the show represented the party’s frustration with America, its sense of powerlessness, and its desire for revenge. Communist Party writers embraced A Native of Beijing as an antidote to pro-American feelings. The show, wrote one columnist in the party-run China Daily, will “help those who entertain a rosy American dream to become more realistic.” As the writer Jianying Zha noted, the show’s operative emotion was “Screw you, America.”
