Adrienne Mong News Today

Judging from the explosive reaction to her recent Wall Street Journal editorial, it’s clear that Amy Chua's memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has set off a storm of controversy over the appropriateness of “Chinese parenting” in America. Or even China for that matter.

This week on Sinica, Kaiser Kuo and Jeremy Goldkorn are pleased to host Ed Wong from The New York Times, along with Adrienne Mong, whom you’ve seen on NBC News. First up is Xi Jinping’s recent visit to the United States, and a closer look at the personal and political background of the man who will be King.

In some ways, the latest deluge of rhetoric from the Party feels timeless. Ever since Mao’s famous speech in Yan’an on literature and art in 1942, the CCP has made clear that culture ought to serve politics.

She said that the lawyers told her that he had not been questioned yet. she said her son, in trying to describe his condition. she said that he cant even write, he cant even speak. and that they have not questioned him. because the lawyers told her that he he was not in any condition fit to be questioned. so she questioned everybody, where is this information coming from? and has accused the media of distorting the facts. some other interesting things that came up. she and her husband say that t...

Russian security services told them it was a setup. now, we dont know if thats true. the mother has consistently said that she believes this whole thing is a setup of her son. >> final question, adrienne. theres been some suggest the father may, indeed, be traveling to the united states. is that true? >> reporter: thats right. when we asked him outright, what are your plans? are you going to the u.s.? he said he was planning to. but he had some certain problems to deal with and he wouldnt elabor...

Attacks in russia itself and, of course, there have been the two chechen wars since the breakup of the soviet union. its believed a local television station said that the father was actually taken into custody last night for questioning by the russian intelligence, but he was released a few hours later. back to you. >> okay. adrienne mong, thank you. tamerlan tar nsarnaev had already popped up on the fbis radar. roger cressey joins me. good to see you. >> you, too, alex. >> we know back in 201...

To break away from moscow. now, the mother of the two brothers, whos also in dagastan, she said that she also believes her younger son is innocent, and she went on to describe at length to russian media here, saying that both of them were good, courteous, and model students. she also said that dzhokhar in particular was well loved by everybody, by his friends. he had many friends and teachers and was looking to build a career as a great doctor. there have also been some other reports of other re...

The fbi of regularly harassing the family and she said thats because they are ethnic chechens. the parents both have been living in dagestan more recently this is a small russian republic, population 3 million, borders iran, in the north caucuses region this is a very troubled area. its been marked by a long, violent history, violent relationship with moscow, rather. and in fact, there have been two wars fought in chechnya, which neighbors dagestan, since the soviet union breakup in the early 90...

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>> adrienne mong, thank you so much. a secret location in virginia. there the cia is following all types of social media from all over the world, even up to 5 million tweets the name. the group is nicknamed the vengeful librarians, and watch for possible uprisings. they track information from rebels, militants or activists, and anything they might broadcast online. texas police still searching for a serial rapist. police believe this man is targeting the sorority, but critics saying knowing ...