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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.04,0:00:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chinese stocks are falling after \NDonald Trump wins the US elections.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.68,0:00:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vietnam is ramping up artificial \Nisland building in the South China Sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.56,0:00:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a Philippine military drill \Nfocuses on liberated occupied islands
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.17,0:00:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in plain view of the Chinese military!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.24,0:00:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That and more on this week’s \NChina news headlines.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.72,0:00:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to China Uncensored, I’m Chris Chappell.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.92,0:00:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This episode is sponsored by Incogni.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.52,0:00:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You probably know that companies are \Ncollecting your personal data.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.67,0:00:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you may not realize just how many.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.93,0:00:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dozens, maybe \Nhundreds—
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.46,0:00:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of which you’ve never heard of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.62,0:00:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have no idea what they’re \Ndoing with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.72,0:00:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Incogni helps stop them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.20,0:00:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ll explain more at the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.32,0:00:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Donald Trump will be the next \NPresident of the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.00,0:00:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what does the Chinese \NCommunist Party think about this?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.36,0:00:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eh, it doesn’t care.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.40,0:00:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least, that’s the official story.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.16,0:00:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The official response to the \Nelection results were formulaic.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.76,0:00:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Mao \NNing said “
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.17,0:00:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our policy towards the US is consistent
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.75,0:01:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,…we will continue to view and \Nhandle China-US relations
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.44,0:01:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in accordance with the principles of mutual respect
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.26,0:01:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,peaceful \Nco-existence and win-win cooperation.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.28,0:01:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which makes sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.03,0:01:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, what else \Nare they going to say?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.91,0:01:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That they wish he lost and that he’s a horrible, \Nterrible meanie?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.52,0:01:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They’re not MSNBC .
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.80,0:01:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Besides, that would probably end about as \Nwell as it ultimately did for the Democrats.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.56,0:01:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But unofficially, some are \Ntelling a different story.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.68,0:01:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One philosophy professor at the \NNational Taiwan University said
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.88,0:01:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everyone he was speaking with \Nwas talking about the election.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.08,0:01:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told Fox News Digital that Trump’s victory
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.57,0:01:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is “a worst-case scenario” for Beijing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.12,0:01:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Relations between Washington
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.55,0:01:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and \Nthe CCP are already strained,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.68,0:01:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Trump has vowed to impose \Nheavier tariffs on China.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.60,0:01:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of the Trump Administration’s policies
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.65,0:01:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards China remained in place during the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.76,0:01:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Biden Administration.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.86,0:01:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because even “Sleepy \NJoe” was alert enough to see China’s a threat.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.24,0:01:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this time around, the philosophy professor \Nsays,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.53,0:01:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China knows how much such policies will hurt
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.51,0:01:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,, and they will come at a time when \NChina’s domestic economy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.45,0:02:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not doing well.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.12,0:02:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s…a bit of an understatement
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.02,0:02:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. China’s \Neconomy is an absolute dumpster fire on wheels.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.52,0:02:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Canada, the US, and many European \Ncountries
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.04,0:02:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are already placing tariffs on
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.84,0:02:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chinese EV imports
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.07,0:02:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other goods after \Naccusing China of dumping on the market.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.28,0:02:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But China doesn’t care that Trump won!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.45,0:02:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just look at how not-nervous Xi looks.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.32,0:02:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’ll just have to wait and see how it \Nall plays out for China…
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.32,0:02:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, maybe not!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.36,0:02:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because major US-listed Chinese stocks
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.83,0:02:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are already falling after Trump’s win,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.64,0:02:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with his tariff promises in the spotlight.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.96,0:02:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shares of Chinese e-commerce giant \NAlibaba fell by as much as 4.5%,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.96,0:02:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while JD.com fell by 7.7% and \NBilibili stock fell by 7.8%.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.44,0:02:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Call those stocks Tom Petty,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.94,0:02:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cause they’re free fallin’.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.12,0:02:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, as the final results \Nof the election started coming in,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.80,0:02:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Hong Seng Index dropped 2.2%
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.62,0:02:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the \NShanghai Composite Index fell by 0.1%.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.12,0:03:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This may have something to do with the \N10-20% tariffs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.10,0:03:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the board that Trump has suggested imposing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.40,0:03:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with \N60% tariffs on Chinese goods.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.40,0:03:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A 60% tariff on Chinese goods could reduce
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.68,0:03:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chinese GDP growth by 2.4 percentage \Npoints
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.66,0:03:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,, according to Citi analysts.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.60,0:03:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And given that China’s {\i1}official{\i0} GDP \Ngrowth numbers are already just barely hanging on
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.75,0:03:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the actual numbers probably far \Nlower –
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.14,0:03:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could be a serious blow to China.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.68,0:03:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, those same analysts \Nbelieve that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.07,0:03:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,threat is going to be used as a bargaining chip
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.50,0:03:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Trump \Nrather than actually implemented.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.24,0:03:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which makes sense. It’s a gamble.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.80,0:03:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can take the man out of the casinos,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.80,0:03:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you can’t take the casinos out of the man
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.98,0:03:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. Especially when his name is on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.50,0:03:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, the stock market being the stock market
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.70,0:03:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,, the panic eased up in the days after the \Nelection,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.70,0:03:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and several of the stocks rebounded.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.68,0:03:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I guess we’re back to, “
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.61,0:03:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we’ll have to wait and \Nsee how this all plays out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.59,0:03:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,”A Taiwanese couple has been indicted
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.58,0:03:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for being paid by the CCP
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.40,0:03:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to \Nspread their propaganda and influence elections.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.68,0:03:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The couple, [a man named Chang Meng-chung and his \Nwife, Hung Wen-ting ] were charged with violating
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.44,0:04:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taiwan’s Anti-Infiltration Act and election laws
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.37,0:04:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by making radio and digital media propaganda for Beijing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.07,0:04:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in exchange for $2.32 million, paid \Nout over more than a decade!
Chang and Hung
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.00,0:04:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are both members of a small political \Nparty on the island called the CUPP–the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.20,0:04:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China Unification Promotion Party. \NWhich is pretty self-explanatory.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.56,0:04:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The party only has about 60,000 members.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.20,0:04:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the indictment is actually \Npretty significant because Taipei,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.88,0:04:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the past, has struggled to connect \NChinese cash payouts to the CUPP.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.36,0:04:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which indicates that the 2020 \NAnti-Infiltration Act has changed things.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.16,0:04:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Investigation Bureau of Taiwan’s Ministry \Nof Justice said in its statement Monday that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.56,0:04:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,authorities investigating Chang Meng-chung \Nand his wife searched 24 locations between
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.60,0:04:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,December 2023 and July of this year. \NThe bureau said it seized mobile phones,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.80,0:04:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,computers, financial records and other evidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.28,0:04:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the prosecutors, China’s Taiwan \NAffairs Office in Beijing and its branch office
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.28,0:05:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Fujian province paid the couple between \N2011-23. I guess it’s nice to see given the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.32,0:05:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,state of China’s economy that Beijing is \Nable to offer steady income to somebody.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.08,0:05:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what did they do in exchange?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.28,0:05:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, allegedly, they promoted candidates \Nfavored by Beijing, disparaged Hong Kong
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.72,0:05:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,democracy activists and members of Falun \NGong, boasted about China’s military power,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.08,0:05:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and urged Taiwan’s troops to surrender \Nin the event of a Chinese invasion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.68,0:05:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they were shills. I hope China at \Nleast gives them some commemorative swag.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.92,0:05:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I sold out my country and \Nall I got was some money,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.52,0:05:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a prison sentence, and this poorly made T-shirt.”
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.32,0:05:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prosecutors also allege the couple \Nwent to mainland China several
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.72,0:05:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,times to provide program summaries and \Nplans for CCP authorities to review.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.96,0:05:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China hasn’t commented on the arrest, but \NChang says “Taiwan says it’s democratic,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.04,0:05:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it’s not democratic at all. The CUPP \Nhas always been championing cross-strait
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.04,0:05:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reunification, so what I said is the same \Nas what the CUPP has always advocated.”
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.48,0:06:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True, but when you say it for payments to the tune
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.28,0:06:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of $2.3 million, it’s just \Na {\i1}little{\i0} bit different.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.08,0:06:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after the break, Vietnam and the \NPhilippines are getting tough on China.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.24,0:06:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome back.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.48,0:06:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vietnam is taking a harsher stance on \NChinese aggression by demanding Beijing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.32,0:06:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,return detained Vietnamese fishermen \Nand ramping up island-building.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.76,0:06:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vietnam claims that a number \Nof Vietnamese fishermen have
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.20,0:06:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been detained by China near the Paracel \NIslands for quote unquote illegal fishing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.20,0:06:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although they haven’t said when these \Nfishermen were detained or how many were taken.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.68,0:06:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And last week, the deputy spokesperson for
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.36,0:06:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vietnam’s Foreign Affairs Ministry \Ncalled on China to release them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.04,0:06:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At a news conference on Halloween, he said, \N“Vietnam resolutely opposes China’s actions,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.28,0:06:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and requests China to fully respect \NVietnam’s rights over the Paracel Islands,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.56,0:06:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,release all illegally detained Vietnamese \Nfishermen and vessels, compensate for damage,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.64,0:06:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stop and not repeat the harassment and illegal \Ncapture of Vietnamese vessels and fishermen.”
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.32,0:06:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The disputed Paracel Islands \Nare claimed by Vietnam but
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.72,0:07:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been occupied by China since 1974.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.52,0:07:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China, of course, disputes \NVietnam’s version of events.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.80,0:07:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I assume China’s version is, “We — as always \N— did nothing wrong, quit hating, haters.”
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.20,0:07:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China and Vietnam have a testy relationship \Nhistorically, going back to a Chinese invasion
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.76,0:07:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of its southern neighbor back in 1979 \Nthat didn’t end too well for the CCP.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.96,0:07:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China had a bad time invading Vietnam? Man, \Nthey’ve been copying the US for decades!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.12,0:07:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the CCP might find it much more difficult
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.16,0:07:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bully Vietnamese fishermen \Nnow than they did in the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.08,0:07:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Vietnam is ramping up \Nconstruction of artificial islands
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.40,0:07:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the South China Sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.32,0:07:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Analysts are suggesting that this could \Nlead to a militarization of the area,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.76,0:07:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an airfield even being \Nbuilt on the Barque Canada Reef.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.32,0:07:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neither country is commenting \Nmuch on the issue at this time,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.12,0:07:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it’s likely going to take much \Nlonger before Vietnam’s efforts could
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.04,0:07:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,match those of China’s militarized \Nislands in the South China Sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.00,0:07:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this could eventually allow Vietnam to counter \NChina’s attempts to claim waters in its territory,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.56,0:08:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially since the CCP has its hands full \Ndealing with Taiwan and the Philippines.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.68,0:08:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man, China is making so many enemies they can’t
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.52,0:08:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep track of their enemies. \NThey’re spread thinner than
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.44,0:08:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Xi’s skin when he sees this image. Seriously, \Ndon’t share it. It makes him {\i1}real{\i0} mad.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.32,0:08:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Philippine forces have retaken an island in \Nmock combat right in front of China’s navy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.44,0:08:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the first such exercise of \Nits kind and showed off Philippine
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.56,0:08:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,military capabilities as Chinese \Nwarships nearby watched on.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.68,0:08:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,General Romeo Brawner Jr. observed \Nthe drills from a frigate and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.88,0:08:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,underscored how the exercise displayed \Nthe readiness of the Philippine forces.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.84,0:08:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brawner told a small group of journalists who were \Ninvited to see the exercises that, “We are warning
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.24,0:08:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our neighbors or whoever or any external forces \Nthat we are capable of defending our islands.”
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.76,0:08:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brawner has even said that the Chinese \Nships nearby added realism to the exercise.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.20,0:08:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As if Filipino ships hadn’t already had enough \Nrealistic encounters with Chinese boats.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.12,0:08:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Philippines and China have been clashing for
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.76,0:08:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a long time over disputed islands \Nand waters in the South China Sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.08,0:09:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the US has repeatedly warned \Nthe CCP that it is obligated by
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.92,0:09:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,treaty to defend the Philippines \Nshould tensions escalate into war.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.48,0:09:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chinese officials have not \Ncommented on this drill,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.44,0:09:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, in the past, they’ve opposed war \Ndrills entirely in the South China Sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.52,0:09:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unless, of course, the People’s Liberation \NArmy Navy is the one conducting them!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.76,0:09:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The head of Myanmar’s military government is
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.00,0:09:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visiting China for the first \Ntime since taking power.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.12,0:09:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the first time in over three years that \NMyanmar’s junta chief has traveled to China,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.92,0:09:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he is due to visit the city of Kunming, \Nwhich is not so far from the Myanmar border,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.44,0:09:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a series of talks and summits \Non regional economic cooperation,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.88,0:09:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to a report from state-run TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.12,0:09:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The report said he will also have “meetings with \NChinese government officials to discuss ways to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.48,0:09:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enhance goodwill, economic and various sectors \Nbetween the two governments and the people.”
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.00,0:09:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because who would know more about \Nimproving economies than China?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.52,0:09:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody. The answer is everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.76,0:09:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Myanmar is in a devastating civil war,and the
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.92,0:10:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,military junta has recently \Nfaced a series of losses.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.64,0:10:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China’s been backing both sides through different \Nmeasures, which we’ve covered before on the
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.68,0:10:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,show.Some opposition groups in Myanmar have \Nexpressed their concern about China hosting
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.12,0:10:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the junta chief , since the junta is sanctioned \Nby many Western nations for human rights abuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.44,0:10:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that China would ever listen to \Nconcerns about human rights abuses!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.12,0:10:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beijing has been concerned about \Npotential spillovers of the violence
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.40,0:10:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from both sides and has failed to \Nbroker a ceasefire numerous times.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.80,0:10:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, the CCP wants to make \Nits concerns heard loud and clear,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.60,0:10:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including by shutting down borders and \Ncutting electricity to Myanmar towns,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.52,0:10:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among other measures. \NWow… so Xi does care.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.36,0:10:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I’ve got a video to show you \Nthat you’re going to love, but first,
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Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.04,0:11:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you off to some random video, check out this video \Nfrom my show Deep Thoughts While Gaming, about
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Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.28,0:11:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once again, I’m Chris Chappell. See you next time.