Filmmaker and writer on Chinese history and culture
Filmmaker and writer about Chinese history and culture, whose books include The Long March: The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth and A Year in Tibet
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Shuyun Sun
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Amy Chua, Tiger Mother Amy Chua has become famous as author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother , especially after the Wall Street Journal published an excerpt titled, " Why Chinese Mothers are Superior ." She's also a professor at Yale Law School and author of previous books called World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and, Global Instability and Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why They Fail. We speak with Chua and get reaction to the book that's created an international sensation.
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