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:
00:00:00 - UK Column stinger and intro
00:00:46 - Lily Tang Williams
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
00:44:42 - Guns Against Tyranny article
00:47:25 - Totalitarians
00:59:41 - Cultural Marxism = Maoism
01:00:59 - Lily's web site
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IMAGE CREDITS
Food Ration Coupon - 河北省革命委員會—糧食局Revolution Committee of Hebei — Bureau of Food
, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons Marx Lenin Mao poster - https://chineseposters.net/posters/pc-1968-l-005, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Young Pioneers - User:Tsiaojian_lee, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Stable diffusion - Tullius Detritus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mao Zedong - 侯波, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
1966 Mao Zedong - 吕相友, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Shangai Law School - Acstar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pocket Constitution - I, Neutrality, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Country road in rural America - Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
UT Austin School of Law logo - University of Texas at Austin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Chengdu map - Dagvidur, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
$10 bank note - National Numismatic Collection,National Museum of American History, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Research assistant - Max MBAKOP, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Wake Up - Jeremy Segrott from Cardiff, Wales, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hong Kong 1941 - C. C. J. Bond / Historical Section, General Staff, Canadian Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Kowloon Waterfront - Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Guns Against Tyranny article
Totalitarians - Bop34, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Maoism flag - RootOfAllLight, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
