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Short Run: 'The Great Wager'| Episode I

Short Run: 'The Great Wager'| Episode I

Update: 2023-02-221
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President Richard Nixon has a plan: He wants to go to China. The only problem? The U.S. and China have had zero contact since the Communist Party took over China two decades before.



In the first part of Here & Now's "The Great Wager," host Jane Perlez digs into the beginning of Nixon’s improbable diplomatic mission.

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Short Run: 'The Great Wager'| Episode I

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