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

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

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And a Philippine military drill 
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 
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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You probably know that companies are 
collecting your personal data. But you may not  

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realize just how many. Dozens, maybe 
hundreds—most of which you’ve never  

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heard of. And you have no idea what they’re 
doing with it. Incogni helps stop them.

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I’ll explain more at the end.

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Donald Trump will be the next 
President of the United States.

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So what does the Chinese 
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 
election results were formulaic. 

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Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Mao 
Ning said “our policy towards the  

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

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

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

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

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

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But unofficially, some are 
telling a different story.

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One philosophy professor at the 
National Taiwan University said  

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that everyone he was speaking with 
was talking about the election. 

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

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Relations between Washington and 
the CCP are already strained,

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and Trump has vowed to impose 
heavier tariffs on China.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Because major US-listed Chinese stocks 
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 
Alibaba fell by as much as 4.5%,  

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

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

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Meanwhile, as the final results 
of the election started coming in,  

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

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

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Trump has suggested imposing–with 
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 
points, according to Citi analysts. 

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

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

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

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used as a bargaining chip by Trump 
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, 
but you can’t take the casinos out of the  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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China Unification Promotion Party. 
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 
pretty significant because Taipei,  

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

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

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

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

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December 2023 and July of this year. 
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 
Affairs Office in Beijing and its branch office  

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

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state of China’s economy that Beijing is 
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 
favored by Beijing, disparaged Hong Kong  

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

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

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

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“I sold out my country and 
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 
went to mainland China several  

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

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

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

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reunification, so what I said is the same 
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 
a *little* bit different.

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

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Welcome back.  

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

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return detained Vietnamese fishermen 
and ramping up island-building. 

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Vietnam claims that a number 
of Vietnamese fishermen have  

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

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although they haven’t said when these 
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 
called on China to release them. 

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

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

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

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

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The disputed Paracel Islands 
are claimed by Vietnam but  

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have been occupied by China since 1974. 

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China, of course, disputes 
Vietnam’s version of events.

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

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

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

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China had a bad time invading Vietnam? Man, 
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 
now than they did in the past.

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Because Vietnam is ramping up 
construction of artificial islands

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 in the South China Sea.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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especially since the CCP has its hands full 
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. 
They’re spread thinner than

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

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

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

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military capabilities as Chinese 
warships nearby watched on.

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

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underscored how the exercise displayed 
the readiness of the Philippine forces. 

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

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

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

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As if Filipino ships hadn’t already had enough 
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 
and waters in the South China Sea.

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

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treaty to defend the Philippines 
should tensions escalate into war.

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Chinese officials have not 
commented on this drill,  

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

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Unless, of course, the People’s Liberation 
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 
time since taking power. 

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

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

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for a series of talks and summits 
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 
Chinese government officials to discuss ways to  

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

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Because who would know more about 
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 
faced a series of losses. 

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

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

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

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

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Beijing has been concerned about 
potential spillovers of the violence  

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

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

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

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among other measures. 
Wow… so Xi does care.

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