Leta Hong Fincher is the author of the new book, “Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China.” Host Marco Werman talks to Hong Fincher about the Feminist Five, a group of young women who were arrested in China in 2015 for protesting sexual harassment, the emerging #MeToo movement there, and reactions on the Brett Kavanaugh hearing.
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