A kind-hearted village girl attempts to raise a child whose father was taken as a political prisoner.

At the Battle of Triangle Hill in October 1952, Huang's unit was tasked with destroying an enemy blockhouse.

Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.

A former boxing champion takes decides to break a few rules and train orphans from China's remote countryside in order to give them a future.

Dang Gui saves a woman, Liu Lan and her daughter, who are running away from bandits. Dang Gui falls in love with Liu Lan, but she is taken by the bandits and Dang Gui must take responsibility for raising the girl.