Krista Tippett

A filmmaker and scholar gives us a parallel story to the ubiquitous news of China’s economy and politics. Mayfair Yang discusses the ancient and reemerging traditions of reverence and ritual — revealing background to its approach to Tibet. And, she tells us how China gleaned some of its recent dismissive attitudes towards religion from the West.

Filmmaker and scholar Mayfair Yang discusses China's ancient traditions of reverence and ritual, revealing their approach to Tibet and how they adopted dismissive attitudes towards religion from the West.

Mayfair Yang — China's Hidden Spiritual Landscape