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How the CIA tried to overthrow Mao Zedong - with John Delury

As the contemporary rivalry between the US and China heats up, Katie Stallard speaks to the Cold War historian John Delury about the history of subversion and mutual suspicion between the two powers. They discuss Delury’s new book Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T Downey and the CIA’s Covert War in China, the extent of US intelligence operations in China during the early Cold War, and the lessons for the future of US-China relations. If you have a question for You Ask Us go to <a href="newstatesman.com/Youaskus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">newstatesman.com/Youaskus</a> Read more:  What <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/2022/12/kim-jong-un-north-korea-wants" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kim Jong Un</a> really wants <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2022/11/richard-nixon-in-china-complicated-legacy-week-changed-world" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nixon in China</a>: the complicated legacy of a week that changed the world How <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/china/2022/11/xi-jinping-views-world-autocracy-thought" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Xi Jinping</a> views the world Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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