Roaming North America: A Biographical Chapter

Author: Chen Sijin, Xiaoling
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: This book tells the author's arduous journey over more than ten years in the United States and Canada. A young Chinese man with nothing in terms of money, power, or social connections, despite facing countless hardships and struggles, ultimately broke into the global financial center—Wall Street—through sheer determination and talent, securing a place on the 80th floor of the World Trade Center. However, at 8:46 AM on September 11, 2001, an American Airlines flight crashed into the building above him, igniting a fierce fire. Just over two minutes after he finally escaped the building, it collapsed, which profoundly reshaped his perspective on life. This book, written in a first-person autobiographical form, deeply and meticulously reflects the struggles and emotional journeys of a new generation of students studying, working, and surviving in North America. Chen Sijin's fate and pursuit reveal a distinct era compared to early stories of Chinese students abroad, marking a new historical phase in the fight of Chinese students overseas and raising a series of thought-provoking exploratory questions.