David Scott from UK Column recently interviewed Lilly Tang Williams, who grew up in Maoist China, survived Mao's Cultural Revolution and used her ingenuity to escape to the United States.
This episode was originally released June 29, 2023.
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Chapter Markers:
00:02:25 - Life under Mao
00:04:21 - Food ration coupons
00:06:34 - School posters
00:10:01 - Young Pioneers
00:11:43 - Lessons learned
00:12:11 - Moving up
00:15:19 - Surviving the Cultural Revolution
00:18:22 - Chinese law school
00:19:23 - The pocket Constitution
00:21:09 - Pictures from America
00:21:49 - Planning her escape
00:25:04 - Giving up home
00:28:15 - Moving to America
00:31:03 - Graduate school
00:31:48 - Research assistant
00:33:17 - Life is good, but....
00:37:58 - Hong Kong example
00:38:58 - Hong Kong 2013
00:40:01 - Foreign ideology
00:40:46 - Starting a business
00:47:25 - Totalitarians
00:59:41 - Cultural Marxism = Maoism
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