Go Back to China

Go Back to China is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Emily Ting. It stars Anna Akana as Sasha Li, a trust fund wannabe designer whose father pressures her to go to Shenzhen to learn the family business. The film is semi-autobiographical and is based on Ting's life and relationship with her father. Go Back to China premiered at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival. The film had a limited release in the United States on March 6, 2020. , of the critic reviews compiled on Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average rating of . The website's critics consensus reads: "Uneven but entertaining, Go Back to China puts a refreshing cross-cultural spin on the traditional coming-of-age story arc." Plot Sasha Li is a recent fashion grad living in L.A. who is unable to find work and lives off of a lucrative one million dollar trust fund given to her by her estranged father, a Chinese manufacturer who mass-produces plushies. On her birthday Sasha learns that her father has cut off access to her trust fund so that she will come work for the family business in China. When that doesn't work, her father cuts off alimony payments to her mother, forcing Sasha to capitulate.