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CHINESE DREAM is about Country Boy (Qix Chen), a young Chinese dishwasher in a subterranean kitchen whose daily routine consists of work and sleep in a room he shares with two other co-workers. One night while watching a travel program on television, Country Boy begins to harbor a dream of living in New York City. Country Boy's boss reacts in a violent outburst after Country Boy asks him for permission to leave to travel to New York. But hope still lingers in the one step Country Boy is about to make.

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