Little Red Podcast x Face Off

As an Easter treat, we're bringing you a cracking tale of espionage from one of our favourite China podcasts: Face Off. We'll be back shortly with a new season called China Rules. Espionage Two young CIA agents were flown to northern China in 1952, part of a bizarre Cold War operation to overthrow Mao Zedong. The plane crashed. The two Americans were arrested, and jailed for 20 years. We fast forward to today and turn the tables: How does China spy on the US now? Who is ahead in the fight over the new technologies? Guests: John DeLury, author, Agents of Subversion; Nigel Inkster, former director operations, MI6; former agent in Beijing. Details about John Delury's compelling book that tells the story of how two CIA operatives were captured in China and how they endured 20 years in jail. Nigel Inkster's book about the US and China, the two big tech competitors.

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Little Red Podcast x Face Off is an episode from The Little Red Podcast by The Little Red Podcast.

This episode is 33:48 long.

This episode was published on Mar 31, 2026.

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