This week The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have launched a series on the biggest question in geopolitics: US v China – who will win the superpowers’ struggle for world domination.

North America correspondent Matt Knott and North Asia correspondent Eryk Bagshaw have been examining the two nations’ power, reach and influence across several criteria to determine which one has the upper hand in the superpower showdown, one that US President Joe Biden has called “the competition to win the 21st century”.

Today on Please Explain, Eryk and Matt join Nathanael Cooper to discuss this fascinating series and just what we can expect as the two most powerful countries in the world fight for global supremacy.

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This week The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have launched a series on the biggest question in geopolitics: US v China – who will win the superpowers’ struggle for world domination.


North America correspondent Matt Knott and North Asia correspondent Eryk Bagshaw have been examining the two nations’ power, reach and influence across several criteria to determine which one has the upper hand in the superpower showdown, one that US President Joe Biden has called “the competition to win the 21st century”.


Today on Please Explain, Eryk and Matt join Nathanael Cooper to discuss this fascinating series and just what we can expect as the two most powerful countries in the world fight for global supremacy.

Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.