In this episode of The Hungry Brain podcast, Taylor Lawson speaks with Max Gizmondi. Max is an American expat that's lived in China for seven years. Max has several years of teaching experience in China’s rigorous educational system, and now manages the efforts to westernize the curriculum in her school. Taylor speaks with Max about filial piety, China's fear-based approach to early education, favorable communist party messaging and when it’s introduced, Hong Kong and the current protests, censorship, the trade war between the United States and China, and the effects of China manipulating it’s currency.