China Update is about China economic and political news and analysis, today we discuss the Chinese Economy, Beijing, UK-China, Japan-China ​and other China developments #chinaupdate 00:00 Introduction 00:11 Beijing et al. 03:02 UK-China | Japan-China 06:01 Chinese Economy: Stagnation Warnings

Four Henan rural banks froze 40 billion RMB ($6 billion) of retail deposits in April 2022. Chinese homeowners threatened to halt mortgage payments on development project apartments within three months. Though unrelated, many people associate the two events. The mortgage boycott began so soon after the rural banking crisis, which fears about frozen savings may have spurred, and both incidents were disproportionately focused on Henan; this huge, agriculturally important, landlocked province in central China’s

Chinese leader Xi Jinping knows he screwed up. Despite securing a third term in office, his position as the head of the CCP isn’t secure, which means this mistake could cost him. In this episode of China Uncensored, we talk about China’s zero covid policy, China’s real estate.sector and investor sentiment about China.

A #ChineseSpy has been sentenced to 20 years in U.S. prison. The high-ranking official was found to have targeted American aviation intel. Chinese leader #XiJinping was caught on camera criticizing Canadian Prime Minister #Trudeau face-to-face, on the sidelines of the Group of Twenty summit. China is unable to invade Taiwan, a top U.S. military official says. Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Asia. She’s meeting with the president of the Philippines there. Talks about Taiwan tensions are likely

#Chinainsights#Guangzhouprotest Throughout the history of the rule of the Chinese Communist Party in China, one of its main tactics has been to instill fear in the people. It sends this message of terror around the country by severely suppressing and punishing individuals who challenge it. In Guangzhou, it can be said that the city’s residents succeeded in their massive protest this time. It’s not a usual occurrence in China. Previously, more than 5 million people had been under lockdown in Guangzhou, and r

People in Guangzhou are protesting China’s zero covid measures by taking to the streets, destroying Covid infrastructure, and singing from their windows. Xi Jinping issues vague threats to leaders at the G-20 summit in Bali, as well as being caught on mic insulting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, told members of Congress that there are multiple ways TikTik could be a national security threat. Watch this episode of China Uncensored for that and more of this

Could China stop the flow of deadly fentanyl that killed more Americans last year than car accidents? Some say yes, and that China’s not even trying to because fentanyl is part of its chemical warfare strategy aimed at weakening the US. In this episode of China Unscripted, we talk about China’s use of chemical warfare as part of its unrestricted warfare stratefy, the US recognizing China as an adversary, and how China could use TikTok to its advantage. Joining us in this podcast is Cleo Paskal, a senior fel

This is a scene from a high-speed railway station in Nanchang, a provincial capital city of China, on November 12th, 2022. At 20:00, a transformer on the side of the road at this station caught fire and made explosive noises. One day before the fire at Nanchang West Station, on November 11th, 2022, an explosion occurred in two subway cars on Shanghai Metro Line 11. From the video, you can see the trains emitting sparks, smoke, and a loud explosion. The accident happened in the morning, during work hours. T

China Update is about China economic and political news and analysis, today we discuss the Chinese Economy, Housing Crisis ​and other China developments #chinaupdate 00:00 Introduction 00:11 Chinese Housing Crisis 02:38 Chinese Economy: Retail Sales & October Data 04:11 Caixin On Youth Unemployment 08:12 China Distancing Itself?

China has been building up its drone collection as part of its growing military arsenal, and Taiwan is trying to do the same. Both see drones as an important to modern warfare, and both want drones in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan. In this episode of China Uncensored, we look at how Taiwan is trying to build drones to counter China, China’s drone technology knockoffs, and why drones are so essential to modern warfare.

The Chinese internet trolls attack Australian human right activist Vicky Xu.

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1,660 views Nov 16, 2022 The Communist Party of China recently published “Twenty optimized measures for disease prevention and control.” The document simplifies the risk areas into two groups: high and low. Before, there were three areas, high, medium, and low. —————– #SpotlightOnChina #China #ChinaInsights

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The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act issued in the United States as a measure to discourage slave labor against ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China, began to take effect on June 21.

The US has been deferring to Australia and New Zealand when it comes to handling the relations with the Pacific islands, but recent events show that that may not be a good idea. Australia’s blunders in particular have led to victories for China in the region, and this could have a long-lasting impact. In this episode of China Unscripted, we discuss Australia’s relationship with the Solomon Islands, how China is one of the issues dividing Papua New Guinea and Bougainville, and how the CCP weakens countries f

00:00 Introduction 00:11 US-China: Biden-Xi Meeting | Taiwan 07:07 Chinese Economy & Zero Policy

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0:00 Highlight 0:21 COVID burst in China: 2 first-tier cities impose partial lockdown, millions locked up 1:54 Shanghai Metro Line 11 explodes, smoke billowing skywards 2:55 China tightens surveillance of outbound passengers, citizens say 5:18 Land in Shenzhen meant for Evergrande headquarters put to auction: Report —————– #SpotlightOnChina #China #ChinaInsights

The clown show in China continues!

For decades, China has dominated the market for rare earth elements, an essential ingredient in a lot of modern technology. Today that stranglehold on the market is slipping, thanks in part to China’s own actions, recent scientific discoveries, and increasing demand. The US Military is Using Chinese Parts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtpXf…

President Biden and Chinese President Xi held their first in-person meeting as the U.S. and China increasingly confront each other over technology, Taiwan and human rights. The two sides did not agree to step back from their respective positions but did commit to managing tensions. Bonnie Glaser and Yun Sun joined Nick Schifrin to discuss the significance of the meeting.

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According to a Radio Free Asia report, China is closely monitoring citizens who are attempting to take a trip abroad. —————– #SpotlightOnChina #China #ChinaInsights

Former Labor Senator Stephen Conroy says fundamentally, Chinese President Xi Jinping “can’t be trusted”. Mr Conroy’s remarks come as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to meet Mr Xi during the G20 summit in Bali on Tuesday. “He promised not to militarise South China Sea, he promised to abide by international rules, obligations, in Hong Kong,” Mr Conroy told Sky News Australia. “He’s broken his word on everything of substance that matters.”

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On November 5, several prominent figures of the Chinese government, including Hu Xijin and Zhou Xiaoping, publicly expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s extreme epidemic prevention policies. Some people even scolded the CCP as “bastards”. ————————– #ChinaRevealed #ChinaNews

Chinese spies know that most people won’t trust them if they know they’re spies, which is why they pose as artists, businessmen, academics and any other number of other things. In this episode of China Unscripted, we talk about the tactics Chinese spies use to lure in their victims, what they do after they wine and dine them, and how one man was lured in but didn’t fall for their charm offensive. Joining us in this episode is Alex Joske, the author of “Spies and Lies: How China’s Greatest Covert Operations

It’s a dumpster fire in China right now!

#chinainsights#chinagerman After the CCP concluded its 20th Congress, the Beijing government should have tried to invite quite a number of heads of state to visit China as a gesture of keeping an open attitude towards the outside world. However, in the end, only four of them made the trip. Apart from Germany, the rest were Vietnam, Pakistan, and Tanzania.

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In 2013, Xi Jinping coined the term “Chinese Dream” to pave the way for his new economic reform. Shifting from an export-investment-based growth model, the Chinese regime moved its focus to domestic consumption and the private sector. And under this new economic model, the Chinese middle class became the backbone of the economy. It could be interpreted that middle-class lifestyle and spending would reflect people’s happiness and the idea of a strong China. —————– #SpotlightOnChina #China #ChinaI

November 8 was the United States mid-term elections. Chinese leader Xi Jinping donned camouflage and visited the Chinese military’s joint operations command center. He also announced his 4th job title, in addition to being the head of the CCP, the head of the military and the head of the state. The day before, the Chinese PLA sent the most military aircraft near Taiwan since the military exercises during Nancy Pelosi’s visit. Who is he warning? Let’s take an in-depth look.

00:00 Introduction 00:36 20 Easing Measures 03:26 Chinese Banking Sector

It was a story that inspired books, plays and movies: a member of the French diplomatic corp in China became ensnared in a honey trap by no other than a male opera singer cross-dressing as a woman who convinced the French diplomat he was actually a woman disguised as a man. In this episode of China Unscripted, we discuss how this unusual love affair was taken advantage of by secret agents working for the CCP, how the Ministry of State Security (China’s spy agency) is being used to control the narrative on C

Bill Clinton pushed for China’s entry into the World Trade Organization. The Clintons were also getting a lot of money from China. Chinese spies know that most foreigners would be suspicious of anything told to them by China’s premier intelligence agency. Which is why they go to great lengths to cover up their true identity, posing as academics, thinktank scholars, artists and so on. Then they use this one genius trick to get the biggest critics of Beijing to becomes the CCP’s biggest champion—and it works.