A Chinese immigrant living the American Dream

Mei Xu is a Chinese American entrepreneur who made it big in the US setting up a global candle business. She grew up in Chairman Mao's communist China but was educated at an elite school where she was learnt English with the aim of becoming a diplomat. That was until the pro-democracy, student protests of Tiananmen Square in 1989. After that she managed to get a passport out China and went to the USA where she set up he multi-million dollar business. What does her story tell us about the state of the American economy and the growth of China as an economic superpower?