Michael Olsen begins telling “the story of the letter”, explaining that it was “the letter that destroyed science”. Recalling January 2020, “when the COVID bleep hit the fan”, Olsen points…
Amy introduces Steve from New York, explaining that they both went to the same High School and also the same re-education camp. After moving to the US, he returned several…
Amy recalls her experience in China with the redistribution of wealth. She was born in 1952. Her brothers were born in 1948 and 1949. There was baby formula available from…
Nan describes the upcoming Communist party assembly, explaining that they may declare the next stage in socialist development. It may mark the end of the free market in China. Michael…
Her friend’s daughter is a “global citizen”, who travels the world writing stories about different people and recently spent time in Afghanistan. She asked Amy how, having been through the…
Amy mentions that there may be people who are not able to escape from Afghanistan, which reminds her of her uncle Charlie’s story. Charlie was a high school senior at…
Lots of people have asked Amy if anyone wanted to escape from the re-education camp. Amy says she only knows one person, who happened to be her neighbor. She never…
Amy introduces her friend Steve, her old school mate, who now lives in the US. They were sent to the re-education camp together. She mentions that he was very shy…
Amy describes her old friend and neighbor, who had a particularly horrible childhood. When Amy was 3 years old in 1955 a new neighbor moved in downstairs into their apartment.…
Nan describes how China has built 98,000 dams. Amy reminds us that she reconnected with some childhood friends over Fathers Day and many of them reached out to ask her…