{"podcast":{"title":"Pekingology","slug":"pekingology-580593","podcast_index_feed_id":580593,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/pekingology","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/1c3c2762-d106-11ea-9755-1b672730c07c/image/uploads_2F1595963372466-j45c0t35uig-78ab17d139a3c14b70aeb7332087a294_2FPekingology_ART.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Center for Strategic and International Studies","episode_count":139,"summary":"China is one of the 21st century’s most consequential nations, and it has never been more important to understand how the country is governed. Pekingology is the podcast that unpacks Chinese politics, the inner workings of the Communist Party, and how China's domestic and foreign policy will impact the world. Pekingology is hosted by Henrietta Levin, Senior Fellow with the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS. It is produced by Gina Kim.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pekingology-580593"},"episode":{"title":"Who does Xi Jinping trust?","slug":"who-does-xi-jinping-trust","published_at":"2025-09-18T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pekingology-580593/who-does-xi-jinping-trust","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pekingology-580593","url":"https://www.csis.org/podcasts/pekingology","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8630822149.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Pekingology, CSIS Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin is joined by Jon Czin, the Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies and a fellow with the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution. Jon is a former member of the Senior Analytic Service at CIA, where he was one of the intelligence community’s top China experts, and he also served as Director for China at the White House National Security Council. Jon and Henrietta discuss his recent China Leadership Monitor article “Plotting the Course to Xi’s Fourth Term: Preparations, Predictions, and Possibilities.” The conversation dives into who President Xi actually trusts, what to expect from Xi's fourth term, his succession dilemma, and what it all means for the U.S.-China relationship.","meta_description":"In this episode of Pekingology, CSIS Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin is joined by Jon Czin, the Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies and a fe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2538,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pekingology-580593/episodes/who-does-xi-jinping-trust/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pekingology-580593/who-does-xi-jinping-trust.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}