American Dreams: Emigrating From China
by The Atlantic
Aug 28, 2015
3 minutes
Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
Getting meta with lady liberty on the @SIferryNYC. #atlanticamericandream #generationZ pic.twitter.com/y2hbYTdlFL
— Melissa Wantz (@mwantz) August 2, 2015
Atlantic reader XY Qian tells her story:
I was born and raised in Shanghai, China. I have heard about the American Dream often enough in my formative years that I wanted to experience it myself. I landed in the U.S. at the tender age of 23, taking my husband with
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