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Watching TV with the Red Chinese
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<p><i>Watching TV with the Red Chinese</i> is a 2012 American <a href="/facts/Comedy-drama/bNHltlNB">comedy-drama</a> film directed by <a href="/facts/Shimon_Dotan/u7cPIF5w">Shimon Dotan</a>, based on the 1992 novel of the same name by <a href="/facts/Luke_Whisnant/oeQUaGgz">Luke Whisnant</a>. The film follows a trio of Chinese exchange students who arrive in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a> in 1980, eager for what America has to offer. They make friends including a literature teacher named Dexter and his girlfriend Suzanne. As they try to adjust to the New York city atmosphere, they become disillusioned with America, eventually buying a firearm for self-defense. </p>