Ep. 8 | "Dream State" and the Hong Kong Protests with Yi-Ling Liu Divided Families Podcast

Yi-Ling Liu is a nonfiction writer covering technology, culture & society in China. She has written for various outlets such as The New Yorker, The Economist, and Foreign Policy, and is currently a visiting scholar at the New York University Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. In this episode, Paul talks to his friend Yi-Ling about her recent piece in Harper's Magazine, "Dream State," which centers on the protests in Hong Kong. Yi-Ling gives an overview of the situation, and the two talk about intergenerational divisions, "yellows" and "blues" in Hong Kong, and possible futures.

Read "Dream State" here: https://harpers.org/archive/2020/05/dream-state-hong-kong-protests/

Yi-Ling's website: https://www.yi-lingliu.com/

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