Description: Exteriors of restaurants in Chinatown. Gateway arch entrance. Orange line T on elevated tracks. Essex Hotel sign in distance. Slushy sidewalks. Church in South Cove. Architect's rendering of proposed nursing home.
Description: Chinatown environs. Bilingual sign for Beach Street near expressway. Traffic, congested parking, Cantonese and other restaurants, Bob Lee's Islander, market, storefronts, modernistic mural on side of building. Chinese Merchants Association building. Entrance to Chinese Local Development Corporation. Asian figures in bas relief on facade.
Description: Chinatown environs with reporter voice over. Reporter talks about the apolitical nature of Chinatown. She reports that although there aren't many active residents, those who do care about politics are outraged at the redistricting which groups Chinatown with South Boston. Interview with Chinatown resident, Mr. Chang, on the divergent interests and concerns of Chinatown and South Boston. City Council chambers.
Description: Chinese student participant in Beijing democracy demonstrations returned to US, where he describes and decries massacre at Tiananmen Square. Shen Tong.
Description: Chinese student at Harvard Medical School is concerned about expiration of his visa (in wake of Beijing uprising), though federal program extends his stay for at least another year.
Description: Chinese students in US use communications high technology to send home information and messages of support and influence during Beijing demonstrations for democracy. Fax machine.