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Chinese stocks are falling after [br]Donald Trump wins the US elections.

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Vietnam is ramping up artificial [br]island building in the South China Sea.

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And a Philippine military drill [br]focuses on liberated occupied

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islands–in plain view of the Chinese military!

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That and more on this week’s [br]China news headlines.

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Welcome to China Uncensored, I’m Chris Chappell.

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This episode is sponsored by Incogni.

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Donald Trump will be the next [br]President of the United States.

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So what does the Chinese [br]Communist Party think about this?

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Eh, it doesn’t care.

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At least, that’s the official story.

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The official response to the [br]election results were formulaic.

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Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Mao [br]Ning said “our policy towards the

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US is consistent…we will continue to view and [br]handle China-US relations in accordance with

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the principles of mutual respect, peaceful [br]co-existence and win-win cooperation.”

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Which makes sense. I mean, what else [br]are they going to say? That they wish

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he lost and that he’s a horrible, [br]terrible meanie? They’re not MSNBC .

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Besides, that would probably end about as [br]well as it ultimately did for the Democrats.

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But unofficially, some are [br]telling a different story.

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One philosophy professor at the [br]National Taiwan University said

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that everyone he was speaking with [br]was talking about the election.

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He told Fox News Digital that Trump’s victory [br]is “a worst-case scenario” for Beijing.

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Relations between Washington and [br]the CCP are already strained,

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and Trump has vowed to impose [br]heavier tariffs on China.

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Many of the Trump Administration’s policies [br]towards China remained in place during the

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Biden Administration. Because even “Sleepy [br]Joe” was alert enough to see China’s a threat.

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But this time around, the philosophy professor [br]says, China knows how much such policies will

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hurt, and they will come at a time when [br]China’s domestic economy is not doing well.

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That’s…a bit of an understatement. China’s [br]economy is an absolute dumpster fire on wheels.

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And Canada, the US, and many European [br]countries are already placing tariffs on

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Chinese EV imports and other goods after [br]accusing China of dumping on the market.

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But China doesn’t care that Trump won! [br]Just look at how not-nervous Xi looks.

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We’ll just have to wait and see how it [br]all plays out for China… Or, maybe not!

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Because major US-listed Chinese stocks [br]are already falling after Trump’s win,

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with his tariff promises in the spotlight.

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Shares of Chinese e-commerce giant [br]Alibaba fell by as much as 4.5%,

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while JD.com fell by 7.7% and [br]Bilibili stock fell by 7.8%.

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Call those stocks Tom Petty, [br]cause they’re free fallin’.

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Meanwhile, as the final results [br]of the election started coming in,

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the Hong Seng Index dropped 2.2% and the [br]Shanghai Composite Index fell by 0.1%.

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This may have something to do with the [br]10-20% tariffs across the board that

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Trump has suggested imposing–with [br]60% tariffs on Chinese goods.

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A 60% tariff on Chinese goods could reduce

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Chinese GDP growth by 2.4 percentage [br]points, according to Citi analysts.

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And given that China’s *official* GDP [br]growth numbers are already just barely

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hanging on – with the actual numbers probably far [br]lower – that could be a serious blow to China.

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Of course, those same analysts [br]believe that threat is going to be

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used as a bargaining chip by Trump [br]rather than actually implemented.

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Which makes sense. It’s a gamble.

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You can take the man out of the casinos, [br]but you can’t take the casinos out of the

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man. Especially when his name is on them.[br]Of course, the stock market being the stock

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market, the panic eased up in the days after the [br]election, and several of the stocks rebounded. So

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I guess we’re back to, “we’ll have to wait and [br]see how this all plays out.”A Taiwanese couple

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has been indicted for being paid by the CCP to [br]spread their propaganda and influence elections.

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The couple, a man named Chang Meng-chung and his [br]wife, Hung Wen-ting  were charged with violating

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Taiwan’s Anti-Infiltration Act and election laws [br]by making radio and digital media propaganda for

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Beijing in exchange for $2.32 million, paid [br]out over more than a decade!
Chang and Hung

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are both members of a small political [br]party on the island called the CUPP–the

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China Unification Promotion Party. [br]Which is pretty self-explanatory.

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The party only has about 60,000 members.

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But the indictment is actually [br]pretty significant because Taipei,

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in the past, has struggled to connect [br]Chinese cash payouts to the CUPP.

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Which indicates that the 2020 [br]Anti-Infiltration Act has changed things.

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The Investigation Bureau of Taiwan’s Ministry [br]of Justice said in its statement Monday that

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authorities investigating Chang Meng-chung [br]and his wife searched 24 locations between

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December 2023 and July of this year. [br]The bureau said it seized mobile phones,

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computers, financial records and other evidence.

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According to the prosecutors, China’s Taiwan [br]Affairs Office in Beijing and its branch office

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in Fujian province paid the couple between [br]2011-23. I guess it’s nice to see given the

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state of China’s economy that Beijing is [br]able to offer steady income to somebody.

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And what did they do in exchange?

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Well, allegedly, they promoted candidates [br]favored by Beijing, disparaged Hong Kong

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democracy activists and members of Falun [br]Gong, boasted about China’s military power,

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and urged Taiwan’s troops to surrender [br]in the event of a Chinese invasion.

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So they were shills. I hope China at [br]least gives them some commemorative swag.

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“I sold out my country and [br]all I got was some money,

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a prison sentence, and this poorly made T-shirt.”

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Prosecutors also allege the couple [br]went to mainland China several

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times to provide program summaries and [br]plans for CCP authorities to review.

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China hasn’t commented on the arrest, but [br]Chang says “Taiwan says it’s democratic,

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but it’s not democratic at all. The CUPP [br]has always been championing cross-strait

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reunification, so what I said is the same [br]as what the CUPP has always advocated.”

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True, but when you say it for payments to the tune

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of $2.3 million, it’s just [br]a *little* bit different.

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And after the break, Vietnam and the [br]Philippines are getting tough on China.

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Welcome back.

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Vietnam is taking a harsher stance on [br]Chinese aggression by demanding Beijing

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return detained Vietnamese fishermen [br]and ramping up island-building.

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Vietnam claims that a number [br]of Vietnamese fishermen have

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been detained by China near the Paracel [br]Islands for quote unquote illegal fishing,

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although they haven’t said when these [br]fishermen were detained or how many were taken.

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And last week, the deputy spokesperson for

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Vietnam’s Foreign Affairs Ministry [br]called on China to release them.

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At a news conference on Halloween, he said, [br]“Vietnam resolutely opposes China’s actions,

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and requests China to fully respect [br]Vietnam’s rights over the Paracel Islands,

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release all illegally detained Vietnamese [br]fishermen and vessels, compensate for damage,

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and stop and not repeat the harassment and illegal [br]capture of Vietnamese vessels and fishermen.”

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The disputed Paracel Islands [br]are claimed by Vietnam but

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have been occupied by China since 1974.

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China, of course, disputes [br]Vietnam’s version of events.

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I assume China’s version is, “We — as always [br]— did nothing wrong, quit hating, haters.”

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China and Vietnam have a testy relationship [br]historically, going back to a Chinese invasion

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of its southern neighbor back in 1979 [br]that didn’t end too well for the CCP.

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China had a bad time invading Vietnam? Man, [br]they’ve been copying the US for decades!

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But the CCP might find it much more difficult

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to bully Vietnamese fishermen [br]now than they did in the past.

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Because Vietnam is ramping up [br]construction of artificial islands

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in the South China Sea.

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Analysts are suggesting that this could [br]lead to a militarization of the area,

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with an airfield even being [br]built on the Barque Canada Reef.

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Neither country is commenting [br]much on the issue at this time,

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and it’s likely going to take much [br]longer before Vietnam’s efforts could

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match those of China’s militarized [br]islands in the South China Sea.

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But this could eventually allow Vietnam to counter [br]China’s attempts to claim waters in its territory,

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especially since the CCP has its hands full [br]dealing with Taiwan and the Philippines.

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Man, China is making so many enemies they can’t

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keep track of their enemies. [br]They’re spread thinner than

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Xi’s skin when he sees this image. Seriously, [br]don’t share it. It makes him *real* mad.

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Philippine forces have retaken an island in [br]mock combat right in front of China’s navy.

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This was the first such exercise of [br]its kind and showed off Philippine

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military capabilities as Chinese [br]warships nearby watched on.

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General Romeo Brawner Jr. observed [br]the drills from a frigate and

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underscored how the exercise displayed [br]the readiness of the Philippine forces.

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Brawner told a small group of journalists who were [br]invited to see the exercises that, “We are warning

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our neighbors or whoever or any external forces [br]that we are capable of defending our islands.”

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Brawner has even said that the Chinese [br]ships nearby added realism to the exercise.

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As if Filipino ships hadn’t already had enough [br]realistic encounters with Chinese boats.

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The Philippines and China have been clashing for

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a long time over disputed islands [br]and waters in the South China Sea.

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And the US has repeatedly warned [br]the CCP that it is obligated by

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treaty to defend the Philippines [br]should tensions escalate into war.

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Chinese officials have not [br]commented on this drill,

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but, in the past, they’ve opposed war [br]drills entirely in the South China Sea.

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Unless, of course, the People’s Liberation [br]Army Navy is the one conducting them!

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The head of Myanmar’s military government is

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visiting China for the first [br]time since taking power.

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This is the first time in over three years that [br]Myanmar’s junta chief has traveled to China,

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and he is due to visit the city of Kunming, [br]which is not so far from the Myanmar border,

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for a series of talks and summits [br]on regional economic cooperation,

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according to a report from state-run TV.

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The report said he will also have “meetings with [br]Chinese government officials to discuss ways to

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enhance goodwill, economic and various sectors [br]between the two governments and the people.”

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Because who would know more about [br]improving economies than China?

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Everybody. The answer is everybody.

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Myanmar is in a devastating civil war,and the

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military junta has recently [br]faced a series of losses.

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China’s been backing both sides through different [br]measures, which we’ve covered before on the

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show.Some opposition groups in Myanmar have [br]expressed their concern about China hosting

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the junta chief , since the junta is sanctioned [br]by many Western nations for human rights abuses.

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Not that China would ever listen to [br]concerns about human rights abuses!

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Beijing has been concerned about [br]potential spillovers of the violence

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from both sides and has failed to [br]broker a ceasefire numerous times.

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But now, the CCP wants to make [br]its concerns heard loud and clear,

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including by shutting down borders and [br]cutting electricity to Myanmar towns,

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among other measures. [br]Wow… so Xi does care.

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