AILSA CHANG, HOST: "American Born Chinese" opens with the beginning of a new school year for Jin Wang. He's a Chinese American teen who just wants to be a normal high school student, playing on ...

Jin Wang (Ben Wang) doesn't want to stand out. The son of Chinese immigrants, he shies away from his heritage and other Asian kids at his school and just wants to play soccer, make friends with ...

Incoming 10th grader Jin Wang (Ben Wang) hopes to "get on another level" socially this year. His plan: Focus a little less on comics and manga, get a spot on the junior varsity soccer team, maybe ...

AILSA CHANG, HOST: "American Born Chinese" opens with the beginning of a new school year for Jin Wang. He's a Chinese American teen who just wants to be a normal high school student, playing on ...

The story, which departs significantly from Yang’s novel, follows Jin Wang (Ben Wang), a Chinese American teenager who wants nothing more than to be accepted as one of the cool kids.

American Born Chinese has numerous references to different comics and manga, thanks to the nerdy interests of Jin, Wei-Chen, and Anuj. A montage in Jin’s bedroom in the first episode reveals his ...

For cartoonist Gene Luen Yang, the lead-up to the premiere of “American Born Chinese” has been “very surreal.” Whereas the promotional cycle for one of his books might involve appearances ...

American Born Chinese tells the story of Jin Wang (Ben Wang), an average teenager juggling his high school social life with his home life.

AILSA CHANG, HOST: "American Born Chinese" opens with the beginning of a new school year for Jin Wang. He's a Chinese American teen who just wants to be a normal high school student, playing on ...

"American Born Chinese" opens with the beginning of a new school year for Jin Wang. He's a Chinese American teen who just wants to be a normal high school student, playing on the JV soccer team ...