Day: June 16, 2025

00:00 Introduction00:12 Another Mass Crowd Ploughing Incident02:10 Chinese Economy: Retail Sales 05:20 Arms Race: China’s Rapid Nuclear Buildup

China’s electric vehicle industry is a total disaster. It’s getting so bad, it’s wrecking other areas of China’s economy—and threatening people around the world, too. But it’s not just China’s dangerously low quality cars. It’s worse.

There are a lot of channels (including this one) talking about the private space race, but few are paying much attention to what China’s been doing. Shut out of international space missions for 14 years, they have built their own program, with a strong commitment to the moon in 2029. And their track record has been beyond impressive. Today we’ll discuss the Chinese space program, plus topics relating to tragedies in Kpop, ancient wisdom around meteorites, and the future politics of Mars on today’s lightning round video.

At the end of May, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri led a delegation to the United States and met with Defense Undersecretary Elbridge Colby. Notably, the two sides used different terms to describe the relationship: India called it a “partnership,” while the U.S. referred to it as an “alliance.” Our guests, Mumin Chen and Roger Liu, share their insights on this.

Lawmakers and the FBI are chasing the money trail behind the unrest in Los Angeles. They’ve uncovered one billionaire with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party. What’s his full story?President Donald Trump says the trade truce with China is sealed and more deals are on the way. Meanwhile, China announces it will remove all tariffs on African exports.China is reaffirming the trade deal, saying it always keeps its word, but U.S. lawmakers are pushing back, questioning the Chinese Communist Party’s credibility in business.The United States is charging three Chinese nationals this month for smuggling biological research materials. We spoke to an expert for insight.00:00 Intro01:28 Pro-CCP Billionaire Funds Anti-Ice Groups03:38 China to Slash All Tariffs on African Exports06:01 Trump: China Truce Saved, ‘We’re Rocking’ More Deals06:17 Bessent: China Must ‘Course Correct’ in Trade09:12 Chinese National Charged with Smuggling Bio Materials into US14:20 Report: Global Brands Using Forced Labor Minerals15:23 US Senators Push to Boost Quad Space Alliance15:59 Australia Confident US Will Proceed with Submarine Pact17:57 Chinese Jets Tail Japanese Air Patrol Within 150 Feet20:00 Taiwan Sentences Chinese Ship Captain to Prison

On June 14, Inty, a popular account on X, posted about the situation, stating, “Iran was caught off guard by Israel: when the airstrike hit, the radar stayed silent and the missiles didn’t launch. Upon investigation, it was revealed that the anti-air command system used was one developed by China’s corrupt military research.”

Joining us today is Nicholas Eftimiades. He’s a retired senior intelligence officer, specializing in China. Over the past three decades, he’s written a number of books on Chinese spying operations, including “Chinese Espionage Operations and Tactics”, which has just been released as a second edition.

TSMC: The Company That Rules the Global Microchip Market | Chip War | FD FinanceWatch ‘Haier: From small Chinese Fridge Maker to Global Industry Giant’ here: • Haier: From small Chinese Fridge Maker to … A new world order is taking shape before our eyes. The Covid-19 pandemic showed the extent to which great powers are dependent on strategic products. The persistent shortage of semiconductors, essential to our daily lives, is reshaping geopolitical relations, fuelling inflation and increasing tensions between America and China.It is estimated that 10 million cars worldwide were not produced in 2021 because manufacturers did not have enough semiconductors. From the computer to the toaster via our tablets and our refrigerators, microprocessors or semiconductors equip all our daily devices. They are of national strategic importance powering all advanced military and civilian technologies. Yet while demand for the quantity and quality of semiconductors has been growing, the amount of places they are produced has been shrinking. Only a few countries have the specialised knowledge and ability to produce cutting-edge chips with 63% of all chips produced in Taiwan.That one island, which is already on the frontline of a superpower struggle between the US and China, dominates production means that the world’s economies are dependent on the stability of Taiwan. So what can be done to secure microprocessors? And how is the battle for semiconductors already affecting our daily lives?