“She’s been unfairly forgotten and neglected,” said the actor Paul Giamatti, a longtime admirer of Wong.
Days later, government tanks rolled through Tiananmen Square, leaving thousands injured or dead.
Watching the scene unfold on his parents’ television, Huang knew that he could not remain in China.
Two years later, he arrived in Tuscaloosa to earn his master’s degree.
“Like in ‘Out of Africa,’ when Meryl Streep says, ‘I had a farm in Africa,’” Huang said, “well, I had a Chinese takeout in Tuscaloosa.”
Persons:
Wong, “ She’s, ”, Paul Giamatti, Huang, they’d, ’, Meryl Streep, ‘, ” Huang
Organizations:
Peking University
Locations:
Formosa, China, Beijing, Shanghai, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Africa