23 October 2018
Episode 1774
30 minutes
Linda Yueh and Matthew Green discuss Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s take on Jamal Khashoggi's death, the significance of China’s immense new bridge to Hong Kong and Macau, and how China is absorbing the news of the US’s intention to break a missile treaty with Russia.
23 October 2018
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