Understanding China With Lily Tang Williams

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lily Tang Williams was born into and raised under the brutal Maoist regime of China. Indoctrinated into the teachings of the Chinese Communist Party, she was taught to forsake all other beliefs and possessions for the glory of the State. She’s now a US citizen and a Libertarian politician, speaker & activist who travels the country talking about her experiences.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lily joins the program to talk to Tatiana and Josh about her history and her concerns about modern, ‘trendy’ socialism. She compares and contrasts her childhood under Mao with the freer markets under his successor, and gives her thoughts on China’s alleged theft of the West’s intellectual property and its attitudes toward governance of Hong Kong & Taiwan. Lily also gives her thoughts on the current US administration and its treatment of China, why it’s important for the free world to stand up to China, and much, much more.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><strong><em>About the Guest:</em></strong><strong><em><br /></em></strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Lily Tang Williams was a Chinese lawyer and law assistant professor, who became an American</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">businesswoman and a professional speaker.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Born to illiterate working-class parents in China’s western Sichuan province just before the</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cultural Revolution, Lily Tang Williams directly witnessed Chairman Mao’s takeover and the</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">horrors his regime inflicted.  She grew up experiencing extremely poor living conditions, food</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">rationing, political and social chaos and, of course, Communist indoctrination.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She learned to work hard, persevere, and be grateful for the opportuniti