Asian American Fiction After 1965: Transnational Fantasies of Economic Mobility - Paperbackby Christopher T. Fan (Author) After the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act loosened discriminatory restrictions, people from Northeast Asian countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and eventually China immigrated to the United States in large numbers. Highly skilled Asian immigrants flocked to professional managerial occupations, especially in science, technology, engineering, and math. Asian American literature is now overwhelmingly defined