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Charlton Heston brings to the island a shipload of Chinese slaves to work the plantation fields. With Asian Tina Chen at his side, Heston creates a thriving pineapple plantation. But the cultural conflicts depicted in HAWAII persist. Heston's Hawaiian wife (Geraldine Chaplin) takes their son away to raise him in her tradition. The years pass. Chen returns penniless. After more crosscurrents of conflict and tragedy, Heston and Chen's children will wed each other, uniting the two families.

James Clavell's blockbuster novel of rivalry extortion and murder comes to life in this mesmerizing miniseries set in the high stakes business world of Hong Kong. Ian Dunross (Pierce Brosnan) is named "Tai-Pan" (supreme leader) of the powerful British-East Asiatrading company Struan & Co. just as rival (John Rhys-Davies) attempts a hostile takeover. Suddenly plunged into a criminal uworld of international espionage deception and financial crises Dunross turns up the heat by engaging in a dangerous romance withhis nemesis's aide (Deborah Raffin).