Day: January 17, 2022

The US and Taiwan have a lot in common—both are democracies, both have rule of law, and both share a common enemy: China. Despite their similarities though, the US and Taiwan have had a fraught relationship. In this episode of China Unscripted, we take a deep look at the US-Taiwan relationship, explore the possibilities were the two countries to become closer, and reminisce about Taiwanese beef hotpot. Joining us in this episode is Ian Easton, the senior director at the Project 2049 Institute and author of

This year, Xi Jinping’s career is on the line. He wants to be made the Chinese President for an unprecedented third time, and it is yet to be seen whether the CCP will be courteous enough to give him what he wants.

The Chinese growth rate is down. China itself says that its Gross Domestic Product slowed to 4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021. But in a country where Presidents fudge their swimming speed records, can we really trust the growth numbers?

China is facing yet another wave of Covid, and in its infinite wisdom, the Communist Party is trying to fight Covid the same way it struggles against political dissidents: by locking it up. Watch this episode of China Uncensored for more on China’s insane lockdowns, how some of the CCP’s Covid policies could be making things worse, and how the CCP has dealt with the pushback.

The Chinese regime has likely understated the Covid-19 death rate by as much as 17,000 percent in a systematic data suppression campaign aimed at sustaining its political image across the world.

Like mainland China, Hong Kong is still clinging to the “zero covid” pipe dream. While the lockdowns haven’t squelched the virus, it could do serious damage to Hong Kong’s economy. In this episode of China Unscripted, we discuss the strict measures Hong Kong has adopted to stop the spread of the virus, how China’s response to the virus influenced the rest of the world, and Hong Kong officials are being quarantined after breaking covid rules.

China is trying to crush the Omicron variant with an iron fist. Its aggressive measures have triggered ‘rare criticism’ on Chinese social Media. Palki Sharma gets you 5 videos of China’s crackdown.