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It is 1857 in the Victorian Goldfields. Yi Xi, a Chinese female miner stands in court accused of stealing taxation money from the Chinese tax collector. In an attempt to clear her name and uphold her innocence, Yi Xi challenges the British authority in a xenophobic society that will soon decide her fate.
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China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.

Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.