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Amy Chua, Tiger Mother

Amy Chua has become famous as author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother , especially after the Wall Street Journal published an excerpt titled, " Why Chinese Mothers are Superior ."

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Amy Chua

has become famous as author of

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, especially after the Wall Street Journal published an excerpt titled, "

Why Chinese Mothers are Superior." She's also a professor at Yale Law School and author of previous books called

World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and,

Global Instability and Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why They Fail. We speak with Chua and get reaction to the book that's created an international sensation.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Sonya Geis

    Senior Managing Editor

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    Karen Radziner

    Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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    Amy Chua

    Yale law school professor and author of the new book Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations

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    Shuyun Sun

    Filmmaker and writer on Chinese history and culture

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    Patrick Welsh

    English Teacher, T.C. Williams High School

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