...the protests in China and Iran. Today Kai covers her thoughts about protests in her city of Shanghai! How did Covid contribute to rage in society? What will the future hold for autocracies? What about for democracies? And how does the World Cup fit into this? Kai talks about this and more in today's episode!

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Interview with Professor Wu from the University of California-Irvine! In this episode, Professor Wu talks about her research on historical Asian American figures and the current climate of ethnic and cultural studies. Kaixin and Professor Wu discuss questions about the Supreme Court's cases on Affirmative Action and how that will affect diversity in higher education. Also, who were Patsy Mink and Dr. Mom Chung? (hint: both are amazing Asian American pioneers in their respective fields) Listen to find out all this and more!

...Today we talk about the most heavily censored topic in China: its relations with Taiwan. Joining me is Alvin who's from Taiwan but living in China right now. How has he coped with being Taiwanese in China? Will US involvement anger China even more? Will there be a war to take back Taiwan? We discuss our thoughts on these pressing questions. We also discuss his research paper focusing on major risks for Taiwan in 2022. I ask him if his analysis has changed due to the Pelosi visit and the changing tide in the Ukraine-Russian war.