How Peking Duck and Moutai changed the world
6/8/202623 min
Modern China has used ceremonial banquets to resolve diplomatic disputes for decades - but there's often a message hidden within. ABC reporter Bang Xiao gives Matt the meaning behind the meal.
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This podcast was produced on the lands of the Awabakal and Gadigal people. [electronic music] G'day, Matt Bevan here. This is If You're Listening. What's on the menu when Beijing hosts a foreign leader for dinner? Recently, Xi Jinping has been eating with a lot of different world leaders, including Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. And ABC reporter Bung Zhao has become fascinated not only by what they're talking about, but what's on their plates while they're talking. He's done some fascinating research about China's rich tradition of culinary diplomacy, how they use food to get what they want. So I've invited him round to tell me all about the relationship between the US and the People's Republic of China, and how it all came about thanks to a particularly delicious piece of roast duck. Hello, Bung. I'm sorry I