Fox vs CGTN: Chinese and US TV hosts to go head to head on trade in prime time
- CGTN’s Liu Xin and Fox Business’s Trish Regan will debate in person after trading accusations
- Chinese social media users confident that Liu can get the upper hand
Television anchors from China’s state broadcaster and the US president’s preferred network will face off on Wednesday in a highly anticipated debate over the trade war.
Liu Xin, host of The Point, a current affairs programme on CGTN, the overseas arm of China Central Television, will appear on Trish Regan Primetime on the Fox Business Network.
Regan challenged Liu to a debate after the Chinese host last week accused the American of being “emotional” in her assessment of the trade war and questioned one of the main figures Regan used to bolster her argument.
“She is so sure of US victimhood, so indignant, that her eyes practically spit fire,” Liu said. “Yet, in carefully analysing her words, it’s all emotion and accusation supported with little substance.”
Regan responded by saying that she had become the newest target in China’s information war against the US. “You picked the wrong fight here!” Regan said.
The American then tweeted an invitation for a debate on “neutral” ground.