No, not that Gordon Chang. The other one: the good one. Gordon H. Chang is a professor of American history at Stanford University, where he is also the Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities and the senior associate vice provost for undergraduate education. In this prelapsarian podcast, taped on December 19, Gordon chats with Kaiser about the rising tide of Sinophobia — presaging things to come once Trump really started fanning the flames during the present pandemic.
12:15: American perceptions of China and Chinese people
20:54: A legacy of discrimination against Chinese scientists in the U.S.
31:43: The role of universities in pushing back against xenophobia
35:47: Espionage fears and restrictions against Chinese researchers
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