Episode notes
Hip hop artist 鍾翔宇 (Xiangyu) joins Teen to talk about his political awakening as an Asian American, and how that influenced his music. It's rare that Asian Americans produce art and political speech as confrontational as Xiangyu's, particularly in subverting American ideology and its official narrative regarding Asia. Escape From Plan A, of course, had to learn more about it.
TWITTER:
Teen (https://twitter.com/mont_jiang)
Xiangyu (https://twitter.com/XiangyuRapper)
REFERENCED RESOURCES:
Bandcamp link: https://comradexiangyu.bandcamp.com/
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/XYZrap
"The Sorceress" (Guardian article on Soong Mei-Ling): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/nov/05/china.jonathanfenby
Xiangyu's book recommendations:
William Blum - "Killing Hope"
William Blum - "Rogue State"
Mobo Gao - "Battle for China's Past"
Dongping Han - ...
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