As hinted by my blog's theme, I'm Chinese American,(or half Taiwanese if you want to involve politics). The reason of me in America along with my Grandpa, uncles, aunts and parents can be summed up in three words, "we hate communism," my grandpa especially. Growing up in the Canto region of China, my grandpa worked as an engineer before settling down as a business man, owning several movie theaters showing the latest American movies. Then the communist party took over China. Communist do not like educated citizens, especially those that were wealthy through capitalist techniques. After most of his money was taken away, he escaped to Hong Kong, and applied his family for immigration. The journey to America was a difficult one, requiring him to leave one of his kids to the communist as a hostage to make sure that he still payed the communist government the money that he "owed." He eventually had all of his kids immigrate to the U.S

My grandpa left behind a familiar life in Hong Kong, hoping to find an education for his children. That was his American Dream, to make a better future for his kids. And he succeeded. He was under the protection of the U.S Government, so the communist forces in China wouldn't harm his family. He had to leave what was left of his business in China, and enter a new culture, but he wanted the best for his children. My grandpa still thinks the American dream still exists today, where one can work hard with an education to achieve great success, as shown by my Dad's generation(two doctors and a pharmacist). The concept of the American dream has not changed much at all, in fact, its reinforced today with competition for colleges increasing annually. My own American dream is basically the same, to get a good education to land a good job and live a comfortable life, preferably away from communism.