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Perry Link is one of the great China scholars of today. There have been two sides to his career: He is an expert on Chinese literature and language; and he has been a boon to Chinese dissidents. With Jay, he talks about Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel laureate and political prisoner, who died last week. And about other dissidents. And about various aspects of today's China, and its relation to the West.

By the way, Jay mentions Professor Link's famous essay "The Anaconda in the Chandelier," which can be found here.

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