China Now

China Now

China Now: Friend or Foe? War or Peace News and Opinion from The Gang of Three: Michael Olson, Nan Su, David Welch Listen to China Now live every Thursday from 3:00pm to 5:00pm PT on https://santacruzvoice.com

Episodes

July 24, 2025 54 mins

Nan Su & Michael Olson

MO:  Broken by Design: Why CCP always breaks its deals

NS: EU's von der Leyen says China ties are at 'inflection point' at tense summit MO:  CCP prevents Wells Fargo exec from leavin NS:  China controls over 80% of battery materials crucial to US defense equipment, MO:   Cleaning out the urban poor
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Michael Olson & Nan Su Is China's CCP losing the Mandate of Heaven?

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July 17, 2025 54 mins

Gang of Two Nan Su & Michael Olson 

News of the Week 25.7.17

*  The CCP gets Nvidia’s AI chip

*   US expanded its military collaboration with Taiwan

*  Taiwan tanks navigate dense urban streets 

*  Green China Runs on Black Coal

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July 17, 2025 1 min

Gang of Two Michael Olson & Nan Su  News of the Week

Trump’s Tariff War with Brazil

Russia’s Lavrov meets with CCP’s Xi

China Pledges Closer Ties With Russia

Rubio condemns China over Hague South China Sea ruling

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July 11, 2025 54 mins

Hosts Nan Su & MIchael Olson News of the Week

  • Germany Blames China for Laser Attack on Aircraft in the Middle East
  • China Builds up nuke arsenal in direct challenge to US
  • Iran Orders Material From China for Hundreds of Ballistic Missiles
  • Secret Russian Intelligence Document Shows Deep Suspicion of China
  • China will invade Siberia, not Taiwan
  • China threatens US Vietnam Trade Deal
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July 11, 2025 53 mins

Hosts Michael Olson and Nan Su  "Eat at Mao's" A look at Mao's catastrophic effort to have China make a great leap forward to eating in common canteens.  

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July 6, 2025 53 mins

Local Government’s arbitrary fines Lithuania’s Defense Chief Praises Philippine To Expose CCP US Delivers blow to CCP in the Congo No Safe Harbor:  The Risks of China’s Port Projects in Latin America

 

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July 6, 2025 54 mins

China Now with Nan Su & Michael Olson

Trump signs trade deal with CCP Is Chinese President Xi Jinping on his way out?

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June 27, 2025 53 mins

China Now: Friend or Foe?  War or Peace?  Hosts Michael Olson and Nan Su *. US Strikes on Iran send message to Beijing

* As Tehran loses the war, so does China (opinion)

 

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June 19, 2025 54 mins

Gang of Two Michael Olson & Nan Su 

  • says Covid 19 wave on the rise
  • Closing China’s Kindergartens

 

  • Why 2 Chinese aircraft carriers are operating in the Pacific together for the first time
  • US-China Competition in Micronesia heats up
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June 19, 2025 54 mins

Gang of Two Nan Su & Michael Olson

  • US-China Trade truce leaves military-use rare earth issue unresolved
  • CCP AI firms move data in secret to train banned Nvidia chips
  • China’s Sodium-ion powered scooters
  • CCP entity pushes green energy to advance CCP interests
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June 19, 2025 54 mins

Gang of Two Michael Olson & Nan Su

  • Another student pathogen smuggler
  • Xi and Trump agree to a trade framework
  • Xi losing influence in trade talks
  • LA Riot funding tied to CCP-friendly millionaire

 

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June 19, 2025 51 mins

Gang of Two Nan Su & Michael Olson

 

Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics:  How a CCP statistician was forced to fake the numbers.

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June 6, 2025 54 mins

China Now Gang of Two Michael Olson & Nan Su Week of 25.6.1

  • Trump and Xi finally make the call?
  • Will Trump play hardball with the CCP?
  • What did the new CCP security white paper say about trouble ahead?
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June 6, 2025 54 mins

Gang of Two:  Nan Su & Michael Olson week of 25.6.1

HOUR ONE:  Current News

  • 36th Anniversary of the Tian An Men Square massacre
  • Why is the CCP smuggling a crop-killing fungus into the U.S.?
  • How did Harvard University become the CCP Party school?
  • Why did the Governor of Arizona veto legislation that would have banned the CCP from owning land in her state?
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May 29, 2025 53 mins

*  Why did Trump say, "Putin is playing with fire" and is "Absolutely crazy?"

*  How will the world's 75 poorest nations pay the $20 Billion they owe the CCP this year? 

*  Has the CCP co-opted the green energy movement?

 

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May 29, 2025 54 mins

Gang of Two - Nan Su & Michael Olson * Chinese rioting for pay and against government fees

*. Is China unraveling faster than expected?

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May 22, 2025 54 mins

China Now Hour Two Gang of Two Nan Su and Michael Olson

Update of Trump’s Tariff War with the Xi Jinping and the CCP

Is this the trade war Xi Jinping and the CCP have been planning and laying in wait for?     

  • If so, what is the CCP’s plan to win the trade war?
  • If the CCP does not win the trade war, what will it do to survive?
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May 22, 2025 54 mins

China Now Hour One with Gang of Two Nan Su and Michael Olson

  • CCP embedded communication control devices in USA solar systems
  • Pentagon pivots to the Indo Pacific
  • Parents rebel against CCP private school closings
  • China’s Municipal Bonds turn into worthless pape
  • CCP State Department lists domestic threats 
  • CCP monitoring 70 million Instagram users
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China Now Gang of Two Nan Su & Michael Olson Trump & Xi Agree to a Tariff Cease Fire

USA and China made a cease fire deal on tariffs.  According to many in the mainstream press, and the CCP press, Trump caved in the tariff negotiations and let the CCP off the hook…. and so we ask:

Did President Donald J. Trump let Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party off the tariff hook?  

  • If he did, why did he?
  • If he didn’t, ...
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