Beijinger in New York

A Native of Beijing in New York, also known as Beijinger in New York (simplified Chinese: 北京人在纽约; traditional Chinese: 北京人在紐約; pinyin: Běijīngrén zài Niǔ Yuē), is a novel by Glen Cao (曹桂林), based on his own immigrant story.

The story follows Qiming Wang and his wife Yan Guo as they work towards the American dream — telling of their immigration, employment, the rearing of their daughter, their eventual success and tragedy — in the foreign environment of the United States.

The book was subsequently serialized in the Beijing Evening News newspaper, increasing circulation of that paper fivefold[dubious – discuss].

It was the first Chinese television program to be filmed in the United States and was directed by Zheng Xiaolong and financed by Paulus Snoeren.

[citation needed] Peter Hays Gries, author of Tears of Rage: Chinese Nationalist Reactions to the Belgrade Embassy Bombing, said that the television program had "repeated racist comments about Americans" and "marked the emergence of a popular anti-American sentiment in China".