On November 18, award-winning podcast Face-Off will return for another season to unpack the changing relationship between China and the U.S. Hosted by Jane Perlez, Fellow at the Belfer Center and former New York Times Beijing Bureau Chief, along with Rana Mitter, professor of modern China history, they unpack the turbulent relationship between the world’s two superpowers.
As the U.S.-China relationship continues to take center stage in global affairs, Perlez and Mitter, along with their guests, discuss the latest developments in the economies, warfare, soft power, alliances, and more to amplify the dangers of this increasingly tense and tumultuous relationship.
“We’re thrilled to launch a new season of Face-Off: US vs China. It feels we are at a completely different point in the relationship: more tumultuous than ever, more wide-ranging, and more consequential. Plus, we have the two most combative leaders at the top. We’ll be talking about all that with people who live the drama.”, says Jane Perlez, host of Face Off.
Season Three’s trailer will be released November 4. Season One and Two received critical acclaim, including a Gracie Award as a top education podcast , and twice Signal Awarded as a top documentary podcast. Season Three will bring listeners stories highlighting the risks to both the U.S. and China as Trump and Xi Jinping, two very distinct personalities and approaches, go head to head.
“The Face Off podcast had a riveting affect on professors and students. Its deep analysis, pinpoint questions and dramatic narrative kept listeners engaged and eager for more,” says Len Apcar, Wendell Gray Switzer Jr. Endowed Chair in Media Literacy, Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University.
This season will recount numerous topics, including: a deep-dive into the psychology of China’s disillusioned generation and what they have in common with American Gen’Zers; China’s dramatic arms build up; an analysis of Xi’s ego, tactics, and how a relationship that started with cautious optimism turned into open hostility, and how China is winning the global robot race.
Other topics include an underreported story on sports diplomacy; Chinese warships in a fight on the high seas; why an American influencer is going viral in China, and the power broker playing both sides of the AI revolution.
Listeners will hear from upcoming guests such as Jake Sullivan, former National Security Adviser; Alberto Moel, Robotics Scientist; Zhou Bo, a retired Chinese senior general, and Chang Che, Chinese-American writer.
Face-Off is produced in partnership with Rowhome Productions.
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About Face-Off:
Face-Off: The US vs CHINA is an inside look at the turbulent relationship between the world’s two superpowers, the two men in charge, and the vital issues that affect us all. FACE-OFF is
hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jane Perlez, former New York Times Beijing bureau chief and current fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. In each episode Professor Rana Mitter, recently of the University of Oxford and now professor of modern China at the Harvard Kennedy School, chats with Jane on what’s at stake. Face Off is produced in partnership with Rowhome Productions.
About Jane Perlez:
Jane Perlez, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times for more than three decades, was most recently in Beijing for seven years. As bureau chief, she concentrated on Xi Jinping’s challenge to the United States — Belt and Road Initiative; the military buildup in the South
China Sea; “Made in China 2025;” the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the repression of the Uighurs.
Perlez began her career as a foreign correspondent in East Africa, where she covered the famine in Somalia and the American military response; the turmoil in Ethiopia; and the civil war in Sudan. She then wrote from Central Europe, Serbia, and Kosovo; Indonesia and Pakistan. .
After 9/11 when she was posted to Indonesia, she wrote some of the first stories about China’s reach into Southeast Asia. She was also the chief diplomatic correspondent in Washington.
About Rowhome Productions:
Rowhome Productions is an award-winning full-service audio production company co-founded by public radio veterans Alex Lewis and John Myers in 2020. Proudly based in Philadelphia, PA,
Rowhome specializes in creating podcast series, radio documentaries, and audio tours. Our goal is to produce the highest-quality audio content in both sound and purpose.
Our ideal partners are driven by the same mission as us: to make Philadelphia (and the world) a better place to live by promoting creativity, diversity, equity, truthful reporting, and originality. In
Rowhome’s first 5 years, we’ve worked with many of Philadelphia’s most respected media and cultural institutions including the Philadelphia Inquirer, WHYY, WXPN, the BlackStar Film
Festival, and Asian Arts Initiative. We’ve also worked on projects with nationally-recognized companies including ESPN, Pushkin Industries, Audible, and Topic Studios.
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