Tristan Redman

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1,111 appearances 25 recordings 4 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 12 Jul

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The Documentary Podcast · Was ‘Made in China’ made in America? · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

So far this week we've been mostly thinking about how the United States came to become the power that it is now and in today's episode we're going to be thinking about what comes next and the challenger waiting in the wings and that's China. voice-verified

The figure that we often hear from the World Bank of 800 million Chinese people lifted out of poverty in the last 40 years, whichever way you slice it, that is an impressive number. voice-verified

And, you know, you could make a case that that is one of the most impressive economic success stories in human history. voice-verified

Well, the creation of that Chinese middle class is something we're going to be talking about today. voice-verified

Where did it come from? voice-verified

The answer is partly through extraordinarily successful reforms instituted by the Chinese Communist Party. voice-verified

But arguably, the United States played a role in it, too. voice-verified

The thinking was, if we help China to become more like us economically, then maybe China will become more like us politically too. voice-verified

But the question is now, did that process backfire? voice-verified

And to get into all of that today, we're going to be joined by Elizabeth Ingleson. voice-verified

Elizabeth is an academic at the London School of Economics, and she's the author of the book, voice-verified

Made in China When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade. voice-verified

Elizabeth told us a story about a very traditionally American set of products that was being mass manufactured in China and then sold back to Americans by a very big and famous American personality. voice-verified

Did they have mystic powers for Don King's bank account? voice-verified

Okay, Elizabeth, if you could explain, though, if I were opening a basketball plant in China, so we start with this moment where Richard Nixon goes to China and then a loosening of the international financial system. voice-verified

Why is Don King and why am I and why are other American business people suddenly rushing to invest in manufacturing in China? voice-verified

What's the thing that sparks us to do that? voice-verified

So there's a flip from China as market to China as manufacturing base. voice-verified

What was the very moment of that flip? voice-verified

Never mind that. voice-verified

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