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b'Lauren Hilgers is a journalist and the author of Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown.\\n\\n \\u201cYou just need to spend a lot of time with people. And it\\u2019s awkward. I read something when I was first starting out as a journalist in China, \\u2018Make a discipline out of being uncomfortable.\\u2019 I think that\\u2019s very helpful. You\\u2019re going to feel uncomfortable a lot of the time, and just decide to be okay with it and just keep going with it.\\u201d\\n\\nThanks to MailChimp, Substack, and Skillshare for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n@lehilgers\\nHilgers on Longform\\n[01:10] "The Kitchen Network" (The New Yorker \\u2022 Oct 2014)\\n[02:00] Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown (Crown \\u2022 2018)\\n[39:55] "The Unraveling of Bo Xilai" (Harper\\u2019s Magazine \\u2022 March 2013)\\n\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'