Jiayang Fan on Navigating Her Mother’s Illness While Becoming a Target for Chinese Nationalists

Jiayang Fan on Navigating Her Mother’s Illness While Becoming a Target for Chinese Nationalists

Jiayang Fan immigrated to the United States from China at age seven. Her mother, who had been a doctor, cleaned houses in Greenwich, Connecticut, so that Fan could attend good schools. In 2011, Fan’s mother was diagnosed with A.L.S., and Fan oversaw her care as her condition worsened. When the COVID-19 lockdown threatened to separate her mother from the health aides who kept her alive, Fan spoke out on social media. In response, she received a torrent of threats against her life and that of her mother. Fan joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how she and her mother struggled to adjust to American culture, and how she became a target for anti-American sentiments in China. This episode originally aired on September 10, 2020.

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