Day: February 17, 2023

#Protests erupt in #Wuhan. Tens of thousands of retirees are taking to the streets—but it’s not about COVID-19. It’s about health benefits getting slashed. Now, clashes between the elderly and authorities spark anger and calls for action. Any videos of the protests are being scrubbed from China’s internet. Locals are getting desperate in the face of rising medical costs and dwindling benefits. And authorities are facing their own monetary woes post pandemic spending. Will the two sides reach an agreement?

00:00 Introduction 00:11 US-China Relations: Taiwan, Sanctions, Da Wei & Balloon Saga 07:18 Quote of the Week 08:31 Chinese Economy: LGFV Bonds & Financial Stress

Instead of conceding it was wrong to send a spy balloon into US airspace, China is now turning the tables and accusing the US of sending spy balloons over China. China and Iran are forging a new partnership. And China is again blocking the World Health Organization (WHO) from investigating the origins of Covid. Watch this episode of China Uncensored for that and more of this week’s China news headlines.

Recently, a highly unbelievable case of fraud has been widely discussed on the Internet in mainland China, but all related reports have since been deleted. The main instigator behind the fraud turned out to be the municipal government of Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, which involved the wages of thousands of migrant workers and hundreds of millions of project funds. Recently, Netease and other websites in mainland China reported on a nearly unbelievable fraud case. According to the reports, in 2020, an i

China’s Elderly have hit the streets in Wuhan to protest the government’s new health insurance reforms. These reforms include cuts in monthly allowances paid to retirees. Molly Gambhir reports.

When China wants to co-opt another country’s political system, it doesn’t just go for the politicians at the top. China works at all levels of government knowing that politicians always want to move up the ladder. In this episode of China Unscripted, we discuss china’s approach to spying, how presidential climate envoy John Kerry could be a victim of Chinese deception, and and how the CCP could use private investment to gain trade secrets.