Disney+ counts down to 'American-Born Chinese'

A genre-hopping original series is coming to streaming platform Disney+, which will surely be beloved by the Asian region. Titled "American Born Chinese," it is produced by 20th Television and premieres on May 24.

Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of Jin Wang, an average teenager juggling his high school social life with his home life. When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods.