{"podcast":{"title":"The US-China Podcast","slug":"the-us-china-podcast-736105","podcast_index_feed_id":736105,"rss_url":"https://chinapodcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://chinapodcast.libsyn.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/3/a/c/93acf6b8c7f0710e27a2322813b393ee/Chop_trial_Buttercream.png","author":"National Committee on U.S.-China Relations","episode_count":100,"summary":"This series features brief discussions with leading China experts on a range of issues in the U.S.-China relationship, including domestic politics, foreign policy, economics, security, culture, the environment, and areas of global concern. For more interviews, videos, and links to events, visit our website: www.ncuscr.org. The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is the leading nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citizens of both countries.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T06:19:03.263466+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-us-china-podcast-736105"},"episode":{"title":"The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping","slug":"the-party-s-interests-come-first-the-life-of-xi-zhongxun-father-of-xi-jinping","published_at":"2025-12-22T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-us-china-podcast-736105/the-party-s-interests-come-first-the-life-of-xi-zhongxun-father-of-xi-jinping","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-us-china-podcast-736105","url":"https://chinapodcast.libsyn.com/the-partys-interests-come-first-the-life-of-xi-zhongxun-father-of-xi-jinping","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/chinapodcast/Xi_Zhongxun_Podcast.mp3?dest-id=126192","summary":"The Party's Interests Come First is the first English-language biography of Xi Zhongxun, the father of China's current leader, Xi Jinping. It is both a story of the Chinese revolution and the first several decades of the People's Republic of China and a personal account of developing one's own sense of identity within a larger political context. Drawing on an array of documents, interviews, diaries, and periodicals, Joseph Torigian introduces Xi Zhongxun. He helped build the Communist base area that saved Mao Zedong in 1935, worked closely with top leaders Zhou Enlai and Hu Yaobang, and oversaw the Special Economic Zones that launched China's reform era. In an interview conducted on August 21, 2025, Joseph Torigian , in conversation with Victor Shih , explores the organizational, ideological, and coercive power of the Chinese Communist Party through the life of Xi Zhongxun – and the huge cost in human suffering that accompanies it. About this program","meta_description":"The Party's Interests Come First is the first English-language biography of Xi Zhongxun, the father of China's current leader, Xi Jinping. It is both a st…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2054,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-us-china-podcast-736105/episodes/the-party-s-interests-come-first-the-life-of-xi-zhongxun-father-of-xi-jinping/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-us-china-podcast-736105/the-party-s-interests-come-first-the-life-of-xi-zhongxun-father-of-xi-jinping.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}