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Podcast: Barbarians at the Gate
Episode: Communication Breakdown
Description: Do Chinese people know more about the US than Americans know about China? Is there an âinformation deficitâ between average educated Americans and their Chinese counterparts? Educators working in US-China academic exchange programs have noticed a marked information asymmetry, a âChina cluelessnessâ on the part of American students. At the same time, their Chinese peers enter into American studies with a substantial amount of cultural and historical background knowledge. How serious is this problem, what are its causes? And what are the implications for building greater cross-cultural understanding of China?  To address these issue...