China Now

Ep 244 China Now Hour One

Hosts Nan Su & MIchael Olson

News of the Week

• Germany Blames China for Laser Attack on Aircraft in the Middle East
• China Builds up nuke arsenal in direct challenge to US
• Iran Orders Material From China for Hundreds of Ballistic Missiles
• Secret Russian Intelligence Document Shows Deep Suspicion of China
• China will invade Siberia, not Taiwan
• China threatens US Vietnam Trade Deal

Ep 244 China Now Hour Two

Hosts Michael Olson and Nan Su 

"Eat at Mao's"

A look at Mao's catastrophic effort to have China make a great leap forward to eating in common canteens.  

Ep 243 Hour 1 China Now 25.7.3

Local Government’s arbitrary fines
Lithuania’s Defense Chief Praises Philippine To Expose CCP
US Delivers blow to CCP in the Congo
No Safe Harbor:  The Risks of China’s Port Projects in Latin America

 

Ep 243 Hour 2 25.7.3

China Now with Nan Su & Michael Olson

Trump signs trade deal with CCP
Is Chinese President Xi Jinping on his way out?

Ep. 242 China Now Hour 2 25.6.26

China Now: Friend or Foe?  War or Peace?  Hosts Michael Olson and Nan Su

*. US Strikes on Iran send message to Beijing

* As Tehran loses the war, so does China (opinion)

 

Episode 241 China Now Hour 1

Gang of Two Michael Olson & Nan Su 

• says Covid 19 wave on the rise
• Closing China’s Kindergartens

 

• Why 2 Chinese aircraft carriers are operating in the Pacific together for the first time
• US-China Competition in Micronesia heats up

Ep 241 B China Now Hour 2

Gang of Two Nan Su & Michael Olson

• US-China Trade truce leaves military-use rare earth issue unresolved
• CCP AI firms move data in secret to train banned Nvidia chips

• China’s Sodium-ion powered scooters
• CCP entity pushes green energy to advance CCP interests

Ep 240 CN A

Gang of Two Michael Olson & Nan Su

• Another student pathogen smuggler
• Xi and Trump agree to a trade framework
• Xi losing influence in trade talks
• LA Riot funding tied to CCP-friendly millionaire