The Train to Tibet

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
The Chinese government’s ambitions are on full display now that the Olympics are underway. Find out how China’s nationalistic goals influenced its 50-year quest to build a railway into Tibet. Also, on our Underappreciated summer reading series: all about Memoirs of an Anti-Semite, Gregor von Rezzori's semi-autobiographical satire. Hear the story of the greatest manhunt of World War II. Plus, Pat Choate, Ross Perot's former running mate, on how the U.S. can survive globalization.

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