China’s War On Faith And Freedom

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🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Sam Brownback, former governor of Kansas and former ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom, and pro-democracy activist Frances Hui join Federalist Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss China's relationship with religion and explain how hostility toward faith and freedom affects U.S.-China relations. Hui also shares her experience as a victim of communism.

You can find Brownback's new book, China's War on Faith, here.

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0:00.0	And we are back with another edition of The Federalist Radio Hour.
0:21.5	I'm Matt Kittle's senior elections correspondent at The Federalist and your experience
0:26.6	Sherpa on today's quest for knowledge.
0:29.6	As always, you can email the show at Radio at the Federalist.com.
0:34.4	Follow us on X at FBRLST.
0:41.3	Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcast and, of course,
0:47.1	to the premium version of our website as well. Our guest today is Sam Brownback, former U.S. Senator, Governor of the Great State of Kansas. He also served as Ambassador at large for
0:52.8	International Religious Freedom in the First Trump
0:55.4	Administration. Ambassador Brownback's new book is titled China's War on Faith.
1:02.4	A little bit later in the podcast will also be joined by Hong Kong activist Francis Kwe,
1:08.5	an activist and journalist who participated in the 2014 umbrella movement and
1:14.2	2019 pro-political asylum or pro-democracy protest, I should say. She became the first
1:23.1	Hong Kong activist who received political asylum in the U.S. after being targeted by the national
1:28.9	security law, she continues to advocate for Hong Kong's freedom while living under a one million
1:36.2	dollar bounty issued by the Hong Kong police. That's just one of many stories that you will
1:42.5	find in the new book, China's War on Faith out this week.
1:49.7	And thank you, Ambassador Brownback, so much for joining us in this edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.
1:55.1	Matt, it's a pleasure to join you.
1:56.8	Thank you very much for having me on.
1:58.4	I just feel so strongly about this topic.
2:00.6	And I'm glad when
2:01.9	people are willing to take and share my interest in it and share the information about it.
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