Bob Fu, America's most politically-connected Chinese pastor, is leaving his mark on the U.S.-China rivalry.
When Pastor Bob Fu traveled to Washington, D.C., in late January, he wasn’t expecting his life’s work to be validated. But at the National Prayer Breakfast — the most important annual event for politically-interested Christians — he found the assembled lawmakers and religious leaders less interested in topics of yesteryear, such as Roe vs. Wade or allowing churches to endorse political candidates, and more attuned to what he has been saying for more than two decades: The Chinese Communis
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The new U.S. tariffs on Chinese-made EVs are both unprecedented and largely performative since Chinese EVs haven't yet penetrated the U.S. market. The European Union, by contrast, is facing a more critical and nuanced challenge from the influx of Chinese-made EVS and is currently debating what to do about it. Can the E.U. save its auto industry and still keep its green transition going?
A podcast about how the two nations, once friends, are now foes.
Hear why things are so complicated now. Host Jane Perlez, former New York Times Beijing bureau chief, talks with diplomats, spies, cultural superstars like Yo Yo Ma, and more to understand why the dangers are so high, and why relations went awry.