Tony Clark, Mainland China, Taiwan and the Catholic Church

In the interview segment this week and next, I feature a conversation I had with Tony Clark, a scholar of all things Chinese, an historian, and writer who has authored dozens of books, articles, and other publications. He is a professor of Chinese history at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. Tony has lived and travelled extensively in China and tells many wonderful, riveting stories. We have a mutual passion for all things Chinese, especially the Catholic Church in mainland China (the “underground” Church and the government approved one) and the Church in Taiwan. Much of what Tony says will surprise and delight you. We also look at the 2018 accord signed – and renewed twice – between the Vatican and the Chinese communist government. And we talk at length about Taiwan. Both of us have visited mainland China and Taiwan. I also share with Tony an amazing job offer I received in Taiwan! We had met days earlier over dinner with a mutual friend, Jesuit Fr. Michael Maher, and probably could have talked until breakfast given our mutual love of and interest in all things Chinese. IN THE UNITED STATES, you can listen to Vatican Insider (VI) on a Catholic radio station near you (stations listed at www.ewtn.com) or on channel 130 Sirius-XM satellite radio, or on www.ewtn.com. OUTSIDE THE U.S., you can listen to EWTN radio on our website home page by clicking on the right side where you see “LISTEN TO EWTN.” VI airs at 5am and 9pm ET on Saturdays and 6am ET on Sundays. On the GB-IE feed (which is on SKY in the UK and Ireland), VI airs at 5:30am, 12 noon and 10pm CET on Sundays. Both of these feeds are also available on the EWTN app and on www.ewtnradio.net ALWAYS CHECK YOUR OWN TIME ZONE! For VI archives: go to www.ewtn.com/radio/audio-archive and write the name of the guest whom you are searching in the SEARCH box. Below that, will appear “Vatican Insider” – click on that and the link to that particular episode will appear.