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04 Mar 2021

Did China Eliminate Poverty?

Did China really eliminate poverty, or was this just another ploy to spread propaganda? It would appear the latter is true, since the China poverty alleviation program is actually a walking human rights catastrophe.

The war on poverty turns out to be a scheme to artificially make the China economy look stronger than it is, while persecuting China’s ethnic minorities, such as the Tibetans and Uyghurs. Here’s more with Chris Chappell on China Uncensored.

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01 Mar 2021

China Draws Red Lines Vs. U.S.

The Chinese Communist Party has drawn four red lines for the Biden Administration, positions, it says, that cannot be crossed. This comes as Biden’s China policy remains unclear.

The four demands, imposed by China Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Li, include: 1–End support for Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet; 2–Resume U.S.-China dialogue on all levels; 3–End tariffs on Chinese products and sanctions on Chinese enterprises; and 4–Remove all restrictions on China’s state-run media and cultural entities. Says China Uncensored host Chris Chappell, “I feel like this is cheating. That is way more than four things.” Here’s more with Chappell on the consequences of the demands and Biden’s probable response.

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16 Feb 2021

Jinping’s Secret Daughter

Chinese netizens have been tortured and punished for leaking information on Xi Jinping’s secret daughter, Xi Mingze. In China, netizens, those who surf the World Wide Web, can be arrested simply for browsing the country’s dirty, or dark web for doxing sites.

Like many Internet surfers, netizens in China have formed subcultures on certain websites, some of which are hosted on foreign servers and are more difficult for authorities to shut down. Some of these sites are Wiki databases, which allow users to share information. They have been labeled Esu Circle, or vulgar websites, by the Chinese Communist Party. One in particular, Zhina Wiki, featured information shared by its users on Jinping’s brother and daughter, which angered the CCP leader.

At least four photographs of Xi Mingze have been released from various sources, although none of them verified. Despite no positive ID on his daughter, the leaked photos led Jinping to launch a special task force to deal with the situation. In the end, 24 netizens were jailed. China Uncensored host Chris Chappell updates us on the latest developments.

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09 Feb 2021
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China’s Tofu Dreg Corruption

A flurry of manhole-cover explosions in China is further exposing the Chinese Communist Party’s culture of corruption that seemingly seeps into everything. When it comes to its construction industry, corruption can happen at any stage: design, planning, procuring materials and building. It comes down to a license to steal for the CCP, cutting costs to skim money at all these levels, ignoring safety rules and even bribing inspectors.

The system of corruption is so commonplace across China, it owns a moniker of its own: “tofu dreg,” a slang term to describe poor quality construction. Here’s more on the issue with China Uncensored and host Chris Chappell.

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30 Jan 2021

China Tests Biden

Fake President Biden is getting his first legitimate test from the Chinese Communist Party. Just days into the Biden Administration, China is sounding the war drums by sending warplanes and fighter jets near Taiwan. Many foreign policy experts have questioned what Biden-China relations would look like and the CCP’s encroachment on Taiwan might provide some answers.

Reports describe China’s move on Taiwan as an escalation, dispatching fighter jets and bombers rather than reconnaissance aircraft as has generally been the case. China Uncensored host Chris Chappell noted this is a major challenge to Biden, following President Trump’s unwavering support for Taiwan, ranging from $1.8 billion in weapons sales to high-level diplomatic visits. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo even reframed the entire relationship with Taiwan. But was it really a trap for Biden? Here’s more from Chappell.

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23 Jan 2021

Trump’s Surprise For China

Among the surprises in the finals days of the Trump Administration was the declassification of its strategic framework for the Indo-Pacific in an effort to counter the Chinese Communist Party in the region. The plan was written in 2018 by Matthew Pottinger, a former China journalist and Marine Corp officer who later became President Trump’s Deputy National Security Advisor. It was kept secret until the declassification.

The Indo-Pacific region is home to one-third of the world’s economy and nearly two-thirds of the planet’s population. China has been the dominant force in the area, which includes the Asia Pacific region and areas connected by the Indian Ocean. Trump released the plan one week before leaving office in hopes that the incoming administration would use it to quell the CCP’s aggressiveness in the region. Here’s more on the declass from China’s Uncensored Chris Chappell, plus reports on Mike Pompeo’s support for Taiwan and how to tackle the China economy.

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09 Jan 2021

More Power For Xi Jinping

As if Xi Jinping was not already classified a certifiable crazy man, the China Communist Party leader took it up a notch when he awarded himself more war powers and increased control over the Chinese military, courtesy of the revised National Defense Law that went into effect Jan. 1. And, Xi says, he’s using the revision to protect CCP’s development interests ad the country’s economy.

What exactly does that mean? More trouble for the South China Sea, Taiwan and any Biden-China dealings that may arise. The policy shift weakens the role of the State Council in formulating military decisions, handing the newfound power to the Central Military Commission, run by–you guessed it–Xi Jinping. Here’s more from China Uncensored.

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24 Dec 2020

China Censored Virus Narrative

Sourcing a New York Times expose, China Uncensored is reporting how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) purposely issued censorship directives for the coronavirus pandemic. The Times, who published the article in a joint effort with ProPublica, obtained 32,000 directives and 1,800 memos from a group of hackers known as CCP Unmasked, revealing how the Chinese regime wrote a false narrative around the coronavirus, shaping public opinion both domestically and internationally.

The directives and memos reveal how the CCP especially targeted the internet, downplaying the danger of the coronavirus with paid online commentators, who worked for the state, and controlled the narrative using state-of-the-art technology. Chris Chappell and Shelley Zhang bring us more details.

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16 Dec 2020

Trump Says China Must Pay

For centuries, China has sold government bonds worldwide, including a large portion to American investors. Problem is, while investors in other countries are reaping benefits from their trades, Americans are getting stiffed. That has drawn the ire of President Trump, who is adamant about China paying its debt. While the rebuke is pooh-poohed by the Chinese, President Trump, as always, has a clever way to make it happen.

Turns out there’s an ingenious way for U.S.-China relations to become debt free. The obvious solution, of course, would be for Western world to stop investing in Chinese bonds. But President Trump is looking to invoke an old law passed long ago by Congress. At the President’s request, the Treasury Secretary can purchase the Chinese bonds held by Americans–more than 20,000 families in 46 states–and use them to extinguish the debt that America owes China.

In the following edition of China Uncensored, producer Matt Gnaizda brings us more on the issue with Jonna Bianco, president of the American Bondholders Foundation.

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07 Dec 2020

China Talking War

China is preparing for war–again. Xi Jinping met with the seven-member standing committee of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo in late November. According to Xinhua, the state-run news agency, he spoke about preparing for war by integrating political work into all links of combat effectiveness.

Basically, says China Uncensored anchor Chris Chappell, Jinping wants good communist soldiers who listen to their party. And by the party, of course, he means himself. In other China headlines, Chappell reports on the re-arrest of dissident Joshua Wong and Apple Daily’s Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam’s pile of cash and why China is laying claim to the moon, and Kimchi.

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