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Apr 2024
32m 43s

The Relationship

Airwave Media
About this episode

Xi Jinping and Joe Biden met on a basketball court in China in 2011 when they were vice presidents. They later toasted each other in Washington. They’ve spent many hours together. Much has changed. Can they hold the center together? 


Guest: Minxin Pei, Chinese born professor of government Claremont McKenna College; author of Surveillance State and other books on China.


 Jane’s first podcast about how Washington got it all wrong on Xi Jinping. 

https://shorensteincenter.org/podcast-on-the-trail-of-xi-jinping/


Sound design, original score, mixing and mastering by Rowhome Productions.

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