What Happens to the World When China and the U.S. ‘Face Off’? by Angry Planet published on 2024-04-13T09:29:14Z <p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/face-off-the-u-s-vs-china/id1734890307" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Go here to listen to Face-Off</a></p><br><p>Jane Perlez is a veteran foreign correspondent, the former Bejing Bureau Chief for <em>The New York Times</em>, and host of the new podcast “Face-Off.” She’s on Angry Planet today to talk to us about the show and her experiences reporting on China. “Face-Off” is all about America’s complicated relationship with China. Perlez says she started the show because she was tired of the hysterical conversations she hears about Beijing in Washington.</p><p>In this episode we learn …</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why <em>On the Beach </em>is Perlez’s favorite nuclear war movie.</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>What it’s like to visit China for the first time at the height of the Cultural Revolution.</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>What “Communism” means in a country with a growing bourgeoisie.</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>What it takes for someone to lead China.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/khrushchev-in-water-wings-on-mao-humiliation-and-the-sino-soviet-split-80852370/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">When Mao and Khrushchev Went Swimming</a></p><p>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>