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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
Gang of Two: Nan Su & Michael Olson
- NS: Jimmy Lai Guilty
- NS: Hong Kong’s Democratic Party votes to dissolve
- NS: China sues Missouri for Reputational Menace:
- MO: Chinese authorities begin tracking menstrual cycles
- MO: CCP to issue Ultra Long-Term Bonds
- MO: China artificial islands sink
Gang of Two: Michael Olson & Nan Su
- NS: US Forces Raid ship, seize cargo to Iran from China
- MO: 500K sign petition against forced organ harvesting
- MO: Mexico goes with US, tariffs up to 50% on China
- MO: Trump hires tech force
Gang of Two Michael Olson & Nan Su * Rumors of Prince Group's Chen Zi capture
* Rumors of Politbureau's Ma Xingrui arrest
* CCP's AI Plus & Civil Military fusions
* CCP & Japan clashes in the sky
*. CCP Navy fleet maneuvers
* CCP & Russian bombers over South Korea
Gang of Two Nan Su & Michael Olson * CCP "Biggest Transnational Organized Crime Group Ever Seen in the World?" * US V. Canada on China * US to sell CCP Nvidia chips * China's Trillion dollar trade surplus
* France's Macron pleads with Xi to stop selling so much stuff
* CCP plays power broker at UN Climate Summit in Brazil
* Trump issues new National Security Alternative to CCP
25.12.4 China Now with Nan Su & Michael Olson
Prince Group Follow
Deep Seek’s Kill Switch
Taiwan Cheers, China jeers Trumps new Taiwan legislation
China loans raise concern
Japanese singer performs to empty house in China
Japan Denies WSJ report on Trump Takaichi phone talks
25.12.4 China Now Hour 2 with Nan Su Prepping for WWIII in the Pacific?
Gang of Two Nan Su & Michael Olson
- CCP dials up threats against Japan
- Will there be a Rare Earth deal by Thanksgiving?
- China’s muted launch of the Fujian
- BYD’s D-Chain financing collapse
* Larry Summers consults Jeffrey Epstein on how to woo an attractive Chinese economist
* CCP tries to steal the Outernet * USA scams the CCP out of 127,000 bit coins
Gang of Two Nan Su & Michael Olson Review and observations
*. September 3 Victory Parade
* October 30 Fourth Plenum
Gang of Two Michael Olson & Nan Su Trump meets Xi in a Korean War-era military base.
Gang of Two Michael Olson & Nan Su
*. CCP conducts its Fourth Plenum
*. The fresh-off-the-press news from the Plenum
*. What the Fourth Plenum's actions portend for the CCP, China and the World
Gang of Two Nan Su & Michael Olson *. CCP backs off rare earth ban
* World awakens to CCP's threat to supply chains
*. UN predicts China will lose 50% ot its population by 2100
China Now: Friend or Foe? War or Peace
Gang of Two Michael Olson & Nan Su * CCP's Green New Deal Goes Bust
* CCP Announces Plan for Fourth Plenum
*. Xi wants Trump to Give Up Taiwan's Independence
*. CCP's Art of the Deal - Dare to Fight!
Gang of Two Nan Su & Michael Olson with News of the Week *. CCP Plans for the Common Destiny for All
* China Invades Mexico:
* CCP's Great Firewall Leak
Gang of Two: Michael Olson & Nan Su
* CCP Sends Troops to Russia
*. Fujian Carrier Launches Stealth Jet and Early Warning Aircraft
* PLA Launches Super-Sized Drone Submarine
*. Xi Jinping Calculas For a Taiwan Invastion
Gang of Two: Nan Su & Michael Olson *. Harvard's China Spy Resurfaces
* CCP's Rare Earth Monopoly Challenged by American Ingenuity
*. CCP Exports Citizen Surveillance to Solomon Islands
*. CCP Influencers Go After Charlie Kirk
Week of 25.8.25. "Pins and Needless Week at Zhongnanhai"
* Toilet Revolution Back Up on the CCP
* 23 year-old Mystery Maiden crashes her Rolls SUV into a Mercedes in Sydney
* Escaping Mandatory Social Insurance
* Trump invites 600,000 Chinese student to U.S. colleges
*. CCP to ship more rare earth magnets to the U.S.
* Russian surveillance aircraft invades Alaska ADIZ
* CCP saving face after South China Sea shipwreck
* U.S. climbs ...
Gang of Two Nan Su & Michael Olson
CHINA NOW: FRIEND OR FOE? WAR OR PEACE?
· Taiwan disputes CCP’s “World War II” Victory Parade · Xi Jinping makes second-ever visit to Tibet · China’s giant ship-building juggernaut · China’s extra large submarine drones · Bridgewater dumps US listed China companies · USA changes posture as CCP cybersabotage escalates
Michael Olson & Nan Su... China Now: Friend or Foe? War or Peace? RUMORS OF THE FALL
- CCP’s Four Faction Fight for the Future
- · The Maoist Faction: Xi Jinping
- · The Reformers
- · The Party Preservationists: Hu Jintao
- · Military (Zhang Youxia & Liu Yuan)
- · CCP forced into a secret ballot to vote on Xi’s future
*. Xi Jinping V. General Zhang Youxia for control of the CCP military
* Xi Jinping under growing internal pressure
*. Is Xi Jinping in the midst of a Silent Coup?
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