As a long time foreign correspondent, I've worked in lots of places, but nowhere is important

to the world as China. I'm Jane Perlaz, former Beijing Bureau Chief for the New York Times.

Join me on my new podcast, Face Off, US versus China,

where I'll take you behind the scenes in the tumultuous US-China relationship.

Find face-off wherever you get your podcasts. You're going to. What's up everyone? Welcome to another episode of Bro history. It's Henry

Zamona and my good friend in person, Danny and Belgebar. What's up man?

Chilly man, as per usual, how you doing? I'm doing pretty well well when I said come over and we'll record an episode in person live

You didn't imagine this setup did you no not at all it looks like you know you're currently in full moving mode there's like a I don't know

bed next to me which is probably pretty good for the sound blocking but I don't know

everything is in disarray and we're working off of one microphone.

The problem is is that we are missing a wire for the second mic.

So we have to share a mic and not only do we have to share a mic, we have to share a mic in this awkward position

where we're sitting next to each other, we're having a conversation and we can't, we're not looking at each other we're having a conversation and we can't we're not looking at each other

looking straight out of at a computer screen and a wall so it's it's it's actually

less personable and more awkward than recording online.

We made it that we made it that way.

I've got Henry at the side of my eye basically and that's all I see of them.

So we're having a conversation with each other while staring, not

looking at each other at all. It's very weird. So I'm going to imagine that

if this is a camera, right? The only way to do that is imagine this is a camera right? If you want we can boot up Skype and I'll look at you

from my screen and you look at me from your screen. That would even be weirder.

Well at least we're not sharing needles. Well it's great to have you here.

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