The Great Wager: President Nixon's 1972 risky visit to China and the art it inspired

As WBUR launches its newest narrative audio series “The Great Wager,” about President Nixon’s 1972 diplomatic trip to meet Mao Zedong, Here & Now co-host Scott Tong and New York Times Beijing Bureau Chief Jane Perlez explore the artistic fruits of diplomatic history.

They'll be joined by Peter Sellars, director of the Metropolitan Opera’s “Nixon in China” (2011), and novelist Gish Jen, whose new short story collection “Thank you, Mr. Nixon” explores how the last fifty years since the opening of China has affected the lives of ordinary people. The group will discuss the political impact of the historic visit and the imaginative and creative journeys it inspired.

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