Farming for China

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay, a lot of messages coming in, not just on
the text line emails, but even on messenger. Jeff, what
about the mayor of California. By the way, her name
is Eileen Wang. What about that mayor of California in Arcadia.
She just admitted that she is a Chinese spy. You

(00:25):
think she's the only one secretly embedded in the government
or high up in this country. Question Mark, No, you're
completely right. You're completely right. And to me, this was
a remarkable story. Here is the mayor of Arcadia, California.
And by the way, I know I mentioned it, what

(00:46):
is it last week? But it bears mentioning again, always
appearing with American themed earrings, an American pen proudly displayed
on her, you know, whatever, if she had like a
suit on or whatever. But whenever she was at a
public function, I mean, she screamed the red, white, and blue.

(01:10):
And it turns out she was an agent for China,
educated here, given all the opportunities in the world, and
was the mayor, literally the mayor, and apparently had a
very bright future in California politics. And they caught her.
She was fronting for the Chinese Communist Party. She was

(01:32):
helping to perpetuate their propaganda. She was taking orders from them,
and she admitted that she's a spy for the Chinese.
Now I'm telling you she's not the only one. And
that's why to me, you allow five six hundred thousand,
and then you keep renewing it and renewing it and

(01:53):
renewing it. I mean, it's like committing suicide. I mean,
you're just all we're doing is empowering our enemy, educating
our enemy, enabling our enemy. And what if they have children,
those are anchor babies. You know, as someone texted me,

(02:16):
and I thought it was a very good point. Jeff,
you're looking at five six hundred you know, five six
hundred thousand students. Once they start having anchor babies, those
kids are Americans, then what are you gonna do? Six
one seven two six six sixty eight sixty eight. Dan
in Connecticut, Thanks for holding, Dan and welcome. Hey, Jeff,

(02:41):
Hi Dan, go ahead, Dan, all right, I think we're
having a connection problem with Dan.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
Let's see if we can fix that. Dan, hang on,
we'll fix it. We'll come right back to you. Joe
on the South Show. Thanks for holding Joe and welcome.

Speaker 3 (03:04):
Have to quote a great talk show host from Boston.
You're not one hundred percent right, You're a thousand percent right.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
I'm I didn't give my real name.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
You're welcome. I'm not under my real name because my
company was recently acquired by a Chinese company. I worked
for an American company that was acquired. We were told
so many things that were going to happen or going
to stay the same or be or suppliers are going
to be bought from going forward. The ink wasn't dry
on the deal, and all of that change. You ever

(03:40):
hear the saying if you want to, if you know
one another, how if they're lying, watch if their lips
are moving. It's exactly what goes on in a lot
of cases. And I feel that's what happened to Trump
when he went over and she told him, give me
these students and I'll do whatever you want.

Speaker 2 (03:55):
You can't trust them.

Speaker 3 (03:56):
See if I was watching CNN while they were over there,
the delegateation was there, and a commentator came on to
CNN and said, the Chinese will do nothing.

Speaker 4 (04:07):
But lie to you.

Speaker 3 (04:07):
If they're admitting that on CNN, how crazy is that?
We can't trust these people? And You're right. They're not
coming here to go to our lower universities. They're coming
here to go to the elite universities and take that
and go back home. They're not coming here like you
did from Canada on your own to get a better life.

(04:29):
They're coming here to take everything we have and take
it back there. The company I work for has to
send a QC team over there before we are acquired.
We had to send a QC team over there to
make sure quality control, to make sure that the product
that we were told we were getting is actually what
we were getting. They'll change specs, they'll do different things,
hide things inside as far as quality goes, and send

(04:50):
you our product that's inferior, and just grin and smile
just like she did to his face, knowing all the
while that they're sticking it to you on the back end.

Speaker 1 (05:01):
Well, that's that's the way they operate. I mean. And
it's well known, you know, Like I mean, it's it's
well known. How do I say this, It's widely known
obviously in China, it's well known all across Asia. It's
well known with people who do business with them. You know,
they stiff you on everything on quality on price, on promises,

(05:23):
on contracts. That's why, to me, you don't do business
with them. You're asking for trouble, and trouble is exactly
what we're gonna get. My question to you, do you
believe the Chinese when they say they're gonna help Trump
out with the war in Iran?

Speaker 3 (05:42):
No? Absolutely not.

Speaker 1 (05:46):
Interesting? Interesting? Now what about the fact that they're gonna
buy these Boeing planes, They're gonna buy our oil, they're
gonna buy our soybeans. What do you make of that? Okay,
let's go right back to Joe on the South Shore.
Joe obviously knows quite a bit about the CCP, and
they're businesses that are aligned with the Chinese Communist Party.

(06:08):
His company was just bought up by one, and basically
he says, don't trust them. If they're moving their lips,
they're lying. That's how you know they're lying. They're moving
their lips. Joe, I want to ask you Trump did
He says he got some big economic concessions. Two hundred
planes are going to be built here in the United

(06:30):
States and then sold to the communist Chinese seven thirty seven,
seven seventy sevens. These are big planes, A lot of jobs.
China now is lining up to buy our oil because
the Iran market now has been cut off due to
the blockade, And he says they got a great deal
on farm products and especially soybeans. When you look at

(06:55):
what we're giving and what we're getting, is it a
good deal in your view?

Speaker 3 (07:01):
I don't think it's a good deal because I think
they may buy some of that, but they won't buy
all those two hundred planes, they won't buy all the soybeans.
They'll find some way to back out of it at
some point down the road. Meanwhile, their students are coming
here immediately. As you said earlier, you said something about
giving subsidies to farmers, and I'm not a big fan
of government subsidies, but I think that would be a

(07:22):
much wiser use of the money to give subsidies or
help our farmers diversify and move into other things that
we can use here in this country or sell to
other countries that won't lie to your face.

Speaker 1 (07:39):
Amen, Joe A men, thank you so much for that call.
Outstanding call. Look one of the things, and it's politically
very incorrect. So the media refuses to discuss this. But again,
I'm not talking about ordinary Chinese and China, and certainly

(08:00):
not Chinese Americans, but the leadership in China and their children,
okay though in other words, those that are a tie
to the elites of the Chinese Communist Party, they have
a sense of supremacy, racial supremacy, cultural supremacy, historical supremacy.

(08:26):
They truly believe that they are superior, especially if you
talk to them, and you know, when they let their
guard down a little bit. They believe they're superior to
the Japanese, to the Koreans, to the Vietnamese, to the Thaie,
to you know, people from Thailand, to you name it, Cambodians,
it doesn't matter. And they think they're superior to America

(08:49):
and Americans. And I remember had I spoke about a
dissident that used to be right It used to write
for one of my publications, and he was a dissident
of the Chinese regime. And he said, you have no
idea how profoundly and deeply racist the leadership in Communist
China is, and how they inculcate and indoctrinate their Communist

(09:13):
supporters into thinking that China is the most superior civilization
in the history of the world. And One of the
ways they think they're so superior is that essentially they
view everyone else as quote unquote barbarians who can match
ten thousand years of Chinese civilization and culture. I mean,

(09:37):
this is what they tell themselves. We were once the
Middle Kingdom, the greatest power in the world, the superpower
in the world thousands of years ago when Europeans were
still in caves. So they see themselves as culturally superior,

(09:57):
racially superior, his story superior, civilizationally superior. That's why they
don't care if we're insulted or not insulted. That's why
they think they even have a write or you know,
they're allowed if they want to stiff us, let them

(10:20):
stiff us. Who are they stiffing? You're just stiffing barbarians.
In other words, they don't fundamentally respect us. And it's
nothing personal to Americans. They just don't respect the non
Han Chinese. And I want to read to you this

(10:40):
text from six to oh three, and I think hits
the nail right on the head because it captures that
sense of racial cultural superiority that the CCP leadership and
their followers have. Jeff first, off, our universe cities shouldn't

(11:01):
be dependent on Chinese foreign students any more than American
companies should be dependent on illegal aliens as employees. You're
sacrificing the future on the altar of the present. Secondly,
do you think the Han Chinese give even a thought

(11:23):
to what might offend Americans? Don't get me wrong, Jeff.
There are a lot of wonderful Chinese people. But I've
had friends from Beijing, and trust me when I tell
you you haven't seen a truly supremacist attitude until you've
met some native Han Chinese and get their honest opinion

(11:45):
on things. They look down on everyone, including American born
Chinese people who they call quote unquote ABC's American born Chinese.
So a people and a group who have that high

(12:06):
of an opinion of themselves are going to worry, worry
primarily about what offends them and them only. I don't
think we should capitulate to that kind of attitude, do you?
Of course not? And that's what I mean. Every time
you get into a meeting with them, they're always offended,

(12:30):
and they berate you, and they act superior to you
because ultimately they think they are superior to us. And
that's what gives them the right to cheat, to steal,
to fleece us, to take advantage of us. And that's
the attitude that I'm telling you you're going to see
again and again. You're not going to change that attitude.

(12:54):
And that's why I'm saying, no, you don't need people
like that, people tied to the Chinese Communist Party in
our country, period, full stop. Agree, disagree, Dan, I think
we restored connection Connecticut. Thanks for holding Dan, and welcome.

Speaker 5 (13:16):
How you doing death good?

Speaker 1 (13:17):
How are you Dan?

Speaker 4 (13:19):
Good?

Speaker 5 (13:19):
Good? It's always a great day with the Lord leading away.
But man, I'll tell you these guys that are calling
in and everyone's like against the Trump and listen, we
need to stick together. Do you think that all these
people that call in and say, you know, Trump this,
and Trump said he made a bad deal, And do

(13:41):
you think that Trump would hand our country to the
CCP or I think Israel is running America. I mean,
Trump is making a deal. He knows he loves this country.
He will never give it into any of these people.
We have midterms coming. We need to stick together as Republicans.

(14:03):
We need to come together with Trump. We need to
back him. He knows what he's doing. He needs these midterms,
we need the Chinese vote. I mean, think about it.
And then after after the midterms comes watch what he does.
He's gonna come back. He's gonna all this fraud that
JD is finding and everything with the mayor out there

(14:24):
in Arcadia. Everything this is all come into a head.
But we got to get through the midterms. Everyone's gonna
stick together like the Libs. If we can be like
the Libs to Novemba, we're gonna make it. But if
we go and everyone's oh, Trump dos all this, it's
not gonna happen.

Speaker 1 (14:44):
Well, look, Dan, I am gonna vote Republican. I'm gonna
vote for Trump essentially in the midterms, and I'm gonna
do everything in my power, everything in my power to
prevent the Democrats from winning. So I think, no matter
whatever you think about Trump, criticized this, or criticize that,

(15:06):
he is infinitely better than the alternative, it's not even close. Okay.
So I just I want you to know where I'm
coming from. I just I don't like the deal. I'm
just I'm not going to lie to you, you know, Dan,
I'm sorry. I'm not going to stand here and say
it's a great deal when I don't think it's a
great deal. Now, I don't know what was promised behind

(15:27):
closed doors. I don't know what she said he's going
to do, say regarding Iran, which may end the war
quickly and decisively. I don't know. So maybe Trump felt
this is the price. I'm willing to pay the price.
I'm just telling you to me, there is no benefit

(15:48):
to five hundred thousand Chinese students again, the children of
the CCP being given access to our most elite, prestigious
universities and colleges. They're going to steal our R and D.
They're going to steal our intellectual property, They're going to

(16:11):
steal our technology. It's a given, and you're just adding
hundreds and hundreds of thousands of spies. Mark in champs Ford,
Thanks for holding Mark, and.

Speaker 4 (16:23):
Welcome hi, Jeff.

Speaker 2 (16:26):
Mark.

Speaker 4 (16:28):
This is regarding the things you were talking about this
morning about Trump doing whatever he's doing with the Chinese.
And I'm in full agreement that the Chinese started biological
war that we didn't decide not to participate in, except
the killing of all our family and friends and so forth,

(16:52):
and the destruction of our economy and we haven't. We
haven't got paid back for that yet, and I don't
know what's going to take to pay that back. But
in the meantime, this liar over there who made up
the book for all terrorists to do what they do

(17:15):
with their games of dealing with hostages and whatever terror
they're trying to present and delay, delay, lie, lie, and
assume that the party is beneath them and they can
do whatever they want with them. Is the attitude, and

(17:36):
it comes from the Communist Party and people like this
as Ze whatever his name is, killing all has no
regard to as far as I'm concerned, life in his
own country, let alone life anywhere else. So killing five

(17:57):
million people nationwide with no deal to him, I mean
not nationwide, but worldwide. So if we're going to I
think there's something else going on here that we're not
knowing about yet, and I'm thinking that we're just trying
to get past. You know, we're playing a political game

(18:17):
right now, we meaning Trump, and I believe we don't
do anything until they reciplicate on what they say they're doing,
and we only do proportionally to what they say. So
if they say two hundred airplanes, I want the full
payment of the two hundred airplanes before we complete the

(18:40):
process of all students. If that's the main thing, or
you know whatever, many bushels of soy beings, the full
mount is done before the whole mount. That and the
other thing I'm thinking is why are we reciprocating one way?
If he feels very hurt, he meaning the Chinese, you know,

(19:03):
they're butt hurt because we're not going to allow students
to come in. Why aren't they allowing students to come
into their place? Brilliant? Also the American freedom benefit, ah, brilliant.

Speaker 1 (19:17):
See that's to me, that's the question. See, that's what
I would have done. If I was at the negotiating table,
I would have said, well, I'm sorry, how many Americans
do you allow him to China? I mean, how many
American students do you allow this? By the way, they
have some of the finest universities in the world. I
mean it's Chinese and doctrination, communists and doctrination. But you know,
Shanghai University, Beijing University. You graduate through one of those

(19:43):
schools in China, you're set for life. I mean that's
like they're you know, their equivalent of like Harvard and
Yale or MIT. I mean, you're you're you've just you know,
you've you've punched your own ticket in life. So why
don't you allow him? Americans to study in China? You
don't how come? It's always one way with you guys.

(20:06):
And by the way, they don't allow other peoples to
It's not just Americans. They don't allow Japanese students, they
don't allow Taiwanese students. They don't allow Filipino students. I mean,
they really look down on the Filipinos, okay, but they
don't allow Korean South Korean students. Now why is that?

(20:27):
Because they think they're superior and they openly say Chinese
universities those slots should be reserved for Chinese students. So
you won't allow Americans to go, But you want to
flood our country with your students tied by the way,
to your elite and to your regime. No, I don't
think so. And just to go back to what you

(20:50):
were saying a little bit earlier about reciprocity, you know,
Mark again very perceptive. The original order that they had
agreed on was five hundred planes that they were gonna
buy from Boeing so when Trump landed, he thought he
was gonna sign a deal for five hundred planes. And

(21:11):
then of course the CCP being the CCP, Jijenping being Jjenping, smiling,
always smiling, that two faced hypocrite.

Speaker 3 (21:23):
No.

Speaker 1 (21:24):
Five hundred went down to two hundred. By the way,
don't don't take my word for it. The Wall Street Journal,
Investors Business Daily did a couple of big pieces on this.
Boeing stock actually went down after the deal. And you're
gonna say, what, Jeff, what do you mean They're just

(21:45):
gonna they're gonna buy two hundred mother planes? How can
the stock go down? Because Boeing came out with a
statement saying, actually they were disappointed because the CCP Jijinping
promised five hundred, so they were looking to ink for
five hundred planes. Now that would have been a mother deal.

(22:07):
Instead they do what they do now, three hundred, tull
fifty two, one hundred. They just nickel and dime you,
nickel and dime you, nickel and dime you. So even
that they lied on So and you're right, are they
even going to buy two hundred or by the time
it's done, it's going to be fifty. So you're completely

(22:31):
right with them. It's got to be complete reciprocity. No no, no, no, no.
You take one step. Whoa, we take one step? Okay?
Did he take the step? He took the step he did?
You're sure, Okay, Now you take another step, okay, and
then we take another step. That's the only way to
deal with these people. But just to go to your point,

(22:54):
they were supposed to buy five hundred. They only about
two hundred. And I would turn around to them and
I'd say, I'm sorry, gi, can you I'll tell you
what you want. Five hundred thousand student visas, no problem.
Five hundred thousand visas for American students and fine, five

(23:14):
hundred thousand Americans don't want to go, no problem. Japanese students,
how about from Taiwan? How about European students? You know what,
you don't like the Filipinos. You'd think less of them,
their inferior. Why don't you put some Filipinos at a
good university in Shanghai or Beijing. Believe me, that degree
will go far when they come back to Manila in

(23:37):
the Philippines. And right away, Noah, he would his own
people would hang him if Xijinping agreed to give out
five hundred thousand student visas to Westerners or to non Chinese.

Speaker 5 (23:55):
So.

Speaker 1 (23:56):
They everything with them is one way. By the way,
on farmland, try to buy farmland in China.

Speaker 4 (24:03):
Try.

Speaker 1 (24:06):
You know, or buying up Chinese businesses or Chinese valuable
Chinese property the way they do, say here in Boston,
or in New York, or in la or all across
our country. You think they would allow Americans, by the way,
non Chinese, never mind just Americans. But I'm just speaking
about us. You think they would allow us to buy

(24:28):
some of their richest farmland over their dead bodies. You
think they would allow us to buy some of the
most important real estate in China whatever in Shanghai or Beijing,
over our dead bodies. Everything with them, even if you
do business there, tell me American you know, if you
do business in China, tell me if I'm wrong, because

(24:51):
I know I'm not wrong any entrepreneurs out there, it's
got to be with the government. It's always a public
private partnership, and they always have fifty one percent, in
other words, a controlling stake. So even if they do
business with outsiders, it's with the regime. And the regime

(25:14):
fifty one percent. They're always in control. And you can't
buy farmland. They won't allow you to buy. They won't
allow you to buy an apple tree. So we sell
out our country to them, but they get to keep
and own their country. No, I'm sorry, it doesn't work

(25:36):
like that again, two way Street. They're not friends. They're
not friends. There are enemies. And to me, you don't
make deals with enemies. And if you have to make
a deal, as Reagan said, trust but verify, or in

(25:59):
this case, don't trust and verify. Agree, disagree? Six one
seven two six Sex sixty eight sixty eight. President Trump
now says he will grant five to six hundred thousand
visas to Chinese students so that they can attend our

(26:20):
universities and colleges. He says, our university system relies on
it A and B. It would be insulting to China
if we didn't allow their students to study year. I
disagree with the president. What say you? Six one seven

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(28:23):
who you want me to go to? Next? Dave, our
Western PA constitutionalist correspondent out in the Pittsburgh area in Pennsylvania.
Thanks for holding Dave, and welcome.

Speaker 2 (28:39):
Age Jebs. Good morning, How you doing, Buddy, good good good?
Did you like the video I sent you?

Speaker 1 (28:44):
I thought the video you sent me was phenomenal and
very funny.

Speaker 2 (28:48):
Yeah, very very funny. Yeah, not to get off topic, buddy,
but Chinese the only thing good about them is the
real pretty girls in their food. But you know, besides
the point, Jeff, I made that video, Jeff, because congresswoman
here I call her dumberly. You know, she's so transphyxiated
on race and gun control. I had to make that
the spit in her face. But yeah, I'm glad you

(29:10):
liked that, Jeff. I thought you would, like you got
to kick out of it. But Jeff, as far as
China again, you know, Trump going over there was good.
I'm glad they got to agree with us in the
streets of horror moods because I mean needs to be
putting their place, not only by us, but their name
is too, Jeff. You know. And then as far as
you know, with the CEO is going there, Elon and
all the other people there from the other companies around

(29:32):
the country, that was a good thing for us, you know, Jeff,
because the Chinese you know, we we don't hear it
from the liberal media, Jeff, but the Chinese economy isn't
as strong as what people think, Jeff. They're in deficits themselves.
I know, they owe our debt and they are Democratic Party,
you know, the donkeys that they are, the jackasses are
the logo. But in long running, short Jeff is that

(29:54):
they're gonna try to buy up our country and Trump's
not letting them do that.

Speaker 1 (29:59):
Well, he's got to block him. He's got to stop them.
And look, contrary to what many people said, I had
no problem with him whatsoever bringing in Elon Musk, the
CEO of Navidia. I could run, you know, the whole list.
There was a whole list of you know, Fortune five
hundred companies. Yes, I want us to go into the

(30:20):
Chinese market. Of course, Chinese are allowed to come into
our market. We should go into their market. And I
want them to buy American goods and American products and
American services. Why because it's going to lead to a
lot of jobs here at home, a lot of jobs,
no question. So I thought, no, I agree with Trump

(30:42):
all the way. You know, he's not just the president
of the country, and in many ways he's also the CEO.
And the economy is it's it's incredible, it's incredibly important.
And to reshure a lot of this industry that we've
sent off to places like China and India to bring
it back, but also to break open that China market.

(31:04):
So I'm all for it.

Speaker 5 (31:06):
Dave.

Speaker 1 (31:07):
My question to you is this the Chinese their price
for these economic concessions was these student visas, and in
the past they would ask for two hundred, two hundred
and fifty thousand. Now though they said it's five hundred thousand,
almost six hundred thousand. So they want us to double

(31:31):
the number of student visas that we give to Chinese students.
What do you make of that, Dave? Are you four
giving them visas? And do you think Trump gave them
too much.

Speaker 2 (31:44):
As far as with the visas. Jeff, I'll start with
that question. No, Jeff, you're a thousand designed correct to
quote you, my friend, we don't need any more of
them over here. Not that I hate the Chinese people.
They're great people. You know, they want to be free.
But the thing is, Jeff, how do we know they're
not communists? And so you know, just like what's that
out there in California one of the main She admitted

(32:05):
to it. Jeff, No, I would love them to be
here as long as you know they want to become
Americans and do the right thing and work here. In
our industry. But no, Jeff, you can't trust them. They're spies.
I mean, Jeff, like you just said, if there's a
mayor in California, how do we know there's not a
mayor in timbuck to California. How do we know that
Gavin Newsom isn't connected Tom, Jeff, which I wouldn't be surprised.

(32:28):
I mean, that's maybe going going out of there on
the branch, Jeff. But dude, I mean, come on, Jeff
Hunter Biden spot by the communist Chinese. I mean, come on,
I mean, Jeff, do you agree with that point. I'm
not maybe to put a question on you, buddy, but
I think Gavin Newsom may be connected in some way.
I mean, look at Romney's kids. They were connected to Jeff.
For John Kerry's kids.

Speaker 1 (32:47):
Too, Carrie, Mitch McConnell met Romney, Gavin, you some Joe Biden,
Hunter Biden. They bought the presidency Kamala Harris, they own
her Lock, Stock and Barrel, and look, this is the
elephant in the room. So why don't we just confront it?

(33:10):
And thank you so much, Dave as always for that call,
my friend. Why does Mayor Michelle Wu she comes from Taiwan. Okay,
her parents are Taiwanese, but they are ethnically Chinese. But
they come from Taiwan. Okay, She's not from China. Her

(33:30):
parents are not from China. They're from Taiwan. But the
fact of the matter is they have a consulate. China
has a consulate in Boston. Why does Mayor Wu allow
the Chinese communist flag periodically to be flown in Boston?

(33:51):
I don't understand that. Why would you do that, especially
if your parents come from Taiwan. You know what they
want to do to Taiwan. You know how they want
to crush the people of Taiwan. If anybody should know
Communist China's disastrous record on human rights and democracy, it

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should be Michelle Wu and her family. Ah. I mean
they fled Taiwan because it's too close to China, because
they're worried China's going to invade in an exum. Now,
by the way, that's why this sense of racial cultural superiority,

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that's the reason why the Chinese invaded Tibet and are
mass murdering and slowly destroying the Tibetan people. That's why
they're destroying the Wigurs in Western China and sending them
into re education and concentration camps. That's why they want

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to crush the Flongong and by the way, Christians all
over the country. In other words, it's ethnic cleansing and
its cultural destruction of ancient peoples. This is what they're
doing in their own country. So why would you want
to have anything to do with this mass murdering, genocidal regime.

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Now let me just make one final point. This was
many years ago. I was still in Montreal then, I
was an undergraduate student. It was the early nineteen nineties,
and Grace and I decided to treat ourselves to a
delicious Chinese meal. And there was a great Chinese restaurant.
It's no longer there, but in downtown Montreal, and so

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we were eating. We had duck and it was it
was delicious. Anyway, the waiter and the family that owned
the restaurant. The waiter was the Sun and I was
just bantering talking, you know, with the waiter, and it
turns out I said, hey, are you Chinese, because the
food here are so authentically Chinese it's incredible. He said yes,
but we're from Hong Kong. Now, Hong Kong was about

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to be delivered to China in nineteen ninety seven. It
had been a colony of Great Britain. Britain signed an
agreement with China and they were going to hand it back.
So it was just a few years before the handover.
Now this is very important. The Chinese made a written agreement,
the Chinese Communist Party that they would leave Hong Kong

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alone for one hundred years after they acquired it. They
called it one nation, two systems. They said, culturally, economically, politically, socially,
nothing will change in Hong Kong. The only thing is

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you will no longer be under British sovereignty. You're going
to be under Chinese sovereignty. That's it. That's it. We're
not going to touch Hon Kong. That's it. You'll be
technically part of China. But the freedoms you have in
Hong Kong. You're going to keep the free market system
you have. We're gonna keep the rule of law that

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they had developed in Hong Kong. You're going to keep
the private property rights, you're going to keep your wealth. Everything.
China will not touch it. The regime will not touch it.
So he said to me, well, we fled Hong Kong.
That's why we're here in Montreal. We fled to Canada.
Canada was giving visas and we came. And then I said, yeah,

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but why are you fleeing? Because the communists Chinese have
said you're going to have at least one hundred years,
one nation, two systems, that they're gonna leave you alone.
And I'll never forget his response. He was taking plates
off the table and he just looked at me and
he said, they lie. He said, they lie. All they

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do is and he shook his head. He goes, Once
Hong Kong is transferred, it's gone, it's gone. And that's
exactly what happened. Jimmy Lai is rotting in jail now,
that brave publisher, editor of an outspoken anti communist newspaper

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in Hong Kong. They have crushed his newspaper. They have
put journalists in prison. They are now crushing all of
Hong Kong's freedoms. Hong Kong now is nothing more than
a satellite of Beijing.