{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/7144a390-7a86-440e-9b2e-db712c18368c/6a049b0b3eb645235610dc0c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Trump returns to Beijing: what’s at stake","description":"<p>Gideon Rachman speaks to James Crabtree, former head of the Asia programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and author of&nbsp;<em>The Perimeter</em>, about Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, his first in a decade. What do Washington and Beijing hope to gain, and what does the trip reveal about the evolving balance of power between the world’s two leading superpowers?</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Free links to read more on this topic:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/156bf437-b5a8-40de-98c5-1ffe47d88b70?accessToken=zwAAAZ67AfmNkc8Va_Q3tahA3tOYxR_-R9iLcAE.MEQCIAyHPW3AywSsJcfm99Q9WJMxxMxvBfJbdimObzzuH4XwAiA9Gby2nHaF9_yfMnTINp3m9zlXEvG6LFvlSzh2x_2_qg&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump’s plan to discuss Taiwan arms sales with Xi Jinping rattles Asian allies</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/8db82813-85e1-4f82-83fd-fc224b605565?accessToken=zwAAAZ67A9L_kdONuCgTheFPgtOD_fwiS2BVZQE.MEUCIFyKNndJCvpk0tm_Ol65eMXiP267tEyZedCY090EbYKrAiEAqFSFeKxwiKZJltzEO5JqN3QqZUHvkb3hRGM83efbZGw&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump is up against China’s great wall of confidence</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/27ecd13b-c544-4304-8f76-0f2d4ed296e1?accessToken=zwAAAZ67BT3Qkc8n7NE7xURDBNOPdg8tTtKW4QE.MEUCIDLZfinBYSAwKbQxGekFQvUaJuQ1S3GbOqTGfH4TzbsyAiEArJ0hAxyx-CYd-oXbmNlpToYdYIVW7KtlvOzN5I-gjF8&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump’s war has given China an economic opening</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/5f510d2e-63b9-42e3-8c3e-46f4f5c72e68?accessToken=zwAAAZ67Bl_dkc9fUQ0uY7lC49OMPkb09ccuaAE.MEUCIQCaf-ywDy0Tp-VhFh6Wu2Bey7UPEU2fysBZePJIiRCPAwIgWCnIHfOXxElRHxnIr37dj1zWMFfSpXt7jb0mCGkEDtc&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump, Xi and the bid for a ‘grand bargain’ between superpowers</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/091b79d2-8fef-4b8a-bac3-ea6165a32a50?accessToken=zwAAAZ67CA10kc8JG3nSj-9LitO6w-phZaMqUAE.MEYCIQCsG2rmA40LR8V5g-c3O_CRNFXQwY2PyqSwPyVz17d23gIhAJZ3YiT2KT2Hihn0jXldZZJlWRguzSMC5JP6FdQ8pW1Z&amp;segmentId=8978e9c0-1eba-4a83-da29-db2c2eaf2e61\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump prepares to press Xi on Iran war</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts — please listen, rate and subscribe.</p><p>Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Nisha Patel. Sound design is by Breen&nbsp;</p><p>Turner</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@gideonrachman.bsky.social</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/gideonrachman\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@gideonrachman</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/2d8a0fd5-c3ad-4977-a9f9-711fa5599bf6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}