Like Lo and Caine before him, Jian-Wa quite literally blends East and West through the casting of the role as well as through many of the attributes given to the character. ... Like so many other Chinese characters in the American popular imagination, Jian-Wa becomes inextricably linked to the world of crime through his brother's association with a criminal "tong."" ... In this light, although reluctant, Jian-Wa remains a character that symbolizes resistance to both the white American and the Communist Chinese status-quo, and, thus, he can travel the world fulfilling fantasies that resist...

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