![]() ![]() Although the expectations for Ben and Mei Oi are the same - live a prosperous life with many children - achieving that expectation weighs heavily on the two who have their own issues. By happenstance, Ben and Mei Oi seem to hit it off, and even fall in love by the time of the wedding. ![]() Mei Oi's family is much the same as Ben's, with Mei Oi's father, who she has never met, living in New York City, while Mei Oi lived in China with her mother. The meeting of Ben and Mei Oi was arranged by Ben and Mei Oi's respective parents. Ben, an ex-American G.I., has just returned to New York City from his mother's home town in China with his Chinese bride, Mei Oi. As such, New York City's Chinatown is populated with old men and their now grown sons, who have few opportunities to marry into their own race. The Wang's story is similar to other Chinese-American families. It's 1949, and Wah Gay has settled into a life in New York City without his wife, who he has not seen in twenty years. Second generation Chinese-American Ben Loy Wang grew up solely with his father Wah Gay Wang since the American exclusion laws prevented Ben's mother from emigrating to the U.S. ![]()
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