The Spy Who Outplayed Nixon | Forked Tongue | 1

About this episode

The episode discusses Larry Wu-Tai Chin, a spy for Mao Zedong who infiltrated U.S. efforts in Shanghai during a critical time in China's history.

With Mao Zedong’s communist army about to take China, desperate U.S. officials in Shanghai hire interpreter Larry Wu-Tai Chin. But little do they realise that he’s a spy for Mao and ready to play a long game to give China an edge. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Topics covered

• espionage
• Cold War
• China
• U.S. history
• Mao Zedong
• spy networks

Keywords

• spy
• Nixon
• Mao Zedong
• China
• Larry Wu-Tai Chin
• espionage
• U.S. officials
• Shanghai

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. officials

Places: China, Shanghai

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