State Trooper1956

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Lt. Rod Blake:
Oh, hello. I'm Rod Blake, chief investigator for the Nevada state troopers. This is a souvenir. It's a symbol of old China... well, it is until you take a closer look at it.

[Blake turns the toy dragon around to review a transistor radio inside its head]

Lt. Rod Blake:
Then it becomes a symbol of San Francisco's Chinatown, where the old beliefs are in conflict with the beliefs of the younger generation. Most of the young Chinese-Americans respect the attitudes of the elders. What lengths they'll go to to protect the old customs you'll see in "The Case of the Happy Dragon".