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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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Thursday May 22, 2025
Ep 237 China Now Hour 1 25.5.22
Thursday May 22, 2025
Thursday May 22, 2025
China Now Hour One with Gang of Two Nan Su and Michael Olson
- CCP embedded communication control devices in USA solar systems
- Pentagon pivots to the Indo Pacific
- Parents rebel against CCP private school closings
- China’s Municipal Bonds turn into worthless pape
- CCP State Department lists domestic threats
- CCP monitoring 70 million Instagram users

Friday May 16, 2025
Ep 236 B China Now Hour 2 - Trump's Tariff Cease Fire
Friday May 16, 2025
Friday May 16, 2025
China Now Gang of Two Nan Su & Michael Olson
Trump & Xi Agree to a Tariff Cease Fire
USA and China made a cease fire deal on tariffs. According to many in the mainstream press, and the CCP press, Trump caved in the tariff negotiations and let the CCP off the hook…. and so we ask:
Did President Donald J. Trump let Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party off the tariff hook?
- If he did, why did he?
- If he didn’t, why is the CCP and US press touting the fact that he did?

Friday May 16, 2025
Ep 236 Hour 1: China Now News of the Week
Friday May 16, 2025
Friday May 16, 2025
Gang of Two - Nan Su & Michael Olson News of the Week
- CCP goes to school at Stanford
- Xi tells Putin to “Resist” external pressures
- Chinese exporters
- China removes ban on Boeing aircraft
- CCP tries to buy Latin & South American influence
- CCP says fentanyl is "America's problem"

Thursday May 08, 2025
Ep 235 B. Trump's Terrific Tariff Tantrum
Thursday May 08, 2025
Thursday May 08, 2025
China Hour: Friend or Foe - War or Peace?
with Gang of Two - Nan Su & Michael Olson
Beijing not going to kneel down to USA
Tough Talk on Tariffs opening the door to talks?
Despite the denials, China is losing the tariff war!
Bessent to Switzerland for talks to dial it down...

Thursday May 08, 2025
Ep 235 A News from Week. 25.5.8
Thursday May 08, 2025
Thursday May 08, 2025
China Now: Friend or Foe with Michael Olson & Nan Su
News of the Week
Xi Jinping to Moscow for Victory Day
Project Zero: CCP's USA Fentanyl Campaign
House passes Falun Gong Protection Act
CCP is disappearing Russia & China's moon base
Bessent to Switzerland for talks to dial it down

Friday Apr 25, 2025
Ep. 233 China Now – Friend or Foe? War or Peace?
Friday Apr 25, 2025
Friday Apr 25, 2025
Gang of Two Nan Su and Michael Olson
Hour One:
* Teenage Girl “Opens the Boxes” of the CCP’s Private Information marketplac
*. China copies Russian military gear, sells the fakes back to Russia
*. China and Egypt conduct war games
Hour Two:
* Trump's Tariff Tantrum

Saturday Apr 19, 2025
Saturday Apr 19, 2025
* A look at China's history from Mao to Xi
* How the U.S. fell into "Panda Love" with China
* China joins the WTO, and begins taking control of world trade
* Xi Jinping becomes a "Wolf Warrior"
* Trump launches a tariff war on Xi
* Who will win the tariff war?

Saturday Apr 05, 2025
China Now: Friend or Foe? War or Peace
Saturday Apr 05, 2025
Saturday Apr 05, 2025
Gang of Two Nan Su & Michael Olson
In Hour One News of the Week:
- Resolving 3 rumors
- Xi attempts to scuttle Li Ka-shing’s Port deal
- China’s Tofu dreg belt and road
In Hour Two Focus Issue: President Donald Trump changes the name of the People's Republic of China.