Chinese Government’s Communist ‘Party Cells’ Spy At U.S. Colleges, ‘Dollar Vote,’ And Tabla Master Zakir Hussain
By Worldview Staff
Chinese Government’s Communist ‘Party Cells’ Spy At U.S. Colleges, ‘Dollar Vote,’ And Tabla Master Zakir Hussain
By Worldview Staff
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On today’s show:
- In attempts to tighten ideological control over Chinese citizens studying abroad, the Chinese Communist Party established “Party branches” at universities in the U.S., including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. We speak with Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, who broke the story for Foreign Policy magazine.
- In this installment of “Dollar Vote,” reporter Liz Lazar talks with activists from Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood and to the leader of a new grassroots calling system that pressures corporations to act on the issue of gun violence.
- Tabla master Zakir Hussain performs live.