Year: 2023

The US government is threatening to ban TikTok in the US if its Chinese parent company ByteDance doesn’t divest from it. In this episode of China Uncensored, we look at Chinese influence in the app, what happened when India banned the app, and why just banning it won’t end Chinese influence in the US.

China finds a loophole to send weapons to Russia. The CEO of TikTok lies to Congress about TikTok’s connections to China. Biden signed a bill that would allow release classified information on the origins of Covid. Watch this episode of China Uncensored for that and more of this week’s China news headlines.

The Chinese regime is pouring money into pumping out propaganda. It’s medium is legacy U.S. media, disguised as opinion pieces. China Daily’s ad inserts trace back to the Chinese Communist Party. Reports point to the millions spent ahead of U.S. elections, aiming to sway public opinion. Those ads highlight instances of China’s success in other countries and push policies that favor Beijing. From former President Donald Trump to the head of Britain’s intelligence agency, officials are sounding the alarm. Wh

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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) explains why he thinks TikTok must be banned.

China’s offramp to zero Covid was about as smooth as a plane landing on its nose. There were seemingly no policies or preparations made to move from almost constant lockdowns to no Covid restrictions at all, and millions paid for it with their lives. Watch this episode of China Uncensored for what detailed plans officials were given to avoid this disaster, why China isn’t reporting its Covid death toll, and how the CCP used protests as an excuse to lift zero Covid.

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In this special episode, we sat down with David Stilwell, retired brigadier general and former assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He sheds light on the TikTok hearing, whether it’s for entertainment or for warfare, and how to understand the Chinese Communist Party more broadly. On the TikTok hearing’s importance, Stilwell noted, “It’s a juxtaposition of our wide open, democratic system being abused by a communist, controlling, authoritarian system.” “They have

A day after China said it drove a US Navy destroyer away from Beijing-claimed waters in the South China Sea, the US 7th Fleet said the same warship sailed through those waters to challenge the Chinese claims. The warship in question is the “guided-missile destroyer, USS Milius. This is the latest in a series of such encounters. In this video Defense Updates analyzes how US Navy has exposed China’s claims of driving USS Milius away? #defenseupdates #usvschina #southchinasea

Communism has killed more than 100 million people worldwide. Whether it was Mao’s Cultural Revolution, the USSR policies that led to Holodomor in Ukraine, or the killing fields in Cambodia, history has shown the brutal nature of communism again and again. In this episode of China Unscripted, we talk about the foundation of communism, why communism inspires killing, the difference between communism in China and in the West, as well as using the term “communist” as if it were “nazi”. Joining us in this episo

Since the second half of last year, droughts have persisted in many parts of China. This severe drought, recognised as a once-in-a-century event, has caused many rivers to dry up and reservoirs to reach record lows, with some areas struggling to guarantee the supply of drinking water to the public. At this time, which coincides with the peak time for plowing, many are worried that planting will likely be delayed due to the inability to irrigate the farmlands. As the spring sowing season begins, Chinese far

Protests by owners of unfinished buildings erupted across China.

After the Tiananmen Square massacre, there was still a lot of support for Democracy in China. However the United States didn’t push to make those reformers voices heard and the movement died out or went underground. In this episode of China Unscripted, we talk about the US government’s understanding of communism, how the US bungled the push for democracy in China, and what the Trump administration’s impact on the US-China relationship was.

The United States is revealing new rules to curb Beijing’s chip access, expanding on the #CHIPSAct passed last year. But not all parties are convinced. South Korea noted the rules won’t force companies to close their China facilities. Beijing is taking matters into its own hands, with officials unveiling their own set of rules. And one company is finding ways to play both sides. 00:00 Intro 00:38 U.S. Lays Out New Rules to Limit China’s Chip Access 02:53 #RussianMissilesStrike Ukraine After Xi’s Proposal 0

You’ve met Richard from England. Now, meet Holy from America.

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At today’s House Energy Committee hearing, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) questioned the CEO of TikTok.

Singapore is becoming much like the Switzerland of Southeast Asia: an open, safe and sound business, savings and investment environment. An ideal place for the big fortunes to park their money. Now the big Chinese fortunes, in particular, have set their sights on Singapore, they want to use this city-State to escape the clutches of Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party. This is causing a rebirth in Singapore’s economy. However, the government’s plans to make this place one of the richest places on th

U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director Vice Admiral Jon A. Hill has stated that the first wave of defenses designed to counter complex missile threats against Guam will include radars, launchers, interceptors, and a command-and-control system, and they’ll be placed on the island next year. The MDA asked for more than $800 million in its fiscal 2024 budget request, to develop and begin constructing its architecture to defend Guam against several threats including ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missil

#chinainsights We have observed that Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has been preparing for war for more than a decade, especially in the last three years, by accelerating military legislation. These moves don’t rule out the possibility that war could break out at any time.

Once again China has ripped off technology from somewhere else!

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Suggested: Biggest Home Sell-off in Decades, No Buyers, Chinese Say No to Mortgage Slave,More Funds to Flow Out 0:05 / 15:32 Can China’s Economy Be Saved by New Infrastructure as Exports and Consumption Slump? China Observer 197K subscribers 2,701 views Premiered 85 minutes ago #ChinaEconomy #ExportSlump #ConsumptionSlump Exports, investment, and consumption are known as the three driving forces behind China’s economy, but from the current macroeconomic situation in China, it seems that all three forces a

You may have seen headlines about how China’s tech crackdown is over. That may be true in a way, but make no mistake, the Chinese Communist Party has found another way of cracking down that’s just less visible. In this episode of China Uncensored, we discuss China’s golden shares arrangement, why Chinese Communist Party (CCP) needs the tech sector, and why the CCP also can’t stand the tech sector.

#chinainsights Before the U.S. government stepped in to bail out SVB, news of the collapse quickly appeared prominently in major Chinese media outlets and continued to make its way onto Weibo’s hot search. – 16 Many “wumao, the paid Internet commentators ” and Little Pink, the CCP brainwashed patriots, cheered over the Chairman of SOHO China, Pan Shiyi, and his wife, founder of Meituan, as well as Chinese venture capital firms getting caught in the SVB mire.

When the Wuhan virus started spreading around the world, the Chinese regime jumped on the “stop asian hate” bandwagon to try to get the world to stop looking into the origins of Covid 19. The media lapped it up. With the help of western scientists, the media also carried China’s line about the lab leak origin of the virus being “debunked”—that is until President Biden re-opened the question by asking the intelligence community to assess its origin. In this episode of China Unscripted, we look at how wester

Russia-China joint statement: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that China’s Ukraine “peace plan” could be discussed and that Moscow is always open to dialogue. The Russian leader met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday in Moscow to discuss the conflict, and relations between the two countries. #XiJinping #Putin #RussiaChina #wion

he public will soon gain access to intelligence on the potential origins of the pandemic after President Joe Biden just signed a bill to declassify the details. This follows rare, unanimous bipartisan votes in both the House and Senate. At the center of the debate is the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Did the virus leak from the lab, was it man-made, or did it jump through animal hosts? Topics in this episode: Biden Signs Bill to Declassify Virus Origin All About Timing: Gorrie on Biden Declassifying COVID-

China is destroying the environment, and not just in China. In this episode of China Uncensored, we look at 5 more ways China is destroying the planet.