On this episode of Newt's World, Journey to America with Newt and Closed to Gingrich,

will premiere on PBS and is streaming on pbs.org and the PBS app.

The film celebrates the achievements and shares the stories of nine individuals from different backgrounds and periods

who emigrated to our country in pursuit of the American dream. I'm joined today by one of the

people we feature in the documentary, Shee Van Fleet. She grew up during China's cultural revolution

before legally immigrating in the United States.

Her latest book, Mal's America, is available now. She, welcome and thank you for joining me again on Newts World.

Well, thank you so much for having me.

I think what makes you really remarkable is that you were an eyewitness to Mao's Cultural Revolution,

and then you were sort of an eyewitness to what was happening

in America, and you managed to make sense of it. So could you talk first about what was it

like growing up in China? Well, first of all, I have to say, watching that remarkable film.

I feel so honored, and I feel I'm dis disqualified because you're including me with those extraordinary

immigrant who become American.

Like Einstein, my goodness, but thank you so much for having me as part of that film.

I don't want to shock you, but as far as I'm concerned, you are as important and as consequential as

Henry Kissinger or anybody else who's in the program. You have really been very important

in alerting America to what's going on and what we need to be aware of. So I'm just honored

that you're with us because I know how busy you've been and how much

you've been writing and speaking.

And, you know, you're a remarkable person.

I'm curious because I think this will really help all of our listeners.

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