China's Hard and Soft PowerConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 491
May 26, 2020 • 51m
How China Gets Things Done
Guest: Eric Hyer, Associate Professor, Political Science, Brigham Young University
China's influence is being felt around the globe, from South America to Africa. China is filling a void in international relations that the US has left. While Chinese methods are authoritarian, Hyer is optimistic about the new world order.
Blood Letters
Guest: Xi Lian, Professor, World Christianity, Duke Divinity School, Duke University, and author, "Blood Letters: The Untold Story of Lin Zhao, A Martyr in Mao’s China"
Fighting to get her words into the world, jailed political dissident Lin Zhao used anything available, including her own blood, to tell her story. She was the most important political prisoner in Mao's regime, and she remains a hero in China today.