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Heritage Explains

BONUS | Lily Tang Williams on Growing Up in Communist China

Heritage Explains

Heritage Podcast Network

Education

4.6808 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to another bonus episode of Heritage Explains. This is our last one on China, because next week, we are very excited to bring you a new season of Heritage Explains. And this one will be focused on the crisis at the Southern Border.


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Lily Tang Williams grew up in China and witnessed Mao Ze Dong’s Cultural Revolution firsthand. A Chinese lawyer and law school professor, she was able to leave China and is now an American Citizen, where she speaks out on her experiences and the dangers of communism.


What you’re about to hear are Lily’s remarks from a panel held at the Heritage Foundation in December of 2021. The event was called Communism’s Dark Tyranny, the 30th Anniversary of the Collapse of the Soviet Union and was co-hosted by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. 


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The Daily Signal Podcast: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/

More China Research from the Heritage Foundation: www.heritage.org/china

Winning the New Cold War: A Plan for Countering China: https://www.heritage.org/asia/report/winning-the-new-cold-war-plan-countering-china

The Kevin Roberts Show: https://www.heritage.org/the-kevin-roberts-show



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0:00.0

Welcome back to another bonus episode of Heritage Explains.

0:10.5

This is our last one on China because next week, we are very excited to bring you a new season of Heritage Explains.

0:19.0

And this one will be focused on the crisis at the southern border.

0:23.1

Over the last few weeks, we have witnessed unprecedented chaos at our southern border, and many

0:27.6

Americans are left wondering, why are things this way? This season, we're going to answer that

0:32.9

question, and many more, such as, who are these migrants? What laws are currently on the books?

0:38.4

And what do we need to do to enforce better border policy?

0:43.4

We're going to talk to some of the most knowledgeable experts

0:45.7

and effective legislators on the southern border

0:48.3

to give you a deep dive into this complex issue.

0:51.7

But this week, we've got one more bonus episode for you.

0:55.0

Lily Tang Williams grew up in China and witnessed Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution firsthand.

1:00.4

A Chinese lawyer and law school professor, she was able to leave China and is now an American

1:05.2

citizen, where she speaks out in her experiences and the dangers of communism.

1:10.2

What you're about to hear are Lily's

1:11.8

remarks from a panel held at the Heritage Foundation in December of 2021. The event was called

1:17.4

Communism's Dark Tyranny, the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and was co-hosted

1:23.1

by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. As always, thanks for listening to Heritage Explains.

1:28.8

If you've got any feedback, send it our way at heritage explains at heritage.org.

1:33.7

And we hope you enjoyed this talk from Lily Tang Williams,

1:37.1

as well as our new season coming next week, June 7th.

1:40.5

See you then.

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