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Sarah didn鈥檛 quite make it to dinner with Xi Jinping at the APEC Summit, but we spoke to someone who did, an old friend he met in 1985 at a potluck in Muscatine, Iowa.

Back in the present, the Chinese president has held talks with Joe Biden for the first time in over a year. What came from the meeting and where has it landed US/China relations?

And, Gen Z and Millennials will make up half of the electorate when it comes to the 2024 presidential election. The Americast team looks at the political power of social media with Gen Z TikTok influencers Harry Sisson and Isabel Brown.

HOSTS:
鈥� Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
鈥� Sarah Smith, North America editor
鈥� Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent
鈥� Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent

GUESTS:
鈥� Harry Sisson, TikTok influencer
鈥� Isabel Brown, TikTok influencer
鈥� Sarah Lande, Iowa resident and friend of Xi Jinping

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This episode was made by George Dabby with Alix Pickles, Catherine Fusillo and Claire Betzer. The series producer is George Dabby. The technical producer was Matt Hewitt. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.