China: The New Super Power We Need To Learn From

Our guest Dr. Larry Herzberg will discuss his book, China Smart: A Past & Present Guide to History, Culture, Society, Language. Larry Herzberg is professor emeritus of Chinese at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1984 he started the Asian Languages Program . He is also former Director of Asian Studies at the same university where has served for 37 years. He also taught Chinese at Albion College in Michigan 4 years prior. After studying Chinese for five years at Vanderbilt University, he did his PhD work in Chinese language and literature at Indiana University. Together with his Chinese wife, Xue Qin, he has published three books, including “The Chinese Survival Guide,” “Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar,” and “Chinese Proverbs and Popular Sayings:With Observations on Culture and Language.” Larry and his wife have also produced two documentary films on contemporary China, including the 2 1/2 hour film The China Threat: Perception versus Reality (2012) as well as the documentary Issues that Trouble Americans at the Start of the 21st Century (2008).