On his return to China, popular singer Yao Tian is informed that the sponsors of the event were in support of Taiwan's secession and that he must deliver a formal self-criticism. Tian impulsively decides instead to return to New York to protest the government's threat to his artistic integrity. Placed on a government blacklist and thwarted by the State at every turn, it becomes increasingly clear that he may never return to China unless he denounces the freedoms that have made his new life possible. But Tian nevertheless insists on his identity as a performer, refusing to give up his art.
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