Ep. 118: 鍾翔宇, American Born Communist (ft. Xiangyu)

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 - "The Unknown Cultural Revolution" William Hinton - "Fanshen" Michael Parenti - "Against Empire" Michael Parenti - "Blackshirts and Reds" Michael Parenti - "Democracy for the Few" IF Stone - "Hidden History of the Korean War" SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: Intro: "這不是請客吃飯" ("This isn't a Dinner Party") by 鍾翔宇 Outro: "夢" ("Dream") by 鍾翔宇