TEDx Great Wall - Raquel Martins Growing up in Communist China.mp4
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Raquel Martins, came to China in the mid sixties with her idealist Brazilian parents who joined the Communist revolution - she never left China and will tell small parts of her amazing story. About TEDxTalks: In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like ... Read more
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- -: TEDx Great Wall - Raquel Martins Growing up in Communist China.mp4
July 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Raquel Martins, came to China in the mid sixties with her idealist Brazilian parents who joined the Communist revolution - she never left China and will tell small parts of her amazing story. About TEDxTalks: In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized even...
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