Dialogue- The New China

For two weeks last month, the world got to peek behind the bamboo curtain at the people, the culture and the ambitions of China. The 2008 Olympics represented China's grandiose, highly-choreographed debut as a nation of influence and power. But how much did we really see? In the end, the Olympics may have only teased our appetite for answers about this mysterious, enigmatic nation. We saw a country where faith and beauty are interwoven with a history of repression and an intolerance for dissent. On this segment of Dialogue, host Matt Shafer powell examines the ways in the which the people of China negotiate this tentative balance. Both of his guests have recently returned from China and offer different perspectives. Scott Henson is a professor of Political Science at Maryville College and Gilya Schmidt teaches Religion at the University of Tennessee...

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