Beijing Girls In England

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Two young women from Beijing Wang Lan and Li Yan arrived in the UK in the early 1990s. Wang Lan a strong and independent woman who had recently experienced heartbreak possessed a family-inherited skill in acupuncture. However at that time acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine had not yet gained widespread acceptance among the British public. Could she find work treating patients and survive in this society? When faced with the romantic advances of a dashing English doctor who initially looked down on her and dismissed acupuncture as well as a Chinese man she once had a love-hate relationship with who should she choose? Could she find her true love?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Li Yan in contrast was not an independent woman. Her sole aim was to marry a wealthy man and enjoy a life of comfort and leisure. Would she be able to achieve her goal?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>The experiences of these young women and their romantic partners prompt readers to consider how men and women should choose the path to happiness.</span></p><p></p>