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The Leaves of Henan Province Date: August 20, 2008
The opening ceremonies of the Olympic games in Beijing featured a choreographed, made-for-TV production on the history of China that dazzled viewers around the world. But Commentator and frequent China visitor John Richard Schrock has a far more complicated view of that country's history. As part of KPR's series of commentaries on China, Schrock recalls a visit to one Chinese province, and an encounter with a survivor of one of the great tragedies of the last century.

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Commentator John Richard Schrock is a professor of biology education at Emporia State University. Since the mid-1970s, Schrock has spent several weeks a year teaching and lecturing in China.

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