Podcast appearances and mentions of Jane Perlez

“If you're a reporter in Beijing right now, you have to assume that the Chinese government knows every source you're meeting with, that they know every interview you're going to do.” When Jane Perlez worked as the New York Times bureau chief in Beijing, she supervised 15 journalists. Now, the Times has only two journalists permanently based in China—and only 20 American journalists remain in the country. Jane Perlez, who spent 7 years reporting in China for the Times and is now the host of “Face-Off: The U.S. vs China,” joins the podcast to discuss the journalism climate in China right now and how the U.S.-China political-economic relationship has evolved since COVID and President Trump's re-election.

This week the NüVoices podcasting team is thrilled to share a special crossover podcast episode from Jane Perlez' Face-Off: The U.S. vs China, on "Feminist Rebels". This is the fifth episode in the podcast's second season, focusing on the feminist wave in Greater China and where we stand now. The NüVoices podcast interview with Jane aired on February 13, 2025 and can be found here: https://nuvoices.com/2025/02/13/nuvoices-podcast-117-career-in-foreign-correspondence-with-jane-perlez/. Thank you to hosts Jane Perlez, Rana Mitter, and special thanks to Maggie Taylor for letting us cross-post this episode. Enjoy the episode and we'll be back in April.(Description below courtesy of Face-Off. Episode was originally aired on March 11, 2025.)China's leader, Mao Zedong famously said that “Women hold up half the sky.” But these days it doesn't feel that way in China. Unfair marriage rules, difficulties getting a divorce, barriers to owning property and many more restrictions are challenging women to speak out, and act. We'll hear about the Chinese “leftover women” who are veering from the traditional path and about the Chinese feminists of today.Guest:  Leta Hong Fincher, author, Leftover Women. Recommended Books: Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China by Leta Hong FincherTiananmen Square by Lai WenSound design, original score, mixing and mastering by Rowhome Productions. Rowhome's Creative Director is Alex Lewis. John Myers is Rowhome's Executive Producer.

We're trying something a little different this week! Michael Dunne recently appeared as a guest on the podcast FACE-OFF: The U.S. vs. China, where he had an insightful and engaging conversation with host Jane Perlez. He enjoyed the discussion so much that he wanted to share it with you. The description below is from the FACE-OFF podcast.====================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.  Book Recommendations: Michael Dunne's new book expected mid-2025.Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk and the Bet of the Century by Tim Higgins. 

Former New York Times Beijing bureau chief Jane Perlez will pay $1 million to whoever knows what President Trump will do when it comes to China. Ok, not really, but Jane says Trump's plans are hugely important, and anyone's guess. Jane is now a fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School, and is the host of the podcast, Face-Off: The U.S. vs China. This week on Say More, Jane talks to The Boston Globe's editorial page editor Jim Dao about why China is so important to the U.S., and what she thinks might happen between the two super powers. Email us at saymore@globe.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jane Perlez, a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center and a longtime foreign correspondent for the New York Times, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the decline of foreign reporting from Beijing and its consequences for U.S.-China relations.   Mentioned on the Episode:    Jane Perlez and Rana Mitter, with Lingling Wei, “Journalists in China,” Face-Off: The U.S. vs. China For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President's Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/reporting-china-jane-perlez

The U.S.-China relationship is at a critical inflection point as Donald Trump tries to reset ties with his counterpart Xi Jinping. The U.S. President has repeatedly said he wants to negotiate a comprehensive trade agreement that would, in his view, lead to a dramatic de-escalation of tensions. Unsurprisingly, China Hawks, many in his own government, are skeptical that Trump will get what he wants from Xi. Regardless, reverberations from the U.S.-China conflict are felt far beyond the borders of these two countries, particularly in Africa, Asia, and across the Global South. Veteran journalist Jane Perlez joins Eric & Cobus to discuss the new season of her popular podcast, "Faceoff: The U.S. vs. China" and the key trends policymakers everywhere should focus on. SHOW NOTES: Listen to Faceoff: U.S. vs. China on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. JOIN THE DISCUSSION: X: @ChinaGSProject | @eric_olander | @stadenesque  Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject YouTube: www.youtube.com/@ChinaGlobalSouth Now on Bluesky! Follow CGSP at @chinagsproject.bsky.social FOLLOW CGSP IN FRENCH AND ARABIC: Français: www.projetafriquechine.com | @AfrikChine Arabic: عربي: www.alsin-alsharqalawsat.com | @SinSharqAwsat JOIN US ON PATREON! Become a CGSP Patreon member and get all sorts of cool stuff, including our Week in Review report, an invitation to join monthly Zoom calls with Eric & Cobus, and even an awesome new CGSP Podcast mug! www.patreon.com/chinaglobalsouth

It’s not lost on us that we are taking a more unique approach to the second Trump administration than many other creators. On today’s show, Sarah and Beth explain some of the thinking behind their approach - including why we want to make space for conversations like the next one on today’s show. We share a fabulous conversation with Jane Perlez about China - its economy, its use of surveillance techniques, and its potential future. Plus, it’s Valentine’s Day, so outside of politics, we’re talking romance! Topics Discussed Why We’re Talking About China Jane Perlez on China’s Economy, Surveillance, and Future Outside of Politics: Valentine’s Day and Romance Visit our Substack page for complete show notes and episode resources.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Jeremiah and David welcome Jane Perlez, former Beijing bureau chief for the New York Times (2012-2019), to discuss the evolving challenges of reporting from China. Drawing from her firsthand experience, Jane details the gradual erosion of press freedom under Xi Jinping's leadership, including the 2018 expulsion of journalists and the ongoing obstacles faced by news assistants working for foreign media. The conversation explores both the creative strategies reporters now use to conduct investigative journalism from outside China's borders and Jane's latest podcast project, 'Face Off: The US vs. China,' which examines the deterioration of U.S.-China relations in the 21st century.

This week, hosts and NüVoices board members Chenni Xu and Megan Cattel on to discuss a career in foreign correspondence and podcasting with veteran New York Times journalist Jane Perlez. She was also the Beijing bureau chief for The Times until 2019. In this episode, Jane discusses her long-standing foreign correspondence career, which spans Africa, Europe, Asia and the United States, and lessons learned along the way, including the most surprising thing that happened to her during her tenure in China. She touches on handling risk as a foreign correspondent, how to cover stories despite being not in region, and what she is up to now -- podcasting. She discusses why she finds audio journalism to be "her medium", season 1 of her podcast “Face-Off: the US versus China with Jane Perlez and Rana Mitter" and gives us previews of what to expect during Season 2, which premieres February 11.

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With memories still fresh from the first Cold War, leaders in Africa, Asia, and across the Global South have repeatedly said they do not want any part of a second Great Power rivalry. But as tensions between the U.S. and China steadily deteriorate, the pressure on these smaller, non-aligned countries is going to surge. The geopolitical dynamics are changing very fast. Jane Perlez, a renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent more than thirty years reporting for The New York Times as a foreign correspondent, laid out the challenges in a new eight-part podcast series on the burgeoning U.S.-China strategic competition. Jane joins Eric & Cobus from Sydney to share her insights on where this competition is going and what impact she thinks it will have on developing countries. SHOW NOTES: Listen to Face-Off: The U.S. vs. China hosted by Jane Perlez: https://tinyurl.com/22kkfpu8 JOIN THE DISCUSSION: X: @ChinaGSProject | @stadenesque | @eric_olander | @janeperlez Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject YouTube: www.youtube.com/@ChinaGlobalSouth FOLLOW CAP IN FRENCH AND ARABIC: Français: www.projetafriquechine.com | @AfrikChine Arabic: عربي: www.alsin-alsharqalawsat.com | @SinSharqAwsat JOIN US ON PATREON! Become a CAP Patreon member and get all sorts of cool stuff, including our Week in Review report, an invitation to join monthly Zoom calls with Eric & Cobus, and even an awesome new CAP Podcast mug! www.patreon.com/chinaglobalsouth  

With memories still fresh from the first Cold War, leaders in Africa, Asia, and across the Global South have repeatedly said they do not want any part of a second Great Power rivalry. But as tensions between the U.S. and China steadily deteriorate, the pressure on these smaller, non-aligned countries is going to surge. The geopolitical dynamics are changing very fast. Jane Perlez, a renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent more than thirty years reporting for The New York Times as a foreign correspondent, laid out the challenges in a new eight-part podcast series on the burgeoning U.S.-China strategic competition. Jane joins Eric & Cobus from Sydney to share her insights on where this competition is going and what impact she thinks it will have on developing countries. SHOW NOTES: Listen to Face-Off: The U.S. vs. China hosted by Jane Perlez: https://tinyurl.com/22kkfpu8 JOIN THE DISCUSSION: X: @ChinaGSProject | @stadenesque | @eric_olander | @janeperlez Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject YouTube: www.youtube.com/@ChinaGlobalSouth FOLLOW CAP IN FRENCH AND ARABIC: Français: www.projetafriquechine.com | @AfrikChine Arabic: عربي: www.alsin-alsharqalawsat.com | @SinSharqAwsat JOIN US ON PATREON! Become a CAP Patreon member and get all sorts of cool stuff, including our Week in Review report, an invitation to join monthly Zoom calls with Eric & Cobus, and even an awesome new CAP Podcast mug! www.patreon.com/chinaglobalsouth  

Former New York Times Beijing bureau chief Jane Perlez joins the show to discuss her new Harvard podcast and the latest tensions in the U.S.-China relationship. 

We're back and we're kicking off season two with a bang! This week on Whale Hunting, host Tom Wright is joined by Jane Perlez, long-time Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times, and now host of the new podcast FACE OFF: The US vs China. The show dives into the defining issues of the US-China rivalry, from espionage to technology, nuclear arms and cultural exchange – because there's nothing wrong with a bit of healthy competition, right? Chatting with Tom, Jane shares details of her years reporting on the ground in Beijing, the threats of military escalation in today's geopolitical climate, and President Xi's vision for China. Together, they consider whether China and US were always going to end up as foes, and what the future could hold for this rocky relationship.  Face Off: The US vs China is out now, available wherever you get your podcasts. And remember, if you're enjoying Whale Hunting, make sure to visit our website at whalehunting.projectbrazen.com, where you can also subscribe to our newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Sinica, veteran reporter Jane Perlez, who served as bureau chief for the New York Times in Beijing until 2019, joins to discuss her new podcast series Face-Off, which explores different facets of the U.S.-China relationship. We also talk about the state of Western journalism in China in the wake of tit-for-tat expulsions of reporters from the U.S. and China that took place during the Trump administration, and the challenges of covering China well without people on the ground in country.5:16 – How Jane Perlez got into podcasting7:59 – The challenge of understanding Xi Jinping12:44 – The Face-Off podcast and appealing to a general audience19:00 – Face-Off's interview with Zhao Tong on the nuclear issue; the importance of quality diplomacy; and debating the efficacy of the S&ED 30:48 – The pleasure of meeting Yo-Yo Ma 36:52 – The state of Western journalists in China, and how the situation may eventually play out 48:44 – The difficulty of covering China from the outside 53:52 – What's next for Jane Perlez and the Face-Off podcastRecommendations:Jane: Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia by Gary BassKaiser: The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History by Serhii Plokhy See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Joe and John interview Jane Perlez, former New York Times Beijing bureau chief, about her upcoming 8-part podcast series: "Face-Off, The U.S. vs. China." Once friends, now foes, the question is: what happens next? 

At 19 years old Jane Perlez visited China in the middle of the Cultural Revolution. She would return there as a journalist decades later to cover the biggest story of the 21st century

All of a sudden, it's less clear if Nixon's wager is paying off. After years of collaboration and mutual economic benefit, relations between China and the U.S. are at a low point. What does the start of this important relationship reveal about its next chapter? In the fifth part of Here & Now's "The Great Wager," host Jane Perlez considers how Nixon's actions are reverberating today. About: Stare down the barrel of America's most controversial, protected and lethal industry: guns. Find out how America was forged by the gun industry on this new podcast series from WBUR & The Trace, The Gun Machine. You're listening to The Gun Machine in Short Run — the best long-form audio series from WBUR, Boston's NPR, all in one feed. We'd appreciate your help to better understand The Gun Machine's listeners and get feedback on the podcast — it'll take you about 10 minutes or less! Take our survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/thegunmachine

President Richard Nixon has a plan: He wants to go to China. The only problem? The U.S. and China have had zero contact since the Communist Party took over China two decades before. In the first part of Here & Now's "The Great Wager," host Jane Perlez digs into the beginning of Nixon's improbable diplomatic mission. About: Stare down the barrel of America's most controversial, protected and lethal industry: guns. Find out how America was forged by the gun industry on this new podcast series from WBUR & The Trace, The Gun Machine. You're listening to The Gun Machine in Short Run — the best long-form audio series from WBUR, Boston's NPR, all in one feed. We'd appreciate your help to better understand The Gun Machine's listeners and get feedback on the podcast — it'll take you about 10 minutes or less! Take our survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/thegunmachine

Nixon and his national security adviser Henry Kissinger make contact with China. But in the midst of the Cold War, they don't want anyone to know. How will Kissinger get to Beijing without alerting anyone — and what's Frank Sinatra got to do with it? In the second part of Here & Now's "The Great Wager," host Jane Perlez digs into how Kissinger pulled off a secret trip to China.  About: Stare down the barrel of America's most controversial, protected and lethal industry: guns. Find out how America was forged by the gun industry on this new podcast series from WBUR & The Trace, The Gun Machine. You're listening to The Gun Machine in Short Run — the best long-form audio series from WBUR, Boston's NPR, all in one feed. We'd appreciate your help to better understand The Gun Machine's listeners and get feedback on the podcast — it'll take you about 10 minutes or less! Take our survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/thegunmachine

The news of Nixon's trip to China is public, and he's getting credit for pulling off such a historic event. Now, he and his advisers have to work with the Chinese to forge a relationship between two very different countries. In the third part of Here & Now's "The Great Wager," host Jane Perlez revisits when Nixon met Mao. About: Stare down the barrel of America's most controversial, protected and lethal industry: guns. Find out how America was forged by the gun industry on this new podcast series from WBUR & The Trace, The Gun Machine. You're listening to The Gun Machine in Short Run — the best long-form audio series from WBUR, Boston's NPR, all in one feed. We'd appreciate your help to better understand The Gun Machine's listeners and get feedback on the podcast — it'll take you about 10 minutes or less! Take our survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/thegunmachine

On January night a large group gathered at Moby Dicks, Whale Beach for Bookoccino's annual 'China Night', a foreign policy conversation hosted by Jane Perlez. This year we welcomed Michael Green of the US Studies Centre, author Linda Jaivin and Lowy Fellow Richard McGregor. If you would like to learn more about Bookoccino's acclaimed event series please join our mailing list 

In Episode IV of The Great Wager podcast, Jane Perlez of The New York Times reports exclusive information about how Chinese and American intel officials agreed to work together against their common rival of many years. And, Safe Bus was a Black-owned transportation company formed in 1926 to serve the African American community in Winston Salem, North Carolina. David Ford of WFDD on the company's important place in North Carolina's Black history.

In episode 10 of DEEP Dive, Dr. Sajjan Gohel speaks to Jane Perlez, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times. Jane also served as the newspaper's Beijing Bureau Chief in China until 2019. Sajjan and Jane discuss China's global rise and influence as well as Jane's new podcast, The Great Wager, from NPR & WBUR's Here & Now. The series reveals how the U.S.-China connection emerged 50 years ago between President Richard Nixon and Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. For the episode transcript please visit: deepportal.hq.nato.int/deepdive

President Richard Nixon has a plan: He wants to go to China. The only problem? The U.S. and China have had zero contact since the Communist Party took over China two decades before. In this episode of The Great Wager from NPR and WBUR's Here & Now, host Jane Perlez digs into the beginning of Nixon's improbable diplomatic mission. Listen to the rest of The Great Wager here.

The news of President Nixon's trip to China is public, and he's getting credit for pulling off such a historic event. Now, he and his advisers have to work with the Chinese to forge a relationship between two very different countries. Jane Perlez of the New York Times reports Episode III of The Great Wager podcast. And, Rep. Adam Schiff wants the FBI to investigate the possible misuse of DNA collected from rape victims. He joins us to explain why.

As Russian forces encircle the Ukranian capital, Christiane speaks with Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko, hunkered down in Kyiv ... Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya issues a warning about Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko, who's supporting the Russian invasion ... Foreign policy expert Angela Stent talks to Walter Isaacson about the global ambitions of Vladimir Putin ... Veteran foreign correspondent Jane Perlez discusses the Russian/China alliance against the United States and what Richard Nixon did to pull them apart 50 years ago this week. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

President Nixon and his national security adviser Henry Kissinger make contact with China. But in the midst of the Cold War, they don't want anyone to know. Jane Perlez of the New York Times reports Episode 2 of The Great Wager podcast. And, disputes over sports and culture at the recent Beijing Winter Olympics have increased anti-China sentiment in South Korea. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from Seoul.

In a stunning revelation, journalist Jane Perlez has brought to light new details on Project Chestnut — an extraordinary Cold War operation that brought together the CIA and the PLA.   ----more---- https://theprint.in/world/how-cia-chinese-pla-joined-hands-in-secret-cold-war-op-to-snoop-on-soviet-union-nukes/844469/

Links1. “The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed for War?”, by Graham Allison, The Atlantic, September 24, 20152. “Tribunal Rejects Beijing's Claims in South China Sea,” by Jane Perlez, The New York Times, July 12, 20163. Dr. Hye Ryeon Jang's website

In this episode of Lowy Institute Conversations, Senior Fellow Richard McGregor sits down with Natasha Kassam and Jane Perlez to discuss new Lowy Institute research relating to the bilateral relationship between Australia and China. Natasha Kassam is Director of the Lowy Institute’s Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program and is working on a series of reports for the Multiculturalism, Identity and Influence project. Jane Perlez is a long-time foreign correspondent for The New York Times and an expert on China's role in the world and US-China competition. Conversations is a new Lowy Institute podcast in which Institute researchers and some of the world's leading experts delve into the big issues in international affairs.

Episode 1, Bill Finnegan, one of America's most prominent man of letters, a long-time writer at the New Yorker. Bill is also an avid surfer, which he recounts in Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, which won the Pulitzer Prize and has been a consistent best seller at Bookoccino. In our first edition of Bookoccino Conversations, he is interviewed by Jane Perlez, the Pulitzer prize winning New York Times correspondent. Bill talks about the monumental swells he surfed around the world as well as some anecdotes of his travels as a wartime correspondent. Piano pieces performed by concert pianist Van-anh Nguyen, find her music on itunes https://music.apple.com/au/album/pop-alchemy/1446350487 and spotify. Produced by willfarge.com.au

On Thursday 30 April, Richard McGregor, Lowy Institute Senior Fellow and a former Beijing bureau chief for both The Australian and The Financial Times, hosted a live-streamed event with Josh Chin, deputy China bureau chief (in exile) of the Wall Street Journal, Anna Fifield, Beijing bureau chief for The Washington Post, and Jane Perlez, Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times. China has expelled a record number of foreign journalists in recent months, mostly Americans, but also a number of Australians. Although the expulsions have been part of a tit-for-tat battle between Washington and Beijing over the status of journalists in both countries, they also reflect a tougher attitude to foreign criticism by Beijing, and a more uncompromising foreign policy generally.

U.S./China relations have seen huge shifts over the past decade. Jane Perlez, former Beijing Bureau Chief for The New York Times, witnessed much of it during her seven years reporting from China. On the Trail of Xi Jinping follows the rise of China’s current leader, and how the West got him so wrong. From clinking champagne glasses at the State Department to the lowest ebb in US China relations in 40 years, Perlez and a series of expert China watchers explain what’s happened. On the Trail of Xi Jinping was produced and edited by Jeb Sharp Assistant producer: Helen Zhang Researcher: Luz Ding Sound design: Tina Tobey Mack. Special thanks to the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, including Nancy Gibbs, Tom Patterson and Liz Schwartz. Thanks also to Harvard’s Ash Center, the Fairbank Center and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs for all your support. Music by Blue Dot Sessions, Jay Varton, Howard Harper-Barnes, Heath Cantu, and Craft Case https://shorensteincenter.org/podcast-on-the-trail-of-xi-jinping/

U.S./China relations have seen huge shifts over the past decade. Jane Perlez, former Beijing Bureau Chief for The New York Times, witnessed much of it during her seven years reporting from China. Her new podcast, On the Trail of Xi Jinping, follows the rise of China's current leader, and how the West got him so wrong. From clinking champagne glasses at the State Department to the lowest ebb in US China relations in 40 years, Perlez and a series of expert China watchers explain what's happened. For a full transcript of this podcast visit https://shorensteincenter.org/transcript:-on-the-trail-of-xi-jinping/

New York Times journalist Ray Bonner spent decades reporting from some of the world's most dangerous places. Then he moved to Australia, and made one of the riskiest decisions of his life

This week’s Net Assessment podcast featured a deep-dive into the Vice President’s early October speech on the competition with China. Largely drowned out by the Kavanaugh SCOTUS controversy, Melanie, Chris, and Bryan give this important speech due consideration, to include administration views on Taiwan, China’s defense buildup, and its growing global influence.  The crew also discussed foreign aid, the F-35, the deficit, the alleged assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, and the resignation of Nikki Haley. All of this while celebrating Melanie’s birthday.   Vice President’s Speech Remarks by Vice President Pence on the Administration's Policy Toward China Ethan Epstein, “How China Infiltrated US Classrooms,” Politico, January 16, 2018. Glenn Thrush, “Trump Embraces Foreign Aid to Counter China’s Global Influence,” New York Times, October 14, 2018. Jim DeBrosse, “Waiting for the Great Leap Forward,” Cincinnati Magazine, May 4, 2017. Alan Rappeport, “In New Slap at China, US Expands Power to Block Foreign Investments,” New York Times, October 10, 2018. Jane Perlez and Yufan Huang, “Behind China’s $1 Trillion Plan to Shake Up the Economic Order,” New York Times, May 13, 2017. Adva Saldinger, "A New US Development Finance Agency Takes Flight," Devex, October 4, 2018 Glenn Thrush, "Trump Embraces Foreign Aid to Counter China's Global Influence," The New York Times, October 14, 2018   Airing of Grievances https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna920191 https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2018/09/exclusive-f-35-program-facing-another-setback/ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/16/trumps-tax-cut-didnt-reduce-the-deficit--despite-his-many-promises.html   Attaboys https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/10/12/western-walkout-saudi-davos-desert-conference-over-jamal-khashoggi-undermines-kingdoms-modernization-plans/ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/16/trumps-tax-cut-didnt-reduce-the-deficit--despite-his-many-promises.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/09/politics/nikki-haley-resignation/index.html   Music and Production by Tre Hester

This week’s Net Assessment podcast featured a deep-dive into the Vice President’s early October speech on the competition with China. Largely drowned out by the Kavanaugh SCOTUS controversy, Melanie, Chris, and Bryan give this important speech due consideration, to include administration views on Taiwan, China’s defense buildup, and its growing global influence.  The crew also discussed foreign aid, the F-35, the deficit, the alleged assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, and the resignation of Nikki Haley. All of this while celebrating Melanie’s birthday.   Vice President’s Speech Remarks by Vice President Pence on the Administration's Policy Toward China Ethan Epstein, “How China Infiltrated US Classrooms,” Politico, January 16, 2018. Glenn Thrush, “Trump Embraces Foreign Aid to Counter China’s Global Influence,” New York Times, October 14, 2018. Jim DeBrosse, “Waiting for the Great Leap Forward,” Cincinnati Magazine, May 4, 2017. Alan Rappeport, “In New Slap at China, US Expands Power to Block Foreign Investments,” New York Times, October 10, 2018. Jane Perlez and Yufan Huang, “Behind China’s $1 Trillion Plan to Shake Up the Economic Order,” New York Times, May 13, 2017. Adva Saldinger, "A New US Development Finance Agency Takes Flight," Devex, October 4, 2018 Glenn Thrush, "Trump Embraces Foreign Aid to Counter China's Global Influence," The New York Times, October 14, 2018   Airing of Grievances https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna920191 https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2018/09/exclusive-f-35-program-facing-another-setback/ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/16/trumps-tax-cut-didnt-reduce-the-deficit--despite-his-many-promises.html   Attaboys https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/10/12/western-walkout-saudi-davos-desert-conference-over-jamal-khashoggi-undermines-kingdoms-modernization-plans/ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/16/trumps-tax-cut-didnt-reduce-the-deficit--despite-his-many-promises.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/09/politics/nikki-haley-resignation/index.html   Music and Production by Tre Hester

Jane Perlez is the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beijing bureau chief of the New York Times, and her own reporting focuses on China's foreign policy, in particular its relations with the United States and China’s Asian neighbors. She was previously on Sinica in March 2017 to discuss Chinese foreign relations in a new age of uncertainty. In this episode of Sinica, she discusses Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing on November 8 and November 9, 2017. In this podcast: Is Trump’s rapport with Xi genuine? How did his performance in China compare with his performance in Japan and South Korea? Were human rights discussed? Was Taiwan mentioned as a bargaining chip? What do Chinese leaders actually think of Trump? Was Trump’s “I don’t blame China” line intended as strategy, or an off-the-cuff remark? And, most importantly, how has this visit changed U.S.-China relations? Recommendations: Jeremy: Huang Fei Hong Spicy Crispy Peanut, which you can buy online or at some Asian grocery stores in the U.S. Jane: Pachinko, an excellent historical novel about the Korea-Japan relationship by Min Jin Lee. Also see an interview with the author (paywall) on the New York Times by Jonathan Soble. Kaiser: World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech, a book on the perils of monopolistic behavior by Google, Facebook, and Amazon, by former New Republic editor-in-chief Franklin Foer.

China’s continuously growing role in world affairs can’t help but capture our imaginations — but how does the world look from Beijing? Is President Xi navigating global affairs with a skilful coherent strategy, or are the Chinese elite opportunistically grabbing on to whatever they can catch? Join Jane Perlez, Beijing Bureau Chief of The New York Times and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, for a discussion of politics in the Chinese capital with East Asia Program Director, Dr Merriden Varrall.

This week we go it alone to focus on your questions! We force Radha and Loren to actually define their true loves of process and staffing, all while drinking delicious white sangria. Plus, what’s a wonk? Then we dig into the president’s whirlwind trip, upcoming U.K. elections and Erin and Radha's obsession with measurement error, how to make decisions on major international agreements after a Frenchman shakes your hand too hard, and whether the world is really as zero-sum as reality TV. Reading: The Role and Purpose of the National Security Advisor, Steve Hadley, Texas A&M What Did Trump Accomplish on His First Foreign Trip?, Eliot Cohen, The Atlantic The U.K. Snap Election Is Riskier Than It Seems, Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight Are the UK Polls Skewed, Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight Trump abdicates US leadership on climate change, Ernie Moniz, The Boston Globe Paris decision underscores the visceral expression of Trump’s worldview, Dan Balz, The Washington Post Trump Hands the Chinese a Gift: The Chance for Global Leadership, David Sanger and Jane Perlez, The New York Times America First Doesn’t Mean America Alone, HR McMaster & Gary Cohn, The Wall Street Journal The most extraordinary op-ed of 2017, Dan Drezner, The Washington Post Trump administration moves to return Russian compounds in Maryland and New York, Karen DeYoung and Adam Entous, The Washington Post Justin Trudeau Met Emmanuel Macron, Making Bromantic Dreams Come True,  Jerry Portwood, Rolling Stone  I Took A Military Vet to Brad Pitt's Bad Anti-War Movie. He liked itGreg Jaffe, The Washington Post Oh Thank God, ‘Wonder Woman’ Is Good, Rebecca Pahle, Pajiba Music: "Jennifer Lawrence," by Future Teens; Produced by Tré Hester

This week we go it alone to focus on your questions! We force Radha and Loren to actually define their true loves of process and staffing, all while drinking delicious white sangria. Plus, what’s a wonk? Then we dig into the president’s whirlwind trip, upcoming U.K. elections and Erin and Radha's obsession with measurement error, how to make decisions on major international agreements after a Frenchman shakes your hand too hard, and whether the world is really as zero-sum as reality TV. Reading: The Role and Purpose of the National Security Advisor, Steve Hadley, Texas A&M What Did Trump Accomplish on His First Foreign Trip?, Eliot Cohen, The Atlantic The U.K. Snap Election Is Riskier Than It Seems, Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight Are the UK Polls Skewed, Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight Trump abdicates US leadership on climate change, Ernie Moniz, The Boston Globe Paris decision underscores the visceral expression of Trump’s worldview, Dan Balz, The Washington Post Trump Hands the Chinese a Gift: The Chance for Global Leadership, David Sanger and Jane Perlez, The New York Times America First Doesn’t Mean America Alone, HR McMaster & Gary Cohn, The Wall Street Journal The most extraordinary op-ed of 2017, Dan Drezner, The Washington Post Trump administration moves to return Russian compounds in Maryland and New York, Karen DeYoung and Adam Entous, The Washington Post Justin Trudeau Met Emmanuel Macron, Making Bromantic Dreams Come True,  Jerry Portwood, Rolling Stone  I Took A Military Vet to Brad Pitt's Bad Anti-War Movie. He liked itGreg Jaffe, The Washington Post Oh Thank God, ‘Wonder Woman’ Is Good, Rebecca Pahle, Pajiba Music: "Jennifer Lawrence," by Future Teens; Produced by Tré Hester

Jane Perlez has been a reporter at The New York Times since 1981. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for coverage of the war against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She has reported on wars, diplomacy, and foreign policy from Somalia to Poland to Indonesia. Since moving to Beijing in 2012, she’s written about everything from China’s space program to the Dixie Mission — the group of Americans sent to Mao Zedong’s revolutionary base at Yan’an who hoped to establish good relations between the U.S. and the soon-to-be-victorious Chinese communists. Last year, she took over from Edward Wong (listen to his exit interview on Sinica here) to become the Times’s Beijing bureau chief. Much of Jane’s reporting has focused on China’s foreign policy, particularly its relations with the United States and its Asian neighbors. So she is the ideal interpreter for us as we try to understand Chinese foreign relations in a new age of uncertainty. Jeremy interviewed Jane in front of a live audience at the Beijing Bookworm for this podcast.