated Bibliography
A Native of Beijing in New York. Dir. Xiaogang Feng and Xialong Zheng. Perf. Wen Jiang, Ji Wang. Beijing Television Art Center, 1993. TV Series.
This was a TV series that demonstrated how economic factors played a significant role in this particular Asian American’s desire to improve his social standing, and pursue his dream of financial success. The protagonist, Qiming Wang, came to America with his wife in order to pursue his passion for music. After living in poverty for a few years, he let his passion go, and he and his wife invested in a business. While Qiming and his wife were able to succeed economically, he had to forgo his passion in pursuit of his American Dream to become extremely wealthy. This provides a concrete example of how Asian Americans have allowed economic factors to be the primary motivating factor for their success.
The first director of this movie was Feng Xiaogang. He is a highly successful Chinese film director and is renowned for making comedies as well as dramas. He was a member of the Beijing Military Region Art Troupe as a stage designer, and he began his cinema work as an art designer in the Beijing Television Art Center in the 1980’s. Given his experience working in the field for an extensive period of time, it is clear that he has learned the necessary cinematography skills to accurately portray the economic struggle faced by many Asian American immigrants. I will be using this as an evidentiary source to show that many Asian Americans have had to forgo their passions in order to be successful financially. They have allowed for economic factors to be the primary motivation sources in their lives, and they measure their success based off of their financial success and not their happiness. I will be using this in conjunction with “The Rise of Asian Americans” to build connections and show that Asian Americans are now
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