The chinese regime threatened the united states by firing four ballistic missiles into the south china sea
After the u.s sanctioned 24 chinese companies for helping the ccp's military in the region
China's development of a novel coronavirus vaccine is being called out as a political tool by the ccp
That may put people's health at risk
And u.s defense secretary mark esper says the united states is prepared to defend every front against the chinese military
We'll be going in depth into this
Welcome back everyone first off some breaking news in china's guangdong province a road suddenly collapsed
In a video frightened residents can be heard shouting warnings to not get too close
close to
538 square feet of the road collapsed in the video and authorities said there were no injuries in the incident
Also 54 pontoon bridges were demolished by chinese authorities in shandong province
In an attempt to help a new flood wave on the yellow river to pass more smoothly
Along the middle and lower reaches of the river which is the second largest in china
Disaster emergency response teams have been deployed to anticipate damage from the sixth back-to-back flood
This season on that river
Meanwhile, the chinese regime state-run cctv news outlet ran a video that showed the new china federal flag
Which was created by chinese exiled billionaire guo wengui and former trump adviser steve bannon
The flag was shown on guo's yacht
Now the ccp is extremely sensitive on political symbols like this including national flags
It suppresses for example tibet snow mountain lion flag taiwan's blue sky white sun red flag and others as well
Chinese citizens speculated that the broadcast on cctv is showing the new china federal flag was not an accident
The flag was unveiled previously by guo Wengui on the morning of june 4th for the 31st anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre
During his new china federation declaration ceremony
Chinese soccer star Hao Haidong read the declaration in chinese through the live broadcast and recounted as well
The tyranny of the ccp after its establishment in china
They announced that event the establishment of the new china federation
Which is their proposal for a new government of china after the fall of the ccp
News of this quickly resonated among chinese people and made the ccp extremely nervous
Hao haidong's weibo account in china with nearly 7.7 million followers was immediately blocked by the ccp
And related comments on it were also censored and in related news to this chinese civil rights activist chen
Guangcheng also called for an end to the ccp's aggression and also praised trump's strong stance on the regime
This was during a speech at the republican national convention on wednesday. Let's have a look at a clip of this now
when I spoke out against
china's one child policy
and other
injustices
I was
prosecuted
beaten
sent to prison and
put under house arrest
by the chinese communist party the ccp
in april
2005
2012
I escaped
And was given shelter in the american embassy in beijing
I'm forever
grateful to the american people
For welcome me and my family to the united states
where
We are now free
The ccp is an enemy of humanity
It is
terrorism its own people
And it is threatening
the
well-being of the world
in china expressing
Beliefs or ideas not approved by the ccp
Religion democracy human rights can lead to prison
The nation's lives under mass
Surveillance and censorship the u.s. Must use its values of freedom
democracy and the rule of law
to gather a
Correlation of other democracies to stop ccp's aggression
Also on august 25th an american protester in front of the chinese consulate in new york
Took the ccp flag from outside the consulate gate and tore it while saying it belongs in a trash
Can. he also accused the regime of having caused the ccp virus pandemic
And the trump administration may also be accusing the ccp
of committing genocide for its persecution of muslim uighurs
This is according to politico which cited an unnamed source in the trump administration
They claim there are early discussions on this designation among officials at the state department
The national security council and the department of homeland security
It added if they cannot find enough consensus when it comes to declaring the abuses of genocide
The trump administration may accuse the ccp instead of crimes against humanity or ethnic cleansing
Now when it comes to these different issues
the united states is hitting all the different pressure points of the chinese communist party two of the main ones are the
Legitimacy of the ccp itself many chinese historians have noted the chinese communist party
Never had the quote mandate of heaven
In other words the ccp was never given proper authority to rule over China
When different people for example propose new forms of government for china
the legitimacy of the ccp is called into question based on that and so when the
Cctv news outlet is showing pictures of this new chinese flag. This is a direct blow to the ccp's legitimacy
And also its human rights abuses are one of the big soft spots for the ccp as well
This is one of the main reasons why the chinese communist party needs to censor the internet
And the foreign governments including especially in the united states begin accusing the ccp of things like genocide
And other forms of human rights abuses this hits one of the most sensitive foundations
Of the ccp, which is a cover-up of information like this
In the south china sea meanwhile
The ccp was seen as having made a threat to the united states by firing four medium-range ballistic missiles into the water
after the united states passed its sanctions on the chinese companies as well ccp called on members of the
Association of southeast asian nations or ASEAN to resume negotiations with china for a code of conduct in the south
China sea stating notably that it wants to have the negotiations being done among these members and not outside forces
Which is likely in reference to the united states beginning to get involved in these negotiations
And meanwhile the u.s commander of the navy fleet in the area vice admiral Scott Conn
Responded to the ccp's ballistic missile tests in a telephone news conference
He said according to stars and stripes that the u.s navy will
Continue to operate there and he said that quote our naval forces are ready to respond to
Any threat to our allies or partners throughout the region
It's important to note as well that at least one of the missiles that was fired by the ccp was allegedly
one of its proclaimed aircraft carrier killers
This happened as well as the nuclear weapons branch of the chinese communist party's military
The rocket force has begun holding drills to prepare for an alleged possible u.s. Nuclear weapons attack the ccp claims
It has no first use policy when it comes to nuclear weapons and it focuses these drills mainly
On how to conduct rescue operations in the event of a nuclear strike
Now this ties into a bigger picture what's happening in china right now. It is holding wartime
Propaganda for example putting up posters making proclamations and so on warning of a possible war from outside
A big part of these wartime drills in china also include nuclear
preparations because they believe that if there were airstrikes on china in the event of a war
That very quickly it would create a nuclear crisis in the country
This is based on assessment in china that if there were ever airstrikes in the country very quickly
This would mean that the nuclear power plants in the country would be hit and they have many of them
And so any strikes on china would very quickly mean different forms of nuclear fallout
And so it's wartime preparations include things on that. But at the same time the ccp is using this for internal propaganda
At a time when the ccp is under attack at least ideologically from many different areas and as internally within the ccp
They're facing many different forms of crisis
And as microsoft moves to potentially buy chinese social media company Tiktok ahead of its ban
Microsoft's ties to china going back three decades are now being called out
nina
Xiang an expert of chinese technology in the venture capital told fox news that quote microsoft's ties in china is as tight as it gets
In terms of an american company's presence and influence in china
Now the story notes that microsoft gets about 10 percent of its 125 billion dollar annual revenue from china
Although it now claims the revenue from china has fallen to around 2 percent
it also notes that microsoft employs close to 6 000 employees in china where it also complies with the
ccp's requirements on censorship
And following a call between us and chinese representatives on august 24th
The office of the united states trade representative issued a statement
Saying that the ccp agreed to make structural changes to protect intellectual property rights and also agreed to remove systems in china
That impede us businesses in that country in the area specifically of financial services and agriculture
the ccp also agreed to eliminate its policies of forced technology transfer, for example
Where if a tech company goes there the ccp might require them to hand over their source code now the call was made between ambassador
Lighthizer secretary mnuchin and china's vice premier liu he. now the Epoch times has reported previously on the ccp
Method when it comes to the regime making agreements just like this
It has a standard protocol for operations
Which is this as soon as it signs the paper it begins to violate the agreements
It uses agreements like this as in roads
and when it comes to say different administrations working with the ccp and making agreements like this the analysis of the communist party is this
How long will it take these different companies and different administrations
To go and do say analysis on whether the ccp is compliant with the agreements
You're looking at review processes that might take years
And even after the review process is done the response to it might also take years
As far as the ccp is concerned it can start violating agreements like this right away and not face
repercussions of it for at least a few years and when it comes to presidential
Administrations the chinese communist party that might mean a different leader is in place
And so again be wary of things like this because the ccp's common practice is to begin violating agreements like this immediately
When it comes to the ccp's push for vaccine diplomacy
Meanwhile chinese premier li Keqiang said on august 24th that after the vaccine is completed
Several countries will be given priority to have access to it
These will include vietnam afghanistan the philippines and also countries throughout africa
The ccp is still conducting its phase three human trials for the vaccine abroad as we mentioned
The countries where it's doing human tests include saudi arabia. Mexico the united arab emirates
Argentina peru. Morocco and brazil and noted countries that participate in the tests
Will also be given priority four vaccine supplies once it's finished
Now it's important to note here
The total population of priority countries is close to two billion people if we include china in that this is around
3.5 billion people an important point to note is this the chinese communist party does not currently have the ability
to produce this many vaccines
This brings up the question of whether the chinese communist party would choose to either not complete orders on the vaccines
Or whether its companies would cut corners to fill the orders if this is a big part of the ccp's diplomacy
It might be the latter and as we saw happened with the fiasco with mask diplomacy
The chinese communist party has in the past cut corners to fulfill orders like this for diplomatic
Interests, it appears the ccp is making promises to the countries also to win them over
Diplomatically this is to prevent them as well from siding with the united states at this sensitive time for the ccp
Now for the broader stories for today first off the ccp's ambitions to extend belt and road initiative
Into central asia are being held back by construction delays and also being threatened by growing issues with security
In june the ccp launched its plans for a transportation corridor to uzbekistan
That goes through Kyrgyzstan as business news website and telenews reports
However, the program to build a railway has met with quote unending construction delays
the program now relies on freight shipping through kyrgyzstan where
Anti-ccp sentiments are growing and the issues the ccp faces in kyrgyzstan are similar to what the chinese regime is facing in similar projects
Including in tajikistan and balokistan in all of these areas
China is becoming the target of terrorist and nationalist movements that are increasingly viewing the regime as their main enemy
To counter this the ccp has been giving training to local government forces
And also encouraging them to defend china's shipping lines on its behalf, but it's now becoming clear. This may not be enough
Now, where's this all heading? when it comes to the way the chinese communist party is trying to protect its supply chains when it comes
To shipping along this say one belt one road initiative
Its current method when dealing with terrorist organizations and others is to get the local countries to defend its own supply chains
These countries a lot of times however do not want to get involved with terrorist organizations and fighting against them
On behalf of the chinese communist party and so the ccp is now being left with that effort. And what's it going to do?
Well has two options one is send the chinese military in to protect its supply chains
but doing that is sensitive as well because for example, imagine if the chinese military gets in a shootout with different to say
You know radical groups of one kind or another in these countries
well
It's going to look a whole lot like what happened in india along this border dispute where the chinese military killed around 20 indian soldiers
And turned pretty much all of india against the ccp
The chinese communist party risks having different radical organizations terrorist movements or nationalist movements
Uniting against it which is already starting to happen in balokistan
Or the chinese communist party can start training and recruiting say for private security forces
but even then if these are chinese entities
Which they very likely would be it would still reflect on the ccp when it comes to any efforts they made
And the chinese communist party as well risks getting pulled into the anti-terror war when it comes to its efforts in these different areas
And in addition to this the ccp is facing another challenge in its ambitions in central asia, which is the united states
As times of india reports recently adam Boehler, chief executive of the u.s
International development finance corporation went on a tour of qatar pakistan afghanistan norway and bulgaria
Alongside the u.s special representative to afghanistan
Which was a first and note that during the meetings with foreign ministries of five central asian republics as well as taliban
Negotiators in qatar, the u.s reiterated its plans to remain a top financer in the region
And like the ccp the united states is looking to develop ties with uzbekistan
But rather than needing to go through Kyrgyzstan, it's offering to help fund a railway project that would link
uzbekistan through afghanistan to pakistan and to india
And so this brings up a different issue
Which is that when it comes to a lot of different countries
And it comes to their international trade and also what they rely on when it comes to finances to build infrastructure
They have a choice do they side with the united states or do they side with china?
We oftentimes see that as countries move away from the united states to begin moving towards china
And so as the us goes and creates these infrastructure projects and other trade projects
This is fundamental to challenging the ccp in its different ambitions
And also another key part of this is the chinese communist party's persecution of muslim uighurs
And a lot of these countries where the ccp is facing backlash from terrorist organizations
They are seeing the chinese communist party persecuting muslims and they are viewing the ccp as a regime that is against their own interests
It's interesting to note that some countries for example, like iran and also pakistan have taken soft lines or have even defended
the ccp's persecution of uyghurs
But when it comes again to the grassroots level a lot of these organizations are speaking out against the ccp
And some are even uniting against it the chinese communist party risks becoming what the united states used to be
in the eyes of these different terrorist movements
and also another key part of all this
The chinese communist party's debt traps when it comes to its one belt one road initiative is now being exposed
A lot of countries now realize that getting into these debt traps with the ccp
Is a situation where they will lose and the chinese communist party will gain
They understand now by looking at the example in other countries or through their own experiences
then when they default on these loans that they cannot pay back typically through normal means
It means the chinese communist party gains control over the local infrastructure
And they risk over time essentially being subjugated by the chinese communist party many of these countries have seen that happen
There's been a lot of backlash in these countries and they're beginning to cut ties with the ccp on these programs already
As it happens again, what's going to happen?
They're going to lean towards the united states very likely if the u.s is planning different infrastructure projects in those countries
Meanwhile, the ccp is pushing forward with its programs for vaccine diplomacy
But by rushing through with its novel coronavirus vaccine through the approval processes
There are concerns about its safety and also whether it can actually protect people
already, however
The chinese regime is promising early access to the philippines for the vaccine and has made deals to send it to other countries including pakistan
Indonesia and brazil in july, it also announced a one billion dollar loan to different countries in latin America
That would give them access to the vaccine as well. The ccps vaccine is expected to be globally available by the end of december
in china, however
The ccp has already begun to use the vaccine on its own citizens
This includes in some businesses among them century business herald
which was exposed on august 14th to have given the vaccine to its employees and even had them sign a
confidentiality agreement
The 145 dollar cost for the vaccine was covered by the company per person
Dr. Sean Lin
The former lab director of the viral research branch of the walter reed army institute of research
Told the epoch times that the clinical trial phases that this vaccine has gone through in china would have only tested so far
for its basic safety and also basic immunology functions
The third phase would be the one to test whether the vaccine actually protects against the virus
He said this quote the third phase has not started yet and they just pushed forward the vaccine. This is of course
Irresponsible to put it bluntly. This is treating human lives as if they are worth nothing
So what are we seeing here?
The chinese communist party is using vaccine diplomacy in very much the same way that it used say mask diplomacy and ppe diplomacy
Again, this protective gear for the virus. The chinese communist party risks facing the same backlash
They did with ppe when it comes to the vaccine because if the vaccine doesn't work
If countries pay a lot of money billions of dollars possibly to buy the ccp's vaccine or take loans from the ccp
To pay for that vaccine and they see the vaccine doesn't work
This could cause large-scale backlash against the ccp or even worse
For example, if the vaccine is found to have an opposite effect if the vaccine is found to harm the local populations
This will have an even larger backfire against the ccp
The chinese communist party again is pushing forward with handing out this vaccine before it has proven that the vaccine actually works
Which would be the third level of the clinical trials
meanwhile u.s defense secretary mark esper published an opinion piece in the wall street journal
Stating that the pentagon is prepared for threats from the chinese military
And that the united states and its allies are quote ready to defend every front
He emphasized the chinese military
The people's liberation army isn't like the us military which serves the nation and has sworn to protect the constitution
Instead the PLA. It serves the chinese communist party in its foreign operations as well
It's meant only to represent ccp interests. He also detailed the communist party's plans for military modernization
that aimed to complete in 2035 and to make the pla at least in the ccp's goals a world-class force by
2049. He states this quote the communist party's emphasis on indoctrinating
Modernizing and tightening control over the pla shows how china's leaders view the military as central to achieving their objectives
any notes among the ccp's objectives is to reshape the
international order and to also use force to coerce other countries
Yet facing the pla and the ccp's ambitions with it
esper notes that quote these actions from china have spurred the u.s department of defense to mount a
Comprehensive response and to accelerate our implementation of the national defense strategy
He details throughout the article how the united states is preparing to overcome any threats from the ccp
including the defense alliances with other countries programs to help improve the militaries of u s allies and with
Initiatives to help other countries stand up against the ccp
He states this quote unlike communist china the u.s stands for a free and open global system
Where all nations can prosper in accordance with shared values and long-standing rules and norms
And he adds that unlike the us military and the militaries of u.s allies quote
The pla is a loyal tool of the communist party
In the open letter
He urges all countries to examine and consider curtailing their relationships with the pla
And to make sure they're not helping in the ccp with its quote malign agenda towards our collective detriment
And so what are we seeing here?
The united states is talking about forming international alliances and it's warning countries and urging them to break ties with the pla
He is warning different countries about the ccp's goals with its military
And this takes place as well as different countries around the world are starting to become more hostile towards the ccp
And as countries that previously are pretty say neutral like india, for example
Are beginning to take a hard-line stance against the chinese communist party and as that begins to happen
The momentum of this could very likely flip other countries as well. Especially as the ccp becomes more aggressive which they have been
Meanwhile, the democratic party platform had an interesting change in its policies on taiwan as washington times noted in 2016
Going back the dnc's platform stated
It was quote committed to a one china policy
The one china policy again is a ccp's statement claiming that it owns
Taiwan again one china as they say and the new dnc platform. However, this has been changed
They've removed the mention of the one china policy. Everything else is basically the same though
It states still that they support the taiwan relations act that was in 1979
Under which the united states would defend taiwan from an attack by the ccp
And it states that democrats quote will continue to support a peaceful resolution
Of cross-trade issues consistent with the wishes and best interests of the people of taiwan
Now the ccp criticized these changes its foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian
said that taiwan is the most important and sensitive issue between china and the us
Meanwhile, the ccp is taking a militant stance in its stated ambitions to seize Taiwan
It's state-run news outlet global times is now reporting that the united states is getting more involved in taiwanese politics
and said that a quote peaceful reunification
Is unlikely again peaceful reunification in their own words is the phrase they use of taking taiwan through non-military
Means they're saying that's now unlikely
It interviews former deputy secretary general of taiwan's kuomingtang party
Tsai cheng yuan who claims that if the ccp quote decides to deal with the taiwan question
With the armed forces it will resolve quickly
and if there were a conflict with taiwan and the united states over this
He said quote the pla would not allow the failure of a first battle
And so what's happening right now? The chinese communist party ended hong kong's agreement on autonomy
It took the country essentially used its own laws and said you now have to follow the ccp's laws
That effectively ended the agreement the ccp had with hong kong and taiwan is seeing that
And they believe that they could be next and the chinese communist party in its own military doctrine and public statements
Has been saying taiwan could be next. The chinese communist party is talking about taking it by force
There's even different arguments among top level ccp officials about this. the united states
Meanwhile has again been taken a stronger stance to defend Taiwan
Facing these threats and even more importantly what we're seeing now is that the u.s policy on defending taiwan has become a bipartisan
Issue, this is no longer just the trump administration doing it. The democrats are now getting behind it as well
The united states now has a strong policy on both sides of the aisle to defend
Taiwan or the ccp to try to take it by force
We've been hearing a lot of news about the ccp's belt and road initiative when it comes to getting other countries involved in debt traps
And how it uses this program as a diplomatic tool to learn more about this
We spoke recently with daniel wagner author of the chinese vortex the belt and road initiative and its impact on the world
And also the ceo of country risk solutions, he recently returned from africa researching these programs
Let's jump into the interview now great having you back on crossroads
Good to see you again Josh now I know with your work you investigate say
financial risks when it comes to investment in different areas, and I know recently
You just got back from africa
And you were looking into the chinese communist party's one belt one road initiative which spurred you to write this book
And i'm curious what you saw there and in your other research that made you want to write about this
Well china's presence in africa is everywhere you see it
from billboards to
museums to big buildings that they've uh
Purchased and financed but more to the point
I mean one of the things that really spurred me to write this book is that
It's so evident to me and I think it's evident to people like you
That the bri is not what it was supposed to be. It was launched in 2013
It was supposed to be, you know, peace and harmony and not interfering in other countries affairs
And it just didn't turn out to be that way
China has interfered in so many countries affairs in the process of making their investments in the BRI
So the BRI the Belt and road initiative and this is where the chinese communist party is going into these countries offering infrastructure projects
usually doing debt traps and then using it for other means
Now I know that there's a lot of pushback against actually in these countries
We actually don't hear about it as much in the us currently
Which is kind of interesting, but I know in africa and latin america. There's actually a lot of backlash against it
What have you seen with that?
There's a lot of backlash for a couple of reasons
The most important one is that some of these countries which had graduated from highly indebted poor country status are back in that status now
They are heavily indebted to china as a result of accepting tens of billions of dollars of loans
Which both china and the host countries knew they could never repay now
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