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The US and China: a new era?

The superpowers make deals on the military and fentanyl trafficking. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service's Asia Pacific editor, Celia Hatton, explains why they need each other more than ever.

China and the US make deals on the military and fentanyl trafficking. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s World Service's Asia Pacific editor, Celia Hatton, explains to World Affairs editor, John Simpson, why the two superpowers need each other now more than ever.

Also in then programme: John asks the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s diplomatic correspondent, Paul Adams, how long Israel can continue to count on the West’s support in the conflict in Gaza; finds out from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ reporter, Guy Hedgecoe in Madrid, if the Spanish Prime Minister can stave off Catalan independence and Moe Myint Myint from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Burmese service reveals why the Myanmar military's days might be - finally - numbered.

Photo: US President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of APEC summit, in Woodside. Credit: Reuters

Produced by Pandita Lorenz and Benedick Watt

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Sun 19 Nov 2023 19:32GMT

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