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 * "Its Wavering Image" - "Its Wavering Image" is the fourth short story to appear in Sui Sin Far's 1912 short story collection, Mrs. Spring Fragrance. It follows Pan, a half-white and half-Chinese girl living in San Francisco's Chinatown, and Mark Carson, a white journalist. The two befriend each other, and eventually fall in love for a brief period of time. The story explores their interactions, which are largely focused on the characters' perceptions of Pan's racial identity. University of Kansas scholar Caroline Porter argues that these perceptions are likely influenced by the story's setting -- Chinatown in San Francisco -- because of the various cultural dynamics present in Chinatown at the time the story was published.