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Spies in the Sky
Face-Off: The U.S. vs China
04/08/24 • 32 min
An American surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet collide near the Chinese coast in 2001. Smart diplomacy by a former American Navy Admiral results in the release of two dozen American airmen and women from detention in China. Today, tensions between the countries are much higher, their planes are flying within feet of each other. There are fears a similar collision could result in war.
Guest: Admiral Scott Swift, former Commander US Pacific Fleet.
Sound design, original score, mixing and mastering by Rowhome Productions.
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Doomsday
Face-Off: The U.S. vs China
04/16/24 • 27 min
China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal even as arms control treaties are shredded. Can China and the U.S. come to the table and agree to nuclear arms control accords? Should Artificial Intelligence control nuclear weapons?
Guest: Tong Zhao; Chinese born nuclear expert now at Carnegie China in DC
Sound design, original score, mixing and mastering by Rowhome Productions.
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Cultural Threads
Face-Off: The U.S. vs China
04/23/24 • 20 min
From his studio in Boston, Yo-Yo Ma tells us how music eases tensions between American and Chinese people, even as Washington and Beijing are at each other’s throats.
Guests: Yo Yo Ma; Hai Ye Ni, principal cellist, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Sound design, original score, mixing and mastering by Rowhome Productions.
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Espionage
Face-Off: The U.S. vs China
05/07/24 • 34 min
Two young CIA agents were flown to northern China in 1952, part of a bizarre Cold War operation to overthrow Mao Zedong. The plane crashed. The two Americans were arrested, and jailed for 20 years. We fast forward to today and turn the tables: How does China spy on the US now? Who is ahead in the fight over the new technologies?
Guests: John DeLury, author, Agents of Subversion; Nigel Inkster, former director operations, MI6; former agent in Beijing.
Details about John Delury’s compelling book that tells the story of how two CIA operatives were captured in China and how they endured 20 years in jail.
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501765971/agents-of-subversion/
Nigel Inkster’s book about the US and China, the two big tech competitors.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Great_Decoupling/K4xfzQEACAAJ?hl=en
Sound design, original score, mixing and mastering by Rowhome Productions.
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China’s Fortunes
Face-Off: The U.S. vs China
05/14/24 • 38 min
How the Chinese economic downturn is affecting all kinds of people. How real estate meltdown, with enough unfinished empty apartments to fill the population of Germany, is at the center of it all. How tech entrepreneurs are mysteriously disappearing, and how college graduates don’t want to work.
Guests: Keyu Jin, London School of Economics, author of New China Playbook; Elsie Chen, a member of China’s “lying down” generation, now a Nieman Fellow at Harvard.
Elsie Chen’s New York Times article about lying flat. She interviews Luo Huazhong, the factory worker, who quit his job, went back to his rural village. His post about his lifestyle decision went viral, and inspired a movement dedicated to opting out.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/03/world/asia/china-slackers-tangping.html
A roundtable discussion with Keyu Jin at the Fairbank Center at Harvard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=357QIFs9FXc
Sound design, original score, mixing and mastering by Rowhome Productions.
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The New Cold Wars: A Conversation with David Sanger
Face-Off: The U.S. vs China
10/01/24 • 53 min
In this bonus episode, Jane Perlez sits down with New York Times national security and White House correspondent David Sanger. In this candid conversation, they talk about his new bestseller: New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West. Plus they discuss Sanger's views on where the US - China relationship is headed, how he worries about the friendship between China and Russia, and a party in New York City where talk turned to the subject of nuclear weapons. This conversation was recorded in August 2024 at a surf club in Sydney, Australia.
Follow David Sanger on Twitter at @SangerNYT.
Sound design, original score, mixing and mastering by Rowhome Productions.
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TikTok: What Now?
Face-Off: The U.S. vs China
02/25/25 • 55 min
More than 170 million Americans are entertained, informed and earn big bucks from the Chinese-owned app, TikTok. Now their relationship with TikTok is in mortal danger, to say the least. American politicians seem to be able to agree on one thing: TikTok is bad. What happens now, and how did Americans get hooked on TikTok in the first place. Trump used TikTok to great affect in his campaign. What’s his attitude to TikTok going forward? What’s happening to the potential American buyers of TikTok?
Guest: Louise Matsakis, senior business editor at Wired. Louise has been reporting on TikTok for more than four years.
Recommended Reads:
Love It; Hate It; Fear It: How TikTok Changed Our Culture by Sapna Maheshwani
Sound design, original score, mixing and mastering by Rowhome Productions. Rowhome’s Creative Director is Alex Lewis. John Myers is Rowhome’s Executive Producer.
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Electric Vehicles
Face-Off: The U.S. vs China
03/18/25 • 44 min
Back in 2015 the Chinese government declared that they would become the world leader in EVs by 2025. Major car companies scoffed. Who wants an EV? Today, China automakers have surpassed Japan, Germany and the US to become the number one exporter of cars. A record number of Chinese EVs were sold globally last year. How did China become the global leader in EVs? We’ll talk with the man who literally wrote the book on the rise of China’s car industry.
Guest: Michael Dunne, Auto executive in China and the US, author American Wheels, Chinese Roads.
Books: Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk and the Bet of the Century by Tim Higgins.
Michael Dunne's new book will publish in mid-2025.
Sound design, original score, mixing and mastering by Rowhome Productions. Rowhome’s Creative Director is Alex Lewis. John Myers is Rowhome’s Executive Producer. Face Off is a proud member of the Airwave podcast network.
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The Relationship
Face-Off: The U.S. vs China
04/30/24 • 32 min
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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Apple in China
Face-Off: The U.S. vs China
04/09/24 • 31 min
Apple, one of the world’s most valuable companies, depends on China, America’s biggest adversary, to manufacture its iPhones. Apple employs millions of contract workers in China. Is this marriage heading for the rocks? What will Apple and China do to keep their marriage intact?
Guests: Prof. Willy Shih, Harvard Business School; Wayne Ma, tech reporter, The Information
Sound design, original score, mixing and mastering by Rowhome Productions.
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The first episode of Face-Off: The U.S. vs China was released on Mar 20, 2024.
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