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Make China Great Again

Hosted by Warren Olney Oct. 27, 2017 National

President Trump's trip to Asia will take him to Beijing -- as the President of that country, Xi Jinping, is being called the world's most powerful leader. We hear what that could mean for other countries, especially the US — and for the Chinese people.

Photo: A TV screen shows a live news broadcast of Chinese President Xi Jinping introducing his Politburo Standing Committee after the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Nanjing pedestrian road in Shanghai, China, October 25, 2017. (Aly Song/Reuters)

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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producer:

Devan Schwartz