China Unscripted

https://youtu.be/bp_GfzyEe2s Starbucks Opens a Cafe in Xinjiang

Starbucks opened a cafe in Xinjiang, the genocide capital of the world. Now there’s video of dancing baristas at the new cafe…because if uyghurs are dancing, there’s definitely no genocide happening in China, right?

1 week ago | [YT] | 375

China Unscripted

https://youtu.be/XwCOlWUCJT8 What Happens When You Mess with Taiwan

If you mess around in Taiwanese waters, be prepared for some super soaking and… Taiwan hospitality? Here’s what happened when a Chinese boat refused to leave Taiwan’s territory.

1 week ago | [YT] | 366

China Unscripted

https://youtu.be/4_AKnQHqLAI I didn’t think China would do this to American students...

Xi Jinping wants 100,000 American students to visit China. Surely this is just to increase cultural understanding and not part of some subtly evil long-term plan to undermine America! Christopher Balding joins us this week to discuss what’s really going on here.

1 week ago | [YT] | 214

China Unscripted

https://youtu.be/bJ_tl2-iyN4 Trump Gets Greenland. China Is Pissed

On the eve of Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, Trump signed a deal with Denmark and Greenland that gives the USA almost everything Trump wanted. And China is big mad, because it foils China’s plans for Greenland. Christopher Balding joins us this week to discuss.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 458

China Unscripted

https://youtu.be/D6Nnu-P9W0c Trump Trolled China HARD

During Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington, Trump met Xi on the tarmac—with B-1 bombers flying overhead. The internet says Trump got “mogged”—wincing as the planes flew overhead, while Xi stood there confidently—and that that’s pretty much a metaphor for the whole visit. But is that true? Christopher Balding joins us this week to discuss.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 430

China Unscripted

https://youtu.be/vEvx95QEAbY China’s Figured Out the Fastest Way to TAKE OVER a Country

If you want to take over a country, China has a pretty good playbook. Start with people-to-people exchanges, then set up businesses, then deploy your secret weapon while no one is looking.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 417

China Unscripted

https://youtu.be/nwgfJFx21Lg China Military Spending Surpassing the US

If most Americans knew how close China was in its military spending to that of the US, they might be more worried about the United State’s standing as the world’s largest superpower. With our guest Jackie Deal, we discuss why the numbers are so opaque, why it’s difficult to calculate the CCP’s actual expenditure, and how the US and China spending is different.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 402

China Unscripted

https://youtu.be/90UhPBE2gFY How to Know If Trump Caves to China

Whether Trump says nice things about his friend Xi Jinping during their upcoming meeting in Washington, DC is not a way to determine if he’s being tough on China in their negotiations, says our guest Jackie Deal. She gives a list of other things to watch out for when it comes to gauging Trump’s real attitude toward China.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 429

China Unscripted

https://youtu.be/0lU1lKqzyQQ This How Communists Topple Their Enemies

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to understand the CCP’s playbook, especially because they’re successfully used it before on its enemies. It starts with co-opting the enemies, then subversion then moves into kinetic war, says our guest, Jackie Deal.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 387

China Unscripted

https://youtu.be/Xhhfr1VePok “GET LOST!” Tiny Country Tells China to Get Out

Just a few years ago, the Solomon Islands was considered a lost cause to China because of how successfully the CCP had captured its government and embedded itself in the economy. But today, things couldn’t be more different. While the country’s top fighter against China is no longer with us, his work continues on through his advisor, who is now special secretary to the country’s new prime minister, and other civil servants who are keeping China’s influence at bay.

1 month ago | [YT] | 720