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The US and China: a new era?

The superpowers make deals on the military and fentanyl trafficking. The BBC 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 BBC'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 BBC'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 BBC reporter, Guy Hedgecoe in Madrid, if the Spanish Prime Minister can stave off Catalan independence and Moe Myint Myint from the BBC'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 202319:32GMT
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