خلاصه داستان : یک دانش‌پژوه و کارشناس جاه‌طلب آمریکایی، به عنوان سفیر جدید کشورش در «سارکان» منصوب می‌شود؛ یک کشور در جنوب شرقی آسیا که در آستانهٔ شعله‌ور شدن یک جنگ داخلیِ تمام‌عیار قرار دارد..

An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war threatens a tense peace. Despite his knowledge, once he's there, MacWhite sees only a dichotomy between the U.S. and Communism. He can't accept that anti-American sentiment might be a longing for self-determination and nationalism. So, he breaks from his friend Deong, a local opposition leader, ignores a foreman's advice about slowing the building of a road, and tries to muscle ahead. What price must the country and his friends pay for him to get some sense?

خلاصه داستان : زنی اهل هنک کنگ به محله ی چینی ها واقع در سانفرانسیسکو می رود تا با مرد آرزوهایش ازدواج کند غافل از اینکه..

A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.