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At the court-martial of Sgt. Aaron Marcum, Danny Chen’s mother pleads for justice as testimony prompts flashbacks to Chen’s life in New York, his enlistment, and the racist abuse he endured. Chen appears as a ghost in the courtroom; at the end, his mother sings a childhood lullaby as soldiers fold the flag and Chen salutes her.
Across 1911–1918, revolutionary Sun Yat-sen and Ching-ling Soong fall in love and marry despite her father Charlie’s opposition; Sun’s first wife Lu gives him a divorce paper. After the Qing dynasty falls, Sun becomes provisional president, but Yuan Shikai betrays him and the couple flee assassins, during which Ching-ling miscarries. Charlie later reconciles with his daughter, returns her childhood wedding dress, and renews his faith in Sun’s revolutionary ideals.
At the court-martial of Sgt. Aaron Marcum, Danny Chen’s mother pleads for justice as testimony prompts flashbacks to Chen’s life in New York, his enlistment, and the racist abuse he endured. Chen appears as a ghost in the courtroom; at the end, his mother sings a childhood lullaby as soldiers fold the flag and Chen salutes her.
Across 1911–1918, revolutionary Sun Yat-sen and Ching-ling Soong fall in love and marry despite her father Charlie’s opposition; Sun’s first wife Lu gives him a divorce paper. After the Qing dynasty falls, Sun becomes provisional president, but Yuan Shikai betrays him and the couple flee assassins, during which Ching-ling miscarries. Charlie later reconciles with his daughter, returns her childhood wedding dress, and renews his faith in Sun’s revolutionary ideals.