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China Now: Friend or Foe? War or Peace News and Opinion from The Gang of Three: Michael Olson, Nan Su, David Welch Listen to China Now live every Thursday from 3:00pm to 5:00pm PT on https://santacruzvoice.com
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Friday Feb 07, 2025
Ep. 222 China Now: Making the Round One Phone Call!
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Hour One News of the Week:
USAID $38 Million goes to Wuhan & Ralph Baric
Panama cancels China’ Belt and Road
China Despairs at Trump Tarrifs
China to sue USA tariffs at WTO
China back Hamas re Trump’s takeover of Gaza
Hour 2: Question of the Week:
Who will be the first to pick up the phone and make The Call: Xi Jinping or Donald Trump?

Friday Jan 24, 2025
Ep. 220 China Now - New President
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
HOUR 1: News From Week One of President Donald J Trump
* Xi Calls Trump
* Vance meets with Han Sheng
* Rubio heads for Panama
HOUR 2: To Ban, or not to ban, TikTok

Friday Jan 24, 2025
China Now: Out with the old 2024 and in with the new 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Friday Jan 24, 2025
Gang of Three: Michael Olson, David Welch, Nan Su
HOUR 1: News From The Week
- Private Equity’s Captured Capital
- The CCP’s Multifaceted Assault on US Security and Sovereignty
HOUR 2: Biden’s 2013 Trip to Beijing
Question of the Week: Hunter Biden to Devon Archer: “Joe Biden & Xi Jinping were supposed to spend 2 hrs together, but it stretched to 7 hrs. I think they are in love!” Question: What do you think Joe Biden loved about Xi Jinping? And… What did Xi Jinping love about Joe Biden?”

Friday Jan 10, 2025
Ep. 218 China NOw
Friday Jan 10, 2025
Friday Jan 10, 2025
Gang of Two Nan Su & Michael Olson ask: China Now - Friend or Foe? War or Peace?
*. China cuts the undersea cables of Taiwan and other countries in its "grey war" against the West.
* Xi Jin Ping muzzles lead economist who dared to doubt the CCP's numbers.
* Trump confronts Panama on its Chinese connection.
* Trump "tariffies" the Markets with the possibility of new sanctions.

Friday Dec 20, 2024
Ep. 217 China Now News & Opinions from week of 24.12.19
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Friday Dec 20, 2024
The Gang of Three: Michael Olson, Nan Su and David Welch
with special guest Anders Corr, Principal of Corr Analytics,
Author of Great Powers, Grand Strategies: The New Game in the South China Sea
Writer of Epoch Times Op Ed: “Will the CCP’s Hack of a Presidential Phone Be the Last Straw?
Topics:
* Will Xi Jinping's continued purge of the PLA force him to miss his 2027 date to invade Taiwan?
* Will the CCP's hack of America's cell phones – including that of President-elect Trump – be the last straw?

Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Ep. 216 China Now Radio 24.12.12
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Gang of Three: Nan Su, Michael Olson, David Welch
Guest: Petr Svab, Journalist, Epoch Times
Hour One:
* Xi Jinping and the fall of Syria's Assad
* President-elect Trump invites Xi Jinping to his inauguration?
Hour Two:
* Is the New York Times collaborating with the CCP to de-platform the Shen Yun classical Chinese performing arts company?

Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Ep. 215 A China Now News & Opinion Week Of 24.12.5
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
The Gang of Three present news and opinion from the week of 24.12.5
News:
* Chinese Military Shakeup Reveals CCP Power Crisis
* South Korea Martial Law Spotlights CCP Infiltration
* Chairman Xi gives President Trump "Four No's"

Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Ep. 215B 24.12.5
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Guests:
* Su Yi introduces the Shen Yun interpretive performance of China before the CCP
* Samantha Chen returns home to visit her 97 year-old mother and describes the changes she observed in China's culture and economy