While the United States stumbles, China is extending its influence across the globe with the complicity of democratic nations. Award-winning foreign correspondent, Joanna Chiu, has spent a decade tracking China’s propulsive rise, from the political aspects of the multi-billion-dollar “New Silk Road” global investment project to a growing sway on foreign countries and multilateral institutions through “United Front” efforts. In China Unbound: A New World Disorder, Chiu offers readers background on the protests in Hong Kong, underground churches in Beijing, and exile Uyghur communities in Turkey, exposing Beijing’s high-tech surveillance and aggressive measures that result in human rights violations against those who challenge its power.

Joanna Chiu talks with Jennifer Lau about China Unbound and the disturbing implications for global stability, prosperity, and civil rights everywhere.

About this event’s guests:
Joanna Chiu
Jennifer Lau

This event is part of TPL's Asian Heritage series.

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Joanna Chiu: China Unbound