# Paper Sons and the Chinese Confessions Program

An episode of [The China History Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/489369498), 1 Sep 2024, 35 min.

Audio: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/0733ef40-2b51-4246-a88d-9d5e8eac35c7.mp3

This is surprisingly not very well-known and certainly wasn't taught in my US history classes. Here's a story for you that many might find hard to believe. Perhaps you're already familiar with the history of America's Chinese Paper Sons. Less known is the story of the 1957 Chinese Confessions Program. In this episode, we'll look back on the early to mid-20th century. First I'll present a general overview of San Francisco's Paper Sons and some of the history and culture that surrounded it. Then we can take another romp through Red Scare America in the 1950s and the 1957 Chinese Confessions Program. This one, I'm sure most of you never read about.

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