Podcasts about cctv

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Psalm 33:13-15From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind; from his dwelling-place he watches all who live on earth – he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do. During the Covid-19 lockdown it occurred to me just how easy it is to assume that something is pointless if no-one else ever sees it. Why bother doing the washing up/cleaning the flat/getting dressed in the morning, if no-one else is even going to notice? When we were largely confined to the house, I found myself wearing things that were previously banished to the back of the wardrobe 'because no-one (outside the family) is going to see me today'!Yet these verses remind us that there IS someone who sees us, even when we feel invisible to the rest of the world. Someone who notices everything that we think has gone unnoticed.I wonder how you feel about that? Is it an encouragement, that you are not forgotten? Or is it a guilt-inducing rebuke, reminding you of everything you do, say and think that you'd prefer was unseen?How we feel about these verses probably depends on the mental picture that we have of God. Is he the bored TV-watcher, seeing everything but distant from it all, totally unengaged and unconcerned about what is going on?  Or is he the security guard, sat in front of a panel of CCTV screens, constantly on the lookout for evidence of wrong-doing? No! Remember verse 5 ... God is full of unfailing love. Remember verse 12 ... God's people are blessed to have been chosen by him. As he watches us from heaven, he does so as a father who cares for us. Yes, he sees our sin - even the sins of our thoughts and attitudes that we manage to hide from everyone else. But our response to his gaze needn't be to try and bury those things deeper, or hide from him in despair. Instead, we can confess our sins, confident of forgiveness through the blood of Jesus. And we can ask the one who forms our hearts to be at work, remaking our hearts and minds, our attitudes and actions, so that we become more like Jesus. Not just smartening us up on the outside, where others can see it, but transforming us deep within. Let's praise God today that his all-seeing eye is not a threat to hide from, but a wonderful reminder of his grace. And let's confess to him the sins that he already sees, thankful for the death of Jesus that brings us forgiveness.

Police believe that CCTV footage retrieved from the building from where a 17-year-old girl was rescued while bleeding heavily may link her with the abandoned newborn. It is understood she will be summoned for questioning when she is released from hospital. https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/11/27/police-investigate-after-newborn-baby-found-pattaya/ News Desk report from Pattaya.

- Trong một tiết lộ mới đây với Đài Truyền hình Trung ương Trung Quốc (CCTV), ông Ngô Vĩ Nhân (Wu Weiren), kiến trúc sư trưởng của Chương trình thám hiểm Mặt Trăng cho biết, vào khoảng năm 2028, trạm nghiên cứu khoa học trên Mặt Trăng sẽ cơ bản định hình và sẽ trở thành căn cứ tiền duyên khám phá không gian sâu của nước này. Tác giả : Bích Thuận/VOV Bắc Kinh Chủ đề : trung quốc, xây dựng, mặt trăng --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vov1tintuc/support

State secret police have been accused of abducting and killing civilians on the street of Iran, a country where hundreds of people have died and violence continues to escalate during protests which have been raging for 10 weeks. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Victoria Elms and Sanya Burgess from Sky News' digital investigations team which has carried out a special investigation into CCTV footage of a murder, carried out in broad daylight, seemingly by Iran's feared secret police. Plus, Iranian historian Ali Ansari on the government's plan to spread terror in the population to consolidate its own control.Podcast producer- Rosie Gillott Junior podcast producer – Jada-Kai Meosa John Interviews producer – Alys Bowen Digital producer - David Chipakupaku Editor - Philly Beaumont

Selamat datang di podcast horor RRD. Pada episode kali ini kami akan menceritakan kejadian-kejadian seram yang terekam oleh CCTV di Indonesia. Nah kayak apa sih bentukan dan memangnya bener bisa terlihat penampakan ya? Penasaran dengan detil ceritanya? Simak episode ini sampe habis dan jangan lupa pasang headset/earphone kalian. Selamat mendengarkan! Buat teman-teman yang ingin memberikan komentar, saran, kritik, dan juga menyumbangkan cerita pengalaman kalian dapat dibacakan di podcast kami, bisa kirim melalui media di bawah ini: Email: rasarasanyadigangguin@gmail.com, Twitter: @rrdelusi, Instagram: @rrdelusi_ Youtube: @RRDelusi Trakteer: trakteer.id/rrdelusi #podcasthorror #malamjumat #ceritahorror #rasarasanyadigangguin

18-year-old Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez set out on a trip across Australia in late 2018. Looking for adventure, he backpacked all over the continent before ending up in Byron Bay, a small town on Australia's Eastern tip, in late May 2019. After not hearing from him for days, Theo's mother gets worried and discovered that he actually hadn't been seen since the night of May 31- when he got kicked out of a bar for being intoxicated and walked out of view of the establishment's CCTV camera. After an investigation is launched into his whereabouts, his Google account provides vital GPS tracking data from his phone the night he disappeared and paints an exact route of his whereabouts after leaving the bar. However, the route he takes (and the final destination he has) leads to more questions than answers and tons of theories about what happened that night. Was he met with foul play? Did he die by misadventure? Or is there another explanation? This is the story of a young man who disappeared leaving behind a digital trail, a ton of questions and a grieving family looking for answers.FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: @crimefamilypodcastTwitter: @crimefamilypod1Facebook: Crime Family PodcastEmail: crimefamilypodcast@gmail.comBecome a patron here:https://www.patreon.com/CrimefamilypodcastGet your Crime Family Merch here: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/123775076EPISODE RESOURCES:SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: "What Really Happened to Backpacker Theo Hayez?" (60 Minutes Australia):https://youtu.be/FKsR6rxxk60"Family's Worst Fears Confirmed in Theo Hayex Mystery" (Sydney Morning Herald):https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/family-s-worst-fears-confirmed-in-theo-hayez-mystery-20221021-p5brop.htmlMissing backpacker Theo Hayez: Former homicide detective has dark theory about Byron Bay disappearance (New Zealand Herald):https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/missing-backpacker-theo-hayez-former-homicide-detective-has-dark-theory/AHAMFNHUIRFNDCOQT5IOS2N37M/Issue in search for missing backpacker Theo Hayez revealed at inquest (News.com.au):https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/issue-in-search-for-missing-backpacker-theo-hayez-revealed-at-inquest/news-story/34cd0e673f113d4811bf724a73e9ca95Support the show

Vidéo troublante en circulation concernant la perquisition chez Wayne Attock : « mo pa okouran du tout de l'existence de cette vidéo, », indique l'inspecteur Coothen qui invite son épouse à loger une plainte auprès des instances concernées Lors d'une conférence de presse hier, l'épouse de Wayne IndianoAttock, a montré des images d'une caméra CCTV qui démontreraient selon elle,que de la drogue aurait été plantée à son domicile par des policiers.Wayne IndianoAttock avait été arrêté la semaine dernière après la découverte et saisie d'héroïne à son domicile à Baie-du-Tombeau.Sollicité pour une réaction, leresponsable du Police Press Office, l'inspecteur Shiva Coothen dit ne pas être au courant de l'existence de cette vidéo, en circulation sur les réseaux sociaux. Cedernier, invite la plaignante à faire une déclaration aux Casernes Centrales à ce sujet, et d'y déposer une copie de la vidéo ou de consigner une plainte à l'Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

Season 5 - Episode 40: Scary Fairies Hello – Hello friends. Thanks for joining us once again, can you believe we're streaking towards a year's worth of podcasts?! Well here she bloody well is – It's our lovely Linda. This week, Linda's been job searching – and there's some right cruel buggers out there who aren't even getting back to her! Anyway – we're thinking of ways to make her CV stand out… any ideas? You lot won't believe what story Ruth had for me this week… She's only gone and got herself a ‘boyfriend.' Ruth says she was introduced to him at church. I almost believed it – but when she told me his last name, I knew it was a load of showaddywaddy!! I also hear from the staff at Scarborough Spa whilst I'm on tour – and they've got tons of supernatural stories to keep us spooked out for years! Front of house, Margot, tells us all about how the ghosts are felt through the cold breezes – and how a door was caught moving on CCTV during lockdown! Oh what a treat I have for you lot! Karen Kay, mermaid, and fairy whisperer, joins us. Karen tells us all about how the creatures get FAIRY bad press, explains how we all have mermaid DNA, and gives us a magical blessing from the fairies… And that's not it people! We've got a ghost story centred around an Alexa, more from physic barbers, and of course another edition of Barry's ASMR… Fading… Fading now… Thanks to: Katherine Boyle and Sally-Ann Hayward My Neighbour, Barry from Watford Karen Kay Margot Walker, Jacob and Abbey from Scarborough Spa Podcast producer, Laurie Peters, at Peters-Fox ----- Clinton Baptiste appears courtesy of Goodnight Vienna Productions -----     By signing up to www.patreon.com/clintonbaptiste you hear this podcast ad-free each week, that's ONE WHOLE WEEK before anyone else - and a whole lot MORE including access to my CLINTON BAPTISTE TV™ SHOW every single month!     Remember to send in your own DECENT spooky story by calling my spooky story hotline on 01892 711198 - and leave a message or email me clinton@clintonbaptiste.com     TO SEE CLINTON AND RAMONE LIVE ON TOUR ALL OVER THE UK FROM SEPT- DEC 2022 go to https://www.clintonbaptiste.com/live  Get your own Clinton ringtones, LIVE video recordings and more on kofi https://ko-fi.com/clintonbaptiste/shop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

◎ 뉴스퀵 1. 尹 "양국관계 도약 적기" 빈 살만 "韓과 협력 획기적 강화"2. 빈 살만 만나러 그룹 총수 총출동…"40조 원 투자협약"3. 올해 수능, 작년 '불수능'보다 평이…"변별력은 여전"4. “수능 영어듣기 안 들릴라” 착륙 안하고 빙글빙글 돈 비행기들5. 북 외무상 담화 직후 미사일 도발…한미 미사일 방어훈련6. 유동규 "정진상 보호하려 CCTV 없는 계단으로 돈 전달"7. 경기지역서도 육용종계 농장서 잇따라 조류인플루엔자 검출8. 16일 만에 행안부·서울시 압수수색‥'윗선' 수사 착수9. '정인이 후원금' 모으고 잠적한 유튜버 검찰 송치10. 금투세 도입 시기 공방… 증권계 “내년 도입 땐 시장 악영향”11. 경기 광역버스 입석 금지‥출근길 불편 예상 ☞ 박성용 시사평론가ART19 개인정보 정책 및 캘리포니아주의 개인정보 통지는 https://art19.com/privacy & https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info 에서 확인하실 수 있습니다.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darkness Radio presents Supernatural News/Parashare: Million-Airs Club Winner Edition w/ Beer City Bruiser! Feel that chill in the air, it gives ya shivers, doesn't it? So will this week's stories! Cruiser and Bruiser have gathered these Supernatural stories from around the world this week just for you! This week, A Bermuda Triangle film crew discovers a piece of the Space Shuttle, Challenger! A Ufo researcher has two Nevada homes raided by the FBI over Area 51 information, A CCTV camera films a ghost that looks like... a clown! And, an 800 year old church in England is hiding a rather rude effigy...    Darkness Radio hit a million downloads on Audioboom just in the period between 6/15-10/15/22! To celebrate, we are giving away a "One in a Million" prize pack and you can become a member of the Darkness Radio Million-Airs Club!  Several winners will get 2nd prizes, but only one person will win the grand prize pack!  Today is the day that we are drawing for the grand prize winner on-air!  We will draw the 2nd prizes off-air and announce all winners on our social media and on our website, http://www.darknessradioshow.com Find out where Beer City Bruiser is holding his breath and needlepointing near you: https://twitter.com/bcbwinchester #paranormal  #supernatural  #metaphysical  #paranormalpodcasts  #darknessradio  #timdennis #beecitybruiser #ringofhonorwrestling #supernaturalnews  #parashare  #ghosts  #spirits  #spectres #hauntings #hauntedhouses #haunteddolls #demons #deliverances #exorcisms #angels #guardianangels #spiritguides #Psychics #mediums #tarot  #ouija  #Aliens  #UFO #UAP #Extraterrestrials #alienhumanhybrid #alienabduction #alienimplant #Alienspaceships #projectbluebook #disclosure #shadowpeople #AATIP #DIA #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #bigfoot #sasquatch #yeti  #abominablesnowman #ogopogo #lochnessmonster #chupacabra #beastofbrayroad #mothman #Artificiallife #artificialintelligence #AI #space-X #NASA #ISS  #Satanists #thechurchofsatan #TheSatanicTemple  #CIA #FBI #conspiracytheory #zombies #neardeatheexperience #quantumuniverse #multiverse #mandelaeffect 

Darkness Radio presents Supernatural News/Parashare: Million-Airs Club Winner Edition w/ Beer City Bruiser! Feel that chill in the air, it gives ya shivers, doesn't it? So will this week's stories! Cruiser and Bruiser have gathered these Supernatural stories from around the world this week just for you! This week, A Bermuda Triangle film crew discovers a piece of the Space Shuttle, Challenger! A Ufo researcher has two Nevada homes raided by the FBI over Area 51 information, A CCTV camera films a ghost that looks like... a clown! And, an 800 year old church in England is hiding a rather rude effigy...    Darkness Radio hit a million downloads on Audioboom just in the period between 6/15-10/15/22! To celebrate, we are giving away a "One in a Million" prize pack and you can become a member of the Darkness Radio Million-Airs Club!  Several winners will get 2nd prizes, but only one person will win the grand prize pack!  Today is the day that we are drawing for the grand prize winner on-air!  We will draw the 2nd prizes off-air and announce all winners on our social media and on our website, http://www.darknessradioshow.com Find out where Beer City Bruiser is holding his breath and needlepointing near you: https://twitter.com/bcbwinchester #paranormal  #supernatural  #metaphysical  #paranormalpodcasts  #darknessradio  #timdennis #beecitybruiser #ringofhonorwrestling #supernaturalnews  #parashare  #ghosts  #spirits  #spectres #hauntings #hauntedhouses #haunteddolls #demons #deliverances #exorcisms #angels #guardianangels #spiritguides #Psychics #mediums #tarot  #ouija  #Aliens  #UFO #UAP #Extraterrestrials #alienhumanhybrid #alienabduction #alienimplant #Alienspaceships #projectbluebook #disclosure #shadowpeople #AATIP #DIA #Cryptids #Cryptozoology #bigfoot #sasquatch #yeti  #abominablesnowman #ogopogo #lochnessmonster #chupacabra #beastofbrayroad #mothman #Artificiallife #artificialintelligence #AI #space-X #NASA #ISS  #Satanists #thechurchofsatan #TheSatanicTemple  #CIA #FBI #conspiracytheory #zombies #neardeatheexperience #quantumuniverse #multiverse #mandelaeffect 

Police are trying to identify a couple seen near Bexley park around the time a man walking his dog was stabbed multiple times. The man's family found him conscious but critically wounded at the Christchurch Park yesterday morning after the dog returned to the house without him, prompting them to go searching. He had set off with the dog at around 4:45am for their walk. Yesterday police asked anyone with CCTV or dashcam from the area, from 4am onwards, to check their footage. Detective Inspector Nicola Reeves told Checkpoint a couple were walking near the entrance to the park, they heard raised voices, looked over and saw a man attacking another man.  Reeves said they saw the man get into a small white car, which left on Pages Rd.  The man was wearing hi-vis clothing.  "Obviously, the time of the morning it is a little bit dark but there is lighting around the entrance to the reserve... It looks to them like a bit of a fight. They can't see a weapon." Reeves said the woman who was seen accompanying the attacker is described as a "possibly Māori or Pasifika descent, solid build, around 176cm... with long dark hair."  Distinctively, Reeves said, the woman is wearing long white clothing - maybe a dress.  She said the witnesses did not realise the seriousness of what they saw. They called police early on, but not immediately, Reeves said. 

A deal has been signed between France and Britain in a bid to reduce the number of asylum seekers crossing the Channel to Kent in small boats. For the first time, British officers will work in control rooms in France. There will also be extra patrols of beaches, more CCTV and sniffer dogs used around ports. Hear from Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Kay Marsh who's from Dover based charity Samphire and doesn't think the measures will solve the issue. Also in today's podcast, a man's been charged with two counts of attempted murder after two men were hit by a car in Maidstone town centre. They were both taken to hospital and one's in a serious condition after the collision. Warm banks are being opened across the county as some of us struggle with the cost of living. The rising costs of energy and food have left some in Kent saying they're in a desperate situation. Our colleagues from KMTV have been to a cafe in Dover that's extended its opening hours so people can stay warm. We've also got reaction from Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay who says government support is enough. Kent County Council have written to the government warning they could go bankrupt within the next couple of years, unless they get more financial support. Their budget is apparently at "breaking point". Firefighters have spent the weekend dealing with a huge blaze at a farm near Rochester. Hear from Keith Loveridge who owns the land and says the blaze could affect their livestock this winter. The owners of a pub near Ashford have come under fire because of one of their signs. The Tiger Inn's new illuminated sign faces onto neighbouring properties - with some complaining the brightness shines into their living rooms and bedrooms. Lucy Hickmott has been reading a statement from the pub's owner. In sport, and after beating premier league side Brentford in the Carabao Cup - Gillingham crashed back down to earth at the weekend. They were beaten 2-0 by Northampton Town at Priestfield on Saturday - we've got reaction from manager Neil Harris. Gymnast Giarnni Regini-Moran has been chatting about his success at the recent World Championships and how he's hoping to inspire the next generation. And, Sam Billings says he's going to focus on playing for Kent next season, after chosing not to take part in the Indian Premier League.

Democratic Demolition Derby - Path to ExtinctionWebsite: http://www.battle4freedom.comNetwork: https://www.mojo50.comStreaming: https://www.rumble.com/c/Battle4FreedomStreaming LIVE @ https://rumble.com/v1ucafc-battle4freedom-2022-democratic-demolition-derby-path-to-extinction.htmlhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11423789/Miami-Beach-hotel-hosted-Beatles-1960s-heyday-imploded-Sunday.htmlMiami Beach hotel where the Beatles performed for the Ed Sullivan show - and which hosted President John F. Kennedy and Frank Sinatra during its 1960s heyday - is demolished after falling into disrepairhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11357439/THOUSANDS-Americans-stalkware-planted-Android-devices.htmlTHOUSANDS of Americans have had 'stalkware' planted on their Android devices - with millions of messages, call logs and passwords being trackedhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11408365/Apple-watching-Tech-giant-collects-data-users-built-apps-study-reveals.htmlApple IS watching you! Tech giant collects data about users from its own pre-installed apps - including what stocks you watch - even when your iPhone says it isn't, study revealshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11424877/Elon-Musk-mocks-Senator-Twitter-account-impersonated-saying-real-account-sounds-like-parody.htmlElon Musk mocks Senator after his Twitter account was impersonated saying his 'real account sounds like a parody': Democrat Ed Markey fires back, warning him 'Fix your companies. Or Congress will'https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11425225/Moment-female-bomber-arrested-Turkish-police-CCTV-showed-suspect-fleeing.htmlMoment 'female bomber' is arrested by Turkish police after CCTV 'showed suspect fleeing the scene' following explosion that killed six including a little girl and her fatherhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11424841/Armed-dangerous-suspect-large-shooting-University-Virginia-campus.htmlThree people are killed and two injured after student, 22, started shooting on University of Virginia campus before going on the run: Police warn locals to shelter in place as they hunt for 'armed and dangerous' gunmanTRUMP TROJANhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11424705/The-presidents-words-reckless-decided-problem-Pence-tears-Trump.html'His words were reckless… he decided to be part of the problem': Mike Pence tears into Trump for 'endangering me, my family and everyone there' by tweeting as supporters ransacked the Capitol on January 6https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11421249/Candace-Owens-latest-high-profile-backer-jump-Trump-train.html'Trump needs to take a good look in the mirror': Now former Trump supporter Candace Owens turns on him - and tells former president to stop attacking Ron DeSantis, says 'he's too old' and reveals he was 'rude' to herhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11423865/Out-control-Tesla-speeds-Chinese-streets-killing-two-people-injuring-three-others.htmlOut of control Tesla speeds through Chinese streets, killing two people and injuring three others: Family member of driver, 55, says he had issues with brake pedal - but Tesla vows to find out the 'truth'https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11413339/Donuts-chips-pizza-redefined-DRUGS-scientist-say.htmlEXCLUSIVE: Donuts, cereal and pizza should be redefined as DRUGS: Scientists say highly processed foods are just as addictive and harmful as CIGARETTEShttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11402991/Children-young-THREE-watch-violent-TV-worse-secondary-school-study-warns.htmlChildren as young as THREE who watch violent TV do worse at secondary school, study warnshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11376797/Planet-killer-asteroid-spotted-lurking-inner-Solar-System.html'Planet killer' asteroid measuring almost one MILE wide is spotted lurking in the inner Solar System – and could hit Earth one day, scientists warn

Lavelle R. Felton, nicknamed “Velle” and “Romie” (pronunciation unknown) by both family and future teammates, was a driven and athletically gifted young man from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His passion for basketball and dedication to fatherhood were cut short by an unsolved murder in the summer of 2009, leaving all who knew him across international basketball leagues and the entirety of his hometown Milwaukee at large grasping for answers in a sea of mysteries that drowned us all in doubt…As a hope to provide more substantial reasoning built upon observable evidence and situational analysis, this is an examination of the death of Lavelle Felton in downtown Milwaukee and the unsettling CCTV footage showcasing his killer, who has yet to be caught to this very day.

Since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, FRONTLINE and the Associated Press have been investigating mounting evidence of war crimes. The two organizations' recent documentary, Putin's Attack on Ukraine: Documenting War Crimes, found that in many instances the violence was far from random. AP Global Investigative Reporter Erika Kinetz, the documentary's correspondent, joins The FRONTLINE Dispatch to talk about this months-long collaborative investigation. From reporting on the ground in Ukraine, to piecing together hours of CCTV footage and audio intercepts of Russian soldiers' conversations, Kinetz spoke with FRONTLINE's editor-in-chief and executive producer Raney Aronson-Rath about working with FRONTLINE producers to trace the story of one woman's loss to a larger pattern of strategic violence in Bucha and other Kyiv suburbs. “Victim after victim, survivor after survivor would ask the same question, which is: ‘Why? Why did this happen?'” Kinetz said.  “It didn't actually dawn on me until near the end of our reporting that there were actually patterns at play in the violence that we were seeing, and there were actually strategies motivating a lot of the violence.” Putin's Attack on Ukraine: Documenting War Crimes is now streaming on FRONTLINE's website, the PBS Video App, and FRONTLINE's YouTube channel.  Want to be notified every time a new podcast episode drops? Sign up for The FRONTLINE Dispatch newsletter.

If you live in a big city, you probably pass dozens of people every day hauling their luggage down the sidewalks and subway platforms. But have you ever stopped to wonder if there’s something more sinister in those valises than t-shirts and spare underwear? Highlights: [0:00] Mark tells CoRri about the science of decomposition [16:50] In his own weird way, Mark offers some inspiration, and we talk about our “floating door” getting us through life. [21:40] Cultural exchange time! We discuss the 5th of November celebrations in the UK, and CoRri talks about her road trip through the South. [44:00] Should we delete Twitter? [60:00] What we watched! [93:00] We discuss people caught on CCTV carting corpses in suitcases Stuff we referenced: Expolicía que asesinó a una trabajadora sexual y la ocultó en una maleta es condenado a 35 años de cárcel Chilling CCTV of two men carrying bag ‘with woman’s body stuffed inside’ in street Landlord Charged With Murder of Couple Found Dismembered in Suitcases in TikTok Video Grace Millane’s killer caught on video carrying her body in suitcase Woman accused of beheading pensioner ‘caught on CCTV dragging suitcase with body in’ Odessa Carey: Review into Ashington death finds multiple failings

공부왕 이종훈 “군사용 목적으로 개발된 CCTV” 이종훈 작가 트렌드 리포트 “커튼과 블라인드가 창문 속으로... 스마트윈도우 기술과 활용” 김아람 책임연구원(한국인사이트연구소)

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Episode Notes:A discussion recently concluded 20th Party Congress and what to expect ahead in US China relations. I'm pleased to welcome back Chris Johnson, CEO of Consultancy China Strategies Group, Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute Center for China Analysis and former Senior China analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. This is the 7th Party Congress that Chris has analyzed professionally.Links:John Culver: How We Would Know When China Is Preparing to Invade Taiwan - Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceTranscript:Bill: Welcome back to the very occasional Sinocism podcast. Today we are going to talk about the recently concluded 20th Party Congress and what to expect ahead in US China relations. I'm pleased to welcome back Chris Johnson, CEO of Consultancy China Strategies Group, Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute Center for China Analysis and former Senior China analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. This is the 7th Party Congress that Chris has analyzed professionally. So we have a lot of experience here to help us understand what just happened. Chris, welcome back and thanks for taking the time.Chris: My pleasure. Always fun to be with you, Bill.Bill: Great. Well, why don't we jump right in. I'd like to talk about what you see as the most important outcomes from the Congress starting with personnel. What do you make of the leadership team from the central committee to the Politburo to the Standing Committee and what does that say about.Chris: Yeah, well, I, think clearly Xi Jinping had a massive win, you know, with personnel. I think we see this particularly in the Politburo Standing Committee, right, where on the key portfolios that really matter to him in terms of controlling the key levers of power inside the system. So we're talking propaganda, obviously, Uh, we're talking party bureaucracy, military less so, but security services, you know, these, these sort of areas all up and down the ballot he did very well.So that's obviously very important. And I think obviously then the dropping of the so-called Communist Youth League faction oriented people in Li Keqiang and Wang Yang and, and Hu Chunhua being  kind of unceremoniously kicked off the Politburo, that tells us that. He's not in the mood to compromise with any other  interest group.I prefer to call them rather than factions. Um, so that sort of suggests to us that, you know, models that rely on that kind of an analysis are dead. It has been kind of interesting in my mind to see how quickly though that, you know, analysts who tend to follow that framework already talking about the, uh, factional elements within Xi's faction, right?So, you know, it's gonna be the Shanghai people versus the Zhijiang Army versus the Fujian people. Bill: people say there's a Tsinghua factionChris: Right. The, the infamous, non infamous Tsinghua clique and, and and so on. But I think as we look more closely, I mean this is all kidding aside, if we look more closely at the individuals, what we see is obviously these people, you know, loyalty to Xi is, is sort of like necessary, but not necessarily sufficient in explaining who these people are. Also, I just always find it interesting, you know, somehow over. Wang Huning has become a Xi Jinping loyalist. I mean, obviously he plays an interesting role for Xj Jinping, but I don't think we should kid ourselves in noting that he's been kind of shunted aside Right by being pushed into the fourth position on the standing committee, which probably tells us that he will be going to oversee the Chinese People's Consultative Congress, which is, you know, kind of a do nothing body, you know, for the most part. And, um, you know, my sense has long been, One of Xi Jinping's, I think a couple factors there with Wang Huning.Sinocism is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.One is, you know, yes, he is very talented at sort of taking their very, uh, expansive, um, theoretical ideas and coming up with snappy, um, snappy sort of catchphrases, right? This is clearly his, um, his sort of claim to fame. But, you know, we had that article last year from the magazine, Palladium that kind of painted him as some sort of an éminence grise or a Rasputin like figure, you know, in terms of his role.Uh, you know, my sense has always been, uh, as one contact, put it to me one time. You know, the issue is that such analyses tend to confuse the musician with the conductor. In other words,  Xi Jinping.  is pretty good at ideology, right? And party history and the other things that I think the others had relied on.I think the second thing with Wang Huning is, um, in a way XI can't look at him I don't think, without sort of seeing here's a guy who's changed flags, as they would say, right? He served three very different leaders, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and now Xi , um, and, and continued on and I think at some level, uh, and we look at the rest of the appointments where it appears that, uh, loyalty was much more important than merit.Um, where that's also a question mark. So there's those issues I think on the Politburo. You know, you mentioned the, the Tsinghua clique it was very interesting. You had shared with me, uh, Desmond Shum of Red Roulette fame's Twitter stream sort of debunking, you know, this, this Tsinghua clique and saying, well, it turns out in fact that the new Shanghai Municipal Party Secretary Chen Jining can't stand Chen Xi, even though, you know, they both went to Tsinghua and were there at the same time and so on.Um, you know, who knows with Desmond Shum, but I think he knows some things, right? And, and, and it just a reminder to us all, I think, how little we understand right, about these relationships, especially now, uh, with Xi's concentration of power. And also a situation where we've had nearly three years of covid isolationBill: Right. And so it's really hard to go talk to people, even the fewer and fewer numbers, people who, who know something and can talk. Back to the standing committee. I, I think certainly just from friends and contacts the biggest surprise you know, I think, uh was Li Keqiang and Wang Yang not sticking around. And as that long explainer said without naming them they were good comrades who steps aside for the good of the party in the country,Chris: Because that happens so often,Bill: whatever that means. Um, but really the, the bigger surprise was that, oh, Cai Qi showing up. Who I think when you look at the standing committee, I think the general sense is, okay, the, these people are all, you know, not, they're loyal, but they're also competent, like Li Qiang, Chris: Right, Bill: The likely new premier number two on the standing committee is pretty competent. The Shanghai lockdown, disaster aside, Cai Qi on the other hand, was just, looks more like, it's just straight up loyalty to Xi. I think he was not really on anybody's short list of who was gonna make it on there. And so, it does feel like something happened, right?Chris: Yeah. Well, um, a couple things there. I think, um, one, let's start with the. The issue you raised about the economic team cuz I think that's actually very important. Um, you know, I, at some level, sometimes I feel like I'm sort of tiring my, of my role as official narrative buster or a windmill tilter.Uh, whether, whether it's pushback from Li Keqiang or the myth of the savior premier as I was calling it, which, uh, we didn't see, or that these norms actually aren't very enduring and it's really about power politics. I, I think I'm kind of onto a new one now, which is, you know, Xi Jin ping's new team of incompetent sycophants.Right? That's kind of the label that's, uh, come out in a lot of the takes, uh, since the Congress. But to your point, I mean, you know, Li Qiang has run the three most important economic powerhouses on China's east coast, either as governor or as party chief. Right. He seems to have had a, a good relationship with both.Private sector businesses and, and foreign, you know, people forget that, you know, he got the Tesla plant built in Shanghai in a year basically. Right. And it's, uh, responsible for a very significant amount of, of Tesla's total input of vehicles. Output of vehicles. Excuse me. Um, likewise, I hear that Ding Xuexiang, even though we don't know a lot about him, uh, was rather instrumental in things.Breaking the log jam with the US uh, over the de-listing of Chinese ADRs, uh, that he had played an important role in convincing Xi Jinping it would not be a good idea, for example, to, uh, you know, we're already seeing, uh, sort of decoupling on the technology side. It would not be a good idea to encourage the Americans to decouple financially as well. So the point is I think we need to just all kind of calm down, right? And, and see how these people perform in office. He Lifeng, I think is perhaps, you know, maybe more of a question mark, but, But here too, I think it's important for us to think about how their system worksThe political report sets the frame, right? It tells us what. Okay, this is the ideological construct we're working off of, or our interpretation, our dialectical interpretation of what's going on. And that, I think the signal there was what I like to call this fortress economy, right? So self-sufficiency and technology and so on.And so then when we look at the Politburo appointments, you can see that they align pretty closely to that agenda, right? These people who've worked in state firms or scientists and you know, so on and forth.Bill: Aerospace, defenseChris: Yeah, Aerospace. Very close alignment with that agenda. I'm not saying this is the right choice for China or that it even will be successful, I'm just saying it makes sense, you know,Bill: And it is not just sycophants it is actually loyal but some expertise or experience in these key sectors Chris: Exactly.  Yeah, and, and, and, and of interest as well. You know, even people who have overlapped with Xi Jinping. How much overlap did they have? How much exposure did they have? You know, there's a lot of discussion, for example, about the new propaganda boss, Li Shulei being very close to Xi and likewise Shi Taifeng.Right? Uh, both of whom were vice presidents at the party school when, when Xi also was there. Um, but remember, you know, he was understudy to Hu Jintao at the time, you know, I mean, the party school thing was a very small part of his portfolio and they were ranked lower, you know, amongst the vice presidents of the party school.So how much actual interaction did he have? So there too, you know, I think, uh, obviously. , yes these people will do what Xi Jinping wants them to do, but that doesn't mean they're not competent. On Cai Qi, I agree with you. I think it's, it's, it's difficult. You know, my speculation would be a couple of things.One, proximity matters, right? He's been sitting in Beijing the last five years, so he is, had the opportunity to, uh, be close to the boss and, and impact that. I've heard some suggestions from contacts, which I think makes some. He was seen as more strictly enforcing the zero Covid policy. Right. In part because he is sitting in Beijing than say a Chen Min'er, right.Who arguably was a other stroke better, you know, candidate for that position on the Politburo standing committee. And there, you know, it will be interesting to see, you know, we're not sure the musical chairs have not yet finished. Right. The post party Congress for people getting new jobs. But you know, for example, if Chen Min'er stays out in Chongqing, that seems like a bit of a loss for him.Bill: Yeah, he needs to go somewhere else if he's got any hope of, um, sort of, But so one thing, sorry. One thing on the Politburo I thought was really interesting, and I know we've talked about offline, um, is that the first time the head of the Ministry State Security was, was. Promoted into the Politburo - Chen Wenqing.  And now he is the Secretary of the Central Political Legal Affairs Commission, the party body that oversees the entire security services system and legal system. and what do you think that says about priorities and, and, and where Xi sees things going?Chris: Well, I think it definitely aligns with this concept of Xi Jiping's of comprehensive national security. Right. We've, we've seen and heard and read a lot about that and it seems that the, uh, number of types of security endlessly proliferate, I think we're up to 13 or 14Bill: Everything is National Security in Xi's China.Chris: Yeah. Everything is, is national security. Uh, that's one thing I think it's interesting perhaps in the, in the frame of, you know, in an era where they are becoming a bigger power and therefore, uh, have more resources and so on. You know, is that role that's played by the Ministry of State Security, which is, you know, they have this unique role, don't they?They're in a way, they're sort of the US' Central Intelligence Agency and, and FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation combined, and that they do have that internal security role as well, but, They are the foreign civilian anyway, uh, foreign intelligence collection arm. So perhaps, you know, over time there's been some sense that they realized, yes, cyber was great for certain things, but you still need human intelligence.Uh, you know, we don't know how well or not Chen Wenqing has performed, but you know, obviously there, this has been a relentless campaign, you know, the search for spies and so on and so forth. Um, I also think it says something about what we seem to be seeing emerging here, which is an effort to take what previously were these, you know, warring, uh, administrative or ministerial factions, right, of the Ministry of Public Security MPS, the MSS, uh, and even the party's, uh, discipline watchdog, the, uh, Central Commission on Discipline inspection, you know, in an effort to sort of knit those guys into one whole.And you know, it is interesting.Chen wending has experience in all three of those. He started off, I think as a street cop. Um, he did serve on the discipline inspection commission under, uh, Wang Qishan when things were, you know, really going  in that department in the early part of, Xi's tenure and then he's headed, uh, the Ministry of State Security.I think, you know, even more interesting probably is. The, uh, formation of the new secretariat, right? Where we have both Chen Wenqing on there and also Wang Xiaohong as a minister of Public Security, but also as a deputy on the CPLAC, right? And a seat on the secretariat. And if we look at the, um, The gentleman who's number two in the discipline inspection, uh, space, he was a longtime police officer as well.So that's very unusual. You know, uh, his name's escaping me at the moment. But, um, you know, so in effect you have basically three people on the Secretariat with security backgrounds and, you know, that's important. It means other portfolios that might be on the secretariat that have been dumped, right? So it shows something about the prioritization, uh, of security.And I think it's interesting, you know, we've, we've often struggled to understand what is the National Security Commission, how does it function, You know, these sort of things. And it's, it's still, you know, absolutely clear as mud. But what was interesting was that, you know, from whatever that early design was that had some aspect at least of looking a bit like the US style, National Security Commission, they took on a much more sort of internal looking flavor.And it had always been my sort of thought that one of the reasons Xi Jinping created this thing was to break down, you know, those institutional rivalries and barriers and force, you know, coordination on these, on these institutions. So, you know, bottom line, I think what we're seeing is a real effort by Xi Jinping to You know, knit together a comprehensive, unified, and very effective, you know, stifling, really security apparatus. And, uh, I don't expect to see that change anytime soon. And then, you know, as you and I have been discussing recently, we also have, uh, another Xi loyalist Chen Yixin showing up as Chen Wenqing's successor right at the Ministry of State SecurityBill: And he remains Secretary General of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission too.Chris: Exactly. So, you know, from, from a, a sheet home where Xi Jinping five years ago arguably had very loose control, if at all, we now have a situation where he's totally dominant. Bill: I think the, the official on the Secretariat, I think it's Liu Jinguo.Chris: That's the one. Yes. Thank you. I'm getting old…Bill: He also has, has a long history of the Ministry of Public Security system. Um, but yeah, it does, it does seem like it's a, it's a real, I mean it, I I, I don't wanna use the word securitization, but it does like this is the indication of a, of a real, sort of, it just sort of fits with the, the general trend  towards much more focus on national security. I mean, what about on the, the Central Military Commission? Right? Because one of the surprises was, um, again, and this is where the norms were broken, where you have Zhang Youxia, who should have retired based on his age, but he's 72, he's on the Politburo he stays as a vice chair of the CMCChris: Yep. Yeah, no, at, at, at the rip old age of 72. It's a little hard, uh, to think of him, you know, mounting a tank or something  to go invade Taiwan or whatever the, you know, whatever the case may be. But, you know, I, I think here again, the narratives might be off base a little bit, you know, it's this issue of, you know, well he's just picked, you know, these sycophantic loyalists, He's a guy who has combat experience, right?And that's increasingly rare. Um, I don't think it's any surprise that. That himself. And, uh, the, uh, uh, gentleman on the CMC, uh, Li, who is now heading the, um, Joint Chiefs of Staff, he also has Vietnam combat experience, not from 79, but from the, uh, the border incursions that went on into the80s. Um, so it's not that surprising really.But, but obviously, you know, Zhang Youxia is very close to Xi Jinping, their father's fought together, right? Um, and they have that sort of, uh, blood tie and Xi is signaling, I want, uh, I. Political control and also technologically or, or, um, you know, operationally competent people. I think the other fascinating piece is we see once again no vice chairman from the political commissar iatside of the PLA.I think that's very interesting. You know, a lot of people, including myself, were betting that Miao HuaWould, would, would get the promotion. He didn't, you know, we can't know. But my sense is in a way, Xi Jiping is still punishing that side of the PLA for Xu Caihou's misdoings. Right. You know, and that's very interesting in and of itself.Also, it may be a signal that I don't need a political commissar vice chairman because I handle the politicsBill: And, and, and he, yeah. And in this, this new era that the, the next phase of the Xi era, it, it is, uh, everybody knows, right? It's, it's all about loyalty to Xi.Chris: we just saw right, uh, today, you know, uh, yet, yet more instructions about the CMC responsibilities, Chairman, responsibility systems. Bill: Unfortunately they didn't release the full text but it would be fascinating to see what's in there.Chris: And they never do on these things, which is, uh, which is tough. But, um, you know, I think we have a general sense of what would be in it, . But, but even that itself, right, you know, is a very major thing that people, you know, didn't really pick up. Certain scholars, certainly like James Mulvenon and other people who are really good on this stuff noticed it. But this shift under Hu Jintao was a CMC vice chairman responsibility system. In other words, he was subletting the operational matters certainly to his uniformed officers, Xi Jinping doesn't do thatBill: Well, this, and here we are, right where he can indeed I mean, I, I had written in the newsletter, um, you know, that she had, I thought, I think he ran the table in terms of personnel.Chris: Oh, completely. Yeah.Bill: And this is why it is interesting he kept around folks like Wang Huning, but we'll move on. The next question I had really was about Xi's report to the party Congress and we had talked, I think you'd also, um, you've talked about on our previous podcasts, I mean there, there seems to be a pretty significant shift in the way Xi is talking about the geopolitical environment and their assessment and how they see the world. Can you talk about a little bit?Chris: Yeah, I mean, I think definitely we saw some shifts there and, uh, you know, you and I have talked a lot about it. You know, there are problems with word counting, right? You know, and when you look at the thing and you just do a machine search, and it's like, okay, well security was mentioned 350 times or whatever, but, but the, you know, in what context?Right. Um, and, uh, our, uh, mutual admiration society, the, uh, the China Media project, uh, I thought they did an excellent piece on that sort of saying, Remember, it's the words that go around the buzzword that matter, you know, just as much. But what we can say unequivocally is that two very important touchstones that kind of explain their thinking on their perception of not only their external environment, but really kind of their internal environment, which had been in the last several political reports, now are gone. And those are this idea of China's enjoying a period of strategic opportunity and this idea that peace and development are the underlying trend of the times. And, you know, on the period of strategic opportunity, I think it's important for a couple reasons. One, just to kind of break that down for our listeners in a way that's not, you know, sort of, uh, CCP speak, , uh, the, the basic idea was that China judged that it's external security environment was sufficiently benign, that they could focus their energies on economic development.Right? So obviously that's very important. I also think it was an important governor, and I don't think I've seen anything out there talking about its absence in this, uh, political report on this topic, It was a, it was an important governor on sort of breakneck Chinese military development, sort of like the Soviet Union, right?In other words, as long as you were, you know, sort of judging that your external environment was largely benign, you. Didn't really have a justification to have a massive defense budget or to be pushy, you know, in the neighborhood, these sort of things. And people might poo poo that and sort of say, Well, you know, this is all just rhetoric and so on. No, they actually tend to Bill: Oh, that's interesting. Well, then that fits a little bit, right, Cuz they added the, the wording around strategic deterrence in the report as well  which is seen as a, you know, modernizing, expanding their nuclear forces, right?Chris: Exactly, right. So, you know, that's, uh, an important absence and the fact that, you know, the word, again, word searching, right. Um, strategic and opportunity are both in there, but they're separated and balanced by this risks and challenges, languages and, and so on. Bill: Right the language is very starkly different. Chris: Yeah. And then likewise on, on peace and development. This one, as you know, is, is even older, right? It goes back to the early eighties, I believe, uh, that it's been in, in these political reports. And, uh, you know, there again, the idea was sort of not only was this notion that peace and economic development were the dominant, you know, sort of trend internationally, globally, they would be an enduring one. You know, this idea of the trend of the times, right? Um, now that's missing. So what has replaced it in both these cases is this spirit of struggle, right? Um, and so that's a pretty stark departure and that in my mind just sort of is a real throwback to what you could call the period of maximum danger for the regime in the sixties, right? When they had just split off with the Soviets and they were still facing unremitting hostility from the west after the Korean War experience and, and so on. So, you know, there's definitely a, a decided effort there. I think also we should view the removal of these concepts as a culmination of a campaign that Xi Jinping has been on for a while.You know, as you and I have discussed many times before, from the minute he arrived, he began, I think, to paint this darker picture of the exterior environment. And he seems to have always wanted to create a sort of sense of urgency, certainly maybe even crisis. And I think a big part of that is to justifying the power grab, right? If the world outside is hostile, you need, you know, a strongman. Bill: Well that was a lot of the propaganda going into the Party of Congress about the need for sort of a navigator helmsman because know, we we're, we're closest we have ever been to the great rejuvenation, but it's gonna be really hard and we need sort of strong leadership right. It was, it was all building to that. This is why Ci needs to stay for as long as he wants to stay.Chris: and I think we saw that reflected again just the other day in this Long People's Daily piece by Ding Xuexing, right, Where he's talking again about the need for unity, the throwback, as you mentioned in your newsletter to Mao's commentary, there is not to be lost on any of us you know, the fact that the Politburo standing committee's. Uh, first field trip is out to Yan'an, right? I mean, you know, these are messages, right? The aren't coincidental.Bill: No, it, it is. The thing that's also about the report that's interesting is that while there was, speaking of word counts, there was no mention of the United States, but it certainly feels like that was the primary backdrop for this entire discussion around. So the, the shifting geopolitical, uh, assessments and this broader, you know, and I think one of the things that I, and I want to talk to as we get into this, a little bit about US China relations, but is it she has come to the conclusion that the US is implacably effectively hostile, and there is no way that they're gonna get through this without some sort of a broader struggle?Chris: I don't know if they, you know, feel that conflict is inevitable. In fact, I kind of assume they don't think that because that's pretty grim picture for them, you know? Um, but I, I do think there's this notion that. They've now had two years to observe the Biden administration. Right? And to some degree, I think it's fair to say that by certain parties in the US, Xi Jinping, maybe not Xi Jinping, but a Wang Qishan or some of these characters were sold a bit of a bag of goods, right?Oh, don't worry, he's not Trump, he's gonna, things will be calmer. We're gonna get back to dialogue and you know, so on and so forth. And that really hasn't happened. And when we look at. Um, when we look at measures like the recent, chip restrictions, which I'm sure we'll discuss at some point, you know, that would've been, you know, the, the wildest dream, right of certain members of the Trump administration to do something that, uh, that's that firm, right? So, um, I think the conclusion of the Politburo then must be, this is baked into the cake, right? It's bipartisan. Um, the earliest we'll see any kind of a turn here is 2024. I think they probably feel. Um, and therefore suddenly things like a no limits partnership with Russia, right, start to make more sense. Um, but would really makes sense in that if that is your framing, and I think it is, and you therefore see the Europeans as like a swing, right, in this equation. This should be a great visit, right, for Chancellor Scholz, uh, and uh, I can't remember if it was you I was reading or someone else here in the last day or so, but this idea that if the Chinese are smart, they would get rid of these sanctions on Bill: That was me. Well, that was in my newsletterChris: Yeah. Parliamentary leaders and you know, Absolutely. Right. You know, that's a no brainer, but. I don't think they're gonna do it , but, but you know, this idea definitely that, and, and when they talk in the political report, you know, it, it's, it's like, sir, not appearing in this film, right, from Money Python, but we know who the people who are doing the bullying, you know, uh, is and the long armed jurisdiction and , so on and so forth and all, I mean, all kidding aside, I think, you know, they will see something like the chip restrictions effectively as a declaration of economic war. I don't think that's going too far to say that.Bill: It goes to the heart of their sort of technological project around rejuvenation. I mean, it is, it is a significant. sort of set of really kind of a, I would think, from the Chinese perspective aggressive policies against them,Chris: Yeah, and I mean, enforcement will be key and we'll see if, you know, licenses are granted and how it's done. And we saw, you know, already some, some backing off there with regard to this US person, uh, restriction and so on. But, but you know, it's still pretty tough stuff. There's no two ways aboutBill: No, and I, I wonder, and I worry that here in DC. You know, where the mood is very hawkish. If, if people here really fully appreciate sort of the shift that's taking, that seems to be taking place in Beijing and how these actions are viewed.Chris: Well, I, I think that's a really, you put your hand on it really, really interesting way, Bill, because, you know, let's face it really since the Trump trade war started, right? We've all analysts, you know, pundits, uh, even businesses and government people have been sort of saying, you know, when are the Chinese gonna punch back? You know, when are they going to retaliate? Right? And we talk about rare earths and we talk about Apple and TeslaBill: They slapped some sanctions on people but they kind of a jokeChris:  And I guess what I'm saying is I kind of worry we're missing the forest from the trees. Right. You know, the, the, the work report tells us, the political report tells us how they're reacting. Right. And it is hardening the system, moving toward this fortress economy, you know, so on and so forth. And I wanna be real clear here, you know, they're not doing this just because they're reacting to the United States. Xi Jinping presumably wanted to do this all along, but I don't think we can say that the actions they perceive as hostile from the US aren't playing a pretty major role in allowing him to accelerate.Bill: Well, they called me. Great. You justifying great Accelerationist, right? Trump was called that as well, and, and that, that's what worries me too, is we're in. Kind of toxic spiral where, where they see us doing something and then they react. We see them do something and we react and, and it doesn't feel like sort of there's any sort of a governor or a break and I don't see how we figure that out.Chris: Well, I think, you know, and I'm sure we'll come to this later in our discussion, but you know, uh, yes, that's true, but you know, I'm always deeply skeptical of these inevitability memes, whether it's, you know, Thucydides trap or, you know, these other things. Last time I checked, there is something called political agency, right?In other words, leaders can make choices and they can lead if they want to, right? They have an opportunity to do so at in Bali, and you know, we'll have to see some of the, you know, early indications are perhaps they're looking at sort of a longer meeting. So that would suggest maybe there will be some discussion of some of these longstanding issues.Maybe we will see some of the usual, you know, deliverable type stuff. So there's an opportunity. I, I think one question is, can the domestic politics on either side allow for seizing that opportunity? You know, that's an open.Bill: Interesting. There's a couple things in the party constitution, which I think going into the Congress, you know, they told us they were gonna amend the Constitution. There were expectations that it, the amendments were gonna reflect an increase in Xi's power, uh, things like this, this idea of the two establishments, uh, which for listeners are * "To establish the status of Comrade Xi Jinping as the core of the Party's Central Committee and of the whole Party"* "To establish the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for the New Era"The thinking, and I, I certainly believe that, I thought that they would write that in. There was some talk that, uh, Xi Jinping Thought the longer version would be truncated to just Xi Jinping thought. that possibly he might get, a, a sort of another title like People's Leader. None of those happened. One thing that did happen, What's officially translated by the Chinese side in English as the two upholds- “Uphold the 'core' status of General Secretary Xi Jinping within the CC and “Uphold the centralized authority of the Party” those were written in. And so the question is, was there some kind of pushback or are we misreading we what mattered? And actually the two upholds are more important than the two of establishes.Chris: Well, I, and I think it, this may be a multiple choice answer, right? There might be elements of all the above in there. Uh, you know, I think it is important that he didn't get the truncation to Xi Jinping thought. You have to think that that was something he was keen on. In retrospect, it may be that it was something akin. I've always felt, you know, another thing that was on the table that didn't happen was reestablishing the party chairmanship. My view had always been he was using that largely as a bargaining chip. That, you know, in some ways it creates more trouble than it's worth you. If you're gonna have a chairman, you probably have to have vice chairman and what does that say about the succession? I mean, of course he could have, you know, a couple of geezers on there.  as vice chairman too. , But I, my view was always is he was holding that out there to trade away. Right. You know, at, at the last minute. Um, maybe that's what happened with Xi Jinping thought. I don't know.You know, uh, there have been some media articles, one of which, You and I were discussing yesterday from, uh, the Japanese, uh, publication Nikkei, you know, that suggested that, you know, the elders had, this was their last gasp, right? So the Jiang Zemins and the Zeng Qinghongs and Hu Jinataos, so on. Um, I'm a little skeptical of that. It is possible. Uh, but, um, I, I'd be a little skeptical of that. You know, it's, it's not at all clear that they had any kind of a role, you know, even at Beidaihe this year and so on, Jiang Zemin didn't even attend the Party Congress so clearly, you know, he must be pretty frail or he thought it was not with his time. You know, a little hard to say, but, you know, I kind of struggle with the notion that, you know, the 105 year old Song Ping gets up on a chair or something and starts,  starts making trouble. Right. You know, uh, the poor man's probably lucky if he stays awake during the meeting. Bill: One question, and again, because of the, just, you know, how much more opaque Chinese politics are than the really I think they've ever been. Um, but just one question. It mean, is it possible, for example, that you know, it's more important to get the personnel done. It's more, and then once you get your, you stack the central committee, you get the politburo, you get the standing committee, that these things are sort of a next phase.Chris: yeah, it's entirely possible and, and I think it, it, it does dovetail with this idea that, you know, another reflection from both the political report and the lineup in my mind, is Xi Jinping is a man in a hurry. Right? And he's kind of projected that, as you said, the great accelerator since he arrived.But I think he sees this next five years is really fundamental, right in terms of breaking through on these chokepoint technologies as they call them. You know, these sort of things. And so maybe therefore having the right people in place to handle, you know, uh, speedier policy, execution, you know, was more important.Likewise, I mean, he's sort of telegraphing, He's gonna be around for a while, right? No successor, no visible successor anywhere. Bill: A successor would need likely need five years on the standing committee. So we're looking at ten more years.Chris: Yes, exactly. And so there will be time. The other thing is, um, Xi Jinping is a, is a sort of determined fellow, right? You know, so of interest, even before the 19th Party Congress, I'd been hearing very strong rumors that the notion of lingxiu was out there, that he was contemplating it, right? And so then we see the buildup with, uh, Renmin lingxiu and so on and so forth.And, you know, it didn't happen clearly at the 19th. It didn't happen. But it doesn't mean it won't, you know, at some point. And I think it's really important also to think about, you know, We just saw a pretty serious, um, enterprise of the, you know, quote unquote norm busting, right? So what's to say that mid-course in this five years, he doesn't, uh, hold another sort of extraordinary conference of party delegates like them, Deng Xiaoping did in 1985, right, to push through some of these. You never know, right? In other words, these things don't necessarily have to happen. Just at Party Congresses. So my guess is, you know, this isn't over yet. Uh, but you know, at some level, given how the system was ramping up with those articles about Navigator and the people's leader stuff and so on, you know, that's usually a tell, and yet it didn't happen. And, and so something interesting there. Bill: now they're in the mode of, they're out with these sort of publicity, propaganda education teams where they go out throughout the country and talk about the spirit of the party Congress and push all the key messaging. Um, you know, so far none of those People's leader truncation have happened in that, which is I think an area where some people thought, Well, maybe that could sort of come after the Congress.Chris: What is interesting is it's all two establishments all the time in those discussions, so that's been very interesting since it didn't make it into the, uh, into the document. I guess the other thing is, At some level, is it sort of a distinction without a difference? You know, I, I haven't done the work on this to see, but my guess is short of, you know, the many times they've just junked the entire constitution and rewritten it, this is probably the most amendments there have been, you know, in the to at one time. You know, to the 1982 constitution, and most of them are his various buzzwords. Right. Um, and you know, I think you've been talking about this in the newsletter, there may very well be, uh, something to this issue of, you know, which is the superior thought two establishments or to upholds/safeguards?Bill: and even if the two establishes were superior and then it didn't go in, then somehow it will be theoretically flipped to what got in the ConstitutionChris: I mean, I guess the, the, the thing though where we, it's fair to say that maybe this wasn't his ideal outcome. To me, there's been a very clear and you know, structured stepwise approach on the ideology from the word go. Right? And the first was to create right out of the shoot, this notion of, you know, three eras, right?The, Mao period, Deng  and those other guys we don't talk about it anymore, period.  and Xi Jinping's new era, right? And then that was. You know, sort of crystallized right at the 19th Party Congress when you know, Xi Jinping thought for horribly long name went into the Constitution. And so, you know, the next step kind of seemed like that should be it.And as we've discussed before, you know, if he's able to get just Thought, it certainly enhances his ability to stay around for a very long time and it makes his diktats and so on even more unquestionable. But you know, you can say again, matter of prioritization. With a team where there's really no visible or other opposition, does it really matter? You know, in other words, no one's gonna be questioning his policy ideas anyway.Bill: Just an aside, but on  his inspection, the new standing committee will go on group trip right after the Party Congress and the first trip sends key messages. And group went to Yan'an, you know, they went, they went to the caves. Um, and you know, in the long readout or long CCTV report of the meeting, the visit, there was a section where the tour guide or the person introducing some of the exhibits talked about how the, the famous song, the East Is Red was,  by a person, written by the people sort of spontaneously, and it w it definitely caused some tittering about, well, what are they trying to signal for?You know, are we gonna be seeing some  Xi songs? there's some kind of really interesting signaling going on that I don't think we quite have figured out how to parse Chris: My takeaway on all this has been, I, I need to go back and do a little more book work on, you know, what was, what was the content of the seventh party Congress? What were the outcomes? I mean, I have the general sense, right? Like you, I immediately, you know, started brushing up on it. But, you know, Xi delivered a, an abridged work report. Right, A political report, which is exactly what Mao did then. I mean, in other words, they're not kidding around with the parallelism here. The question is what's the message?Bill: Just for background, at the visit last week to Yan'an, and the first spot that was in the propaganda was the, the, site of the seventh party Congress which is where…to be very simplistic, the seventh party was really moment, you know, as at the end of the Yan'am rectification came in, it was the moment where sort of Mao fully asserted his dominance throughout the system. Mao Thought etc. Right? The signaling, you could certainly, could certainly take a view that, you know, he doesn't do these things by coincidence, and this is. This is signaling both of, you know, can through anything because they, livedin caves and ended up beating the Japanese and then won the Civil War. You know this, and we can, and by the way, we have a dominant leader. I mean, there are ways, again, I'm being simplistic, but the symbolism was not, I think one that would, for example, give a lot of confidence to investors, which I think is, you know, one, one of the many reasons we've seen until the rumors earlier this week, a, pretty big selloff in the, in the Hong Kong and manland stock markets rightChris: most definitely. And I think, you know, this is the other thing about, about what I was trying to get at earlier with, uh, forest and trees, right? You know, in other words, . Um, he's been at this for a while too. You know, there's a reason why he declared a new long march right in depths of the trade war with Trump.Bill: And a new historical resolution, only the third in historyChris: Yeah. And they have been stepwise building since then. And this is the next building block.Bill: The last thought, I mean, he is 69. He's. 10 years younger than President Joe Biden. He could go, he could be around for a long timeBill: well just quickly, cause I know, uh, we don't have that much more time, but I, you say anything about your thoughts on Hu Jintao and what happened?My first take having had a father and a stepfather had dementia was, um, you know, maybe too sympathetic to the idea that, okay, he's having some sort of a senior cognitive moment. You know, you can get. easily agitated, and you can start a scene. And so therefore, was humiliating and symbolic at the end of the Communist Youth League faction, but maybe it was, it was benign as opposed to some of the other stuff going around. But I think might be wrong so I'd love your take on that.  Chris: Well, I, I think, you know, I, I kind of shared your view initially when I watched the, uh, I guess it was an AFP had the first, you know, sort of video that was out there and, you know, he appeared to be stumbling around a bit. He definitely looked confused and, you know, like, uh, what we were discussing earlier on another subject, this could be a multiple choice, you know, A and B or whatever type scenario as well.We don't know, I mean, it seems pretty well established that he has Parkinson's, I think the lead pipe pincher for me though, was that second longer one Singapore's channel, Channel News Asia put out. I mean, he is clearly tussling with Li Zhanshu about something, right. You know that that's. Yes, very clear. And you know, if he was having a moment, you know, when they finally get him up out of the chair and he seems to be kind of pulling back and so on, you know, he moves with some alacrity there,  for an 80 year old guy. Uh, I don't know if he was being helped to move quickly or he, you know, realized it was time to exit stage.Right. But I think, you know, as you said in your newsletter, I, we probably will never know. Um, but to me it looked an awful lot like an effort by Xi Jinping to humiliate him. You know, I mean, there was a reason why they brought the cameras back in at that moment, you know? Unless we believe that that just happened spontaneously in terms of Hu Jintao has his freak out just as those cameras were coming back in the stone faces of the other members of the senior leadership there on the rostrum and you know, Wand Hunting, pulling Li Zhanshu back down kind of saying basically, look buddy, this is politics, don't you don't wanna, that's not a good look for you trying to care for Hu Jintao. You know, I mean obviously something was going on, you know? No, no question. Bill: Right. And feeds into  the idea that Hu Chunhua, we all expected that he at least be on the Politburo again, and he's, he's off, so maybe something, something was going Chris: Well, I, I think what we know from observing Xi Jinping, right? We know that this is a guy who likes to keep people off balance, right? Who likes to keep the plate spinning. He, this is definitely the Maoist element of his personality, you know, whether it's strategic disappearances or this kind of stuff. And I think it's entirely plausible that he might have made some last minute switches right, to, uh, the various lists that were under consideration that caused alarm, you know, among those who thought they were on a certain list and  and no longer were.Bill: and then, and others who were smart enough to realize that if he made those switches, they better just go with it.Chris: Yeah, go along with it. Exactly. I mean, you know, in some ways the most, aside from what happened to Hu Jintao, the, the most, um, disturbing or compelling, depending on how you wanna look at it, part of that video is when Hu Jintao, you know, sort of very, um, delicately taps Li Keqiang on the shoulder. He doesn't even look at it, just keeps looking straight ahead. Uh, and that's tough. And as you pointed out in the newsletter and elsewhere, you know, how difficult must have that have been for Hu Jintao's son Hu Haifeng, who's in the audience watching this all go on? You know, it's, uh, it's tough. Bill: And then two two days later attends a meeting where he praises Xi to high heaven.Chris: Yeah, exactly. So, so if the darker narrative is accurate, I guess one thing that concerns me a bit is, as you know, well, I have never been a fan of these, uh, memes about comparing Xi Jinping to either Stalin or Mao in part because I don't see him as a whimsical guy. They were whimsical people. I think because of his tumultuous upbringing, he understands the problems with that kind of an approach to life, but this was a very ruthless act. If that more malign, you know, sort of definition is true and that I think that says something about his mentality that perhaps should concern us if that's the case. Bill: It has real implications, not just for domestic also potentially for its foreign policy.Chris: Absolutely. I mean, what it shows, right to some degree, again, man in a hurry, this is a tenacious individual, right?  if he's willing to do that. And so if you're gonna, you know, kick them in the face on chips and, you know, things like that, um, you should be taking that into consideration.Bill: And I think preparing for a more substantive response  that is more thought out and it's also, it happened, it wasn't very Confucian for all this talk Confucian definitely not. and values. One last question, and it is related is what do you make of this recent upsurge or talk in DC from various officials that PRC has accelerated its timeline to absorb Taiwan, because nothing in the public documents indicates any shift in that timeline.Chris: No. Uh, and well, first of all, do they, do they have a timeline? Right? You know, I mean, the whole idea of a timeline is kind of stupid, right? You don't, if you're gonna invade somewhere, you say, Hey, we're gonna do it on on this date. I mean, 2049. Okay. Bill: The only timeline that I think you can point to is is it the second centenary goal and, and Taiwan getting quote unquote, you know, returning Taiwan to the motherland's key to the great rejuvenation,Chris: Yeah, you can't have rejuvenation without it. Bill: So then it has to be done by 2049. 27 years, but they've never come out and specifically said 27 years or 2049. But that's what No. that's I think, is where the timeline idea comes from.Chris: Oh yes, definitely. And, and I think some confusion of. What Xi Jinping has clearly set out and reaffirmed in the political report as these important, um, operational benchmarks for the PLA, the People's Liberation Army to achieve by its hundredth anniversary in 2027. But that does not a go plan for Taiwan make, you know, And so it's been confusing to me trying to understand this. And of course, you know, I, I'm joking, but I'm not, you know, if we, if we listen now to the chief of naval operations of the US Navy, you know, like they're invading tomorrow, basically.My former colleague from the CIA, John Culver's, done some very, you know, useful public work on this for the Carnegie, where he sort his endowment, where he sort of said, you know, look, there's certain things we would have to see, forget about, you know, a D-day style invasion, any type of military action that, that you don't need intelligence methods to find out. Right. You know, uh, canceling, uh, conscription, demobilization cycles, you know, those, those sort of things. Um, we don't see that happening. So I've been trying to come to grips with why the administration seems fairly seized with this and and their public commentary and so on. What I'm confident of is there's no smoking gun you know, unlike, say the Russia piece where it appears, we had some pretty compelling intelligence. There doesn't seem to be anything that says Xi Jinping has ordered invasion plans for 2024, you know, or, or, or even 2027. Um, so I'm pretty confident that's not the case. And so then it becomes more about an analytic framework. And I, from what I can tell, it's seems to be largely based on what, uh, in, you know, the intelligence community we would call calendar-int.. calendar intelligence. In other words, you know, over the next 18 months, a lot of stuff's going to happen. We're gonna have our midterm elections next week. It's pretty likely the Republicans get at least one chamber of Congress, maybe both.That would suggest that things like the Taiwan Policy Act and, you know, really, uh, things that have, uh, Beijing's undies in a bunch, uh, you know, could really come back on, uh, the radar pretty forcibly and pretty quickly. Obviously Taiwan, nobody talks about it, but Taiwan's having municipal elections around the same time, and normally that would be a very inside Taiwan baseball affair, nobody would care. But the way that KMT ooks like they will not perform, I should say,  in those municipal elections. They could be effectively wiped out, you know, as a, as a sort of electable party in Taiwan. That's not a good news story for Beijing.And then of course we have our own presidential in 2024 and Taiwan has a presidential election in 24 in the US case.I mean, look, we could end up with a President Pompeo, right? Or a President DeSantis or others who. Been out there sort of talking openly about Taiwan independence and recognizing Taiwan. And similarly, I think whoever succeeds, uh, President Tsai in Taiwan, if we assume it will likely be a a, a Democratic Progressive party president, will almost by definition be more independence oriented.So I think the administration is saying there's a lot of stuff that's gonna get the Chinese pretty itchy, you know, over this next 18 month period. So therefore we need to be really loud in our signaling to deter. Right. And okay. But I think there's a risk with that as well, which they don't seem to be acknowledging, which is you might create a self-fulfilling prophecy.I mean, frankly, that's what really troubles me about the rhetoric. And so, for example, when Secretary Blinken last week or the before came out and said  Yeah, you know, the, the, the Chinese have given up on the status quo. I, I, I've seen nothing, you know, that would suggest that the political report doesn't suggest. Bill: They have called it a couple of times  so-called status quo.Chris: Well, Fair enough. Yeah. Okay. That's, that's fine. Um, but I think if we look at the reason why they're calling it the so-called status quo, it's because it's so called now because the US has been moving the goalposts on the status quo.Yeah. In terms of erosion of the commitment to the one China policy. And the administration can say all at once, they're not moving the goal post, but they are, I mean, let's just be honest.Bill: Now, and they have moved it more than the Trump administration did, don't you think?Chris: Absolutely. Yeah. Um, you know, no president has said previously we will defend Taiwan  multiple times. Right. You know, um, and things like, uh, you know, Democracy, someone, I mean, this comes back also to the, the framing, right, of one of the risks I think of framing the relationship as democracy versus autocracy is that it puts a very, uh, heavy incentive then for the Biden administration or any future US administration to, you know, quote unquote play the Taiwan card, right, as part of said competition.Whereas if you don't have that framing, I don't think that's necessarily as automatic. Right? In other words, if that's the framing, well Taiwan's a democracy, so we have to lean in. Right? You know? Whereas if it's a more say, you know, straight realist or national interest driven foreign policy, you might not feel that in every instance you've gotta do that,Bill: No, and and I it, that's an interesting point. And I also think too that, um, I really do wonder how much Americans care, right? And, and whether or not we're running the risk of setting something up or setting something in motion that, you know, again, it's easy to be rhetorical about it, but that we're frankly not ready to deal withChris: Well, and another thing that's interesting, right, is that, um, to that point, Some of the administration's actions, you know, that are clearly designed to show toughness, who are they out toughing? You know, in some cases it feels like they're out toughing themselves, right? I mean, obviously the Republicans are watching them and so on and all of that.Um, but you know, interesting, uh, something that came across my thought wave the other day that I hadn't really considered. We're seeing pretty clear indications that a Republican dominated Congress after the midterms may be less enthusiastic about support to Ukraine, we're all assuming that they're gonna be all Taiwan support all the time.Is that a wrong assumption? You know, I mean, in other words, Ukraine's a democracy, right? And yet there's this weird strain in the Trumpist Wing of the Republican party that doesn't wanna spend the money. Right. And would that be the case for Taiwan as well? I don't know, but you know, the point is, I wonder if the boogieman of looking soft is, is sort of in their own heads to some degree.And, and even if it isn't, you know, sometimes you have to lead. Bill: it's not clear the allies are listening. It doesn't sound like the Europeans would be on board withChris: I think very clearly they're not. I mean, you know, we're about to see a very uncomfortable bit of Kabuki theater here, aren't we? In the next couple of days with German Chancellor Sholz going over and, um, you know, if you, uh, read the op-ed he wrote in Politico, you know, it's, it's painful, right? You can see him trying to, uh, Trying to, uh, you know, straddle the fence and, and walk that line.And, and obviously there are deep, deep divisions in his own cabinet, right? You know, over this visit, the foreign minister is publicly criticizing him, you know, and so on. So I think this is another aspect that might be worrisome, which is the approach. You know, my line is always sort of a stool, if it's gonna be stable, needs three legs, right.And on US-China relations, I think that is, you know, making sure our own house is in order. Domestic strengthening, these guys call it, coordinating with allies and partners, certainly. But then there's this sort of talking to the Chinese aspect and through a policy, what I tend to call strategic avoidance, we don't.Talk to them that much. So that leg is missing. So then those other two legs need to be really strong. Right. Um, and on domestic strengthening, Okay. Chips act and so on, that's good stuff. On allies and partners, there seems to be a bit of an approach and I think the chip restrictions highlight this of, look, you're either for us or against us.Right? Whereas I think in, you know, the good old Cold War I, we seem to be able to understand that a West Germany could do certain things for us vis-a-vis the Soviets and certain things they couldn't and we didn't like it and we complained, but we kind of lived with it, right? If we look at these chip restrictions, it appears the administration sort of said, Look, we've been doing this multilateral diplomacy on this thing for a year now, it's not really delivering the goods. The chips for framework is a mess, so let's just get it over with and drag the allies with us, you know? Um, and we'll see what ramifications that will have.Bill: Well on that uplifting note, I, I think I'm outta questions. Is there anything else you'd like to add?Chris: Well, I think, you know, something just to consider is this idea, you know, and maybe this will help us close on a more optimistic note. Xi Jinping is telling us, you know, he's hardening the system, he's, he's doing this fortress economy thing and so on. But he also is telling us, I have a really difficult set of things I'm trying to accomplish in this five years.Right? And that may mean a desire to signal to the us let's stabilize things a bit, not because he's having a change of heart or wants a fundamental rapprochement, so on and so forth. I don't think that's the case, but might he want a bit of room, right? A breathing room. Bill: Buy some time, buy some spaceChris: Yeah, Might he want that? He might. You know, and so I think then a critical question is how does that get sorted out in the context of the negotiations over the meeting in Bali, if it is a longer meeting, I think, you know, so that's encouraging for that. Right. To some degree. I, I, I would say, you know, if we look at what's just happened with the 20th party Congress and we look at what's about to happen, it seems with our midterms here in the United States, Who's the guy who's gonna be more domestically, politically challenged going into this meeting, and therefore have less room to be able to seize that opportunity if it does exist.Exactly. Because I, I think, you know, the, the issue is, The way I've been framing it lately, you know, supposedly our position is the US position is strategic competition and China says, look, that's inappropriate, and we're not gonna sign onto it and forget it.You know, my own view is we kind of have blown past strategic competition where now in what I would call strategic rivalry, I think the chip restrictions, you know, are, are a giant exclamation point, uh, under that, you know, and so on. And my concern is we're kind of rapidly headed toward what I would call strategic enmity.And you know, that all sounds a bit pedantic, but I think that represents three distinct phases of the difficulty and the relationship. You know, strategic enmity is the cold, the old Cold War, what we had with the Soviets, right? So we are competing against them in a brass tax manner across all dimensions. And if it's a policy that, you know, hurts us, but it hurts them, you know, 2% more we do it, you know, kind of thing. I don't think we're there yet. And the meeting offers an opportunity to, you know, arrest the travel from strategic rivalry to strategic enmity. Let's see if there's something there/Bill: And if, and if we don't, if it doesn't arrest it, then I think the US government at least has to do a much better job of explaining to the American people why we're headed in this direction and needs  to do a much better job with the allies cuz because again, what I worry about is we're sort of heading down this path and it doesn't feel like we've really thought it through.You know, there are lots of reasons  be on this path, but there's also needs to be a much more of a comprehensive understanding of the, of the costs and the ramifications and the solutions and have have an actual sort of theory of the case about how we get out the other side of this in a, in a better way.Chris: Yeah, I think that's important. I want to be real, um, fair to the administration. You know, they're certainly more thoughtful and deliberative than their predecessor. Of course, the bar was low, but, um, you know, they, they seem to approach these things in a pretty. Dedicated and careful manner. And I think they really, you know, take, take things like, uh, looking at outbound investment restrictions, you know, my understanding is they have been, you know, seeking a lot of input about unintended consequences and so on. But then you look at something like the chips piece and it just seems to me that those in the administration who had been pushing for, you know, more there for some time, had a quick moment where they basically said, look, this thing's not working with multilaterally, Let's just do it, you know? And then, oh, now we're seeing the second and third and other order consequences of it. And the risk is that we wind up, our goal is to telegraph unity to Beijing and shaping their environment around them as the administration calls it. We might be signaling our disunity, I don't know, with the allies, and obviously that would not be a good thingBill: That's definitely a risk. Well, thanks Chris. It's always great to talk to you and Thank you for listening to the occasional Sinocism podcast. Thank you, Chris.Chris: My pleasure. Sinocism is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sinocism.com/subscribe

1. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters official briefing provides insufficient answers2. 20 million won consolation fund and 15 million won in funeral aid per victim3. President Yoon declares the need for a safety management system that can cover hostless events4. Police begin inspection of CCTV recordings as witnesses point to a group of 5~6 men who were shouting ‘Push!' during the incident5. Foreign media outlets fault the Korean government for Itaewon tragedy, predict tarnishing of nation's public imageSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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The death toll from the foot bridge collapse in India has risen to 141, including more than 30 children. Police have detained nine people as part of a criminal investigation. CCTV footage from just before the collapse shows a group of young men taking photos while others tried to rock the suspension bridge from side to side, before they tumbled into the river below as the cables holding it together gave way. Local officials say the bridge, which had recently undergone repairs, had not yet been issued with a certificate saying it was safe for public use. Correspondent Ishan Garg spoke overnight to producer Zoe Cartwright.

我试图通过《梅艳芳》这部电影，认识梅艳芳这个歌手。时间轴： [00:00:00] BGM#1. 梅艳芳 - 似是故人来 [00:00:09] 节目开始；就着《梅艳芳》来聊聊梅艳芳； [00:01:32] 《梅艳芳》的票房表现；安乐影业江志强的采访； [00:03:48] 观影团与采访；主演和创作团队如何定义《梅艳芳》；三刷还能看哭的人肯定是梅艳芳的死忠歌迷了； [00:06:13] 作为传记片《梅艳芳》的「流水账」特性；去掉粉丝光环之后的打分；近藤真彦和赵文卓在梅艳芳故事中的角色；推荐的节目《反派影评》221期；过刊038：港女正传，霓虹到此； [00:13:13] 像不像是否重要；作为电影上各个维度的探讨；在电影中复原老香港的努力； [00:18:16] 没有人敢碰张国荣；刘俊谦的努力和力不从心；预告片面部修图导致张国荣歌迷不满的事件；2003年两个巨星的陨落；告别演唱会现场录像里的信息； [00:26:34] BGM#2. 梅艳芳 - 夕阳之歌 live [00:30:18] 来自张国荣歌迷的指控和对《梅艳芳》电影的抵制；2003年香港乐坛的伤心旧事；《梅艳芳》在剧作上的两头难顾；《胭脂扣》拍摄故事的失实； [00:35:50] 梅艳芳歌迷对《梅艳芳》大体满意；杨千嬅对于《梅艳芳》的贡献；香港演艺界的师承； [00:37:53] 北方人对于粤语流行音乐的无知； [00:38:27] BGM#3. 张国荣 - 我（国语版） [00:40:07] 非粤语区的大陆听众90年代对香港音乐的认知；看TVB长大的粤语区local；梅艳芳的喜剧《审死官》《钟无艳》等；两部重要的电影《胭脂扣》《霸王别姬》； [00:44:38] 《霸王别姬》与张国荣饰演的程蝶衣；黄泰来1984年的电影《缘分》；能聊到郭德纲我也是惊了；CCTV-6放的《东方三侠》； [00:47:06] 梅艳芳代表的中性化形象；关锦鹏的《胭脂扣》和其中的世代变迁；鬼片预警； [00:52:04] BGM#4. 梅艳芳 - 胭脂扣 live [00:53:38] 时代变幻五十年；《胭脂扣》的奖项大丰收； [00:56:38] 许鞍华改编张爱玲的《半生缘》中梅艳芳的出演；吴倩莲/葛优/黎明/黄磊的班底；黎明和王宝强演技都很差； [00:59:51] 遗憾错过的《阮玲玉》成就了张曼玉的柏林影后；梅艳芳为什么没和王家卫拍个片；香港演艺人协会和刘嘉玲的绑架事件； [01:01:58] 作为歌手的梅艳芳；彭浩翔《伊莎贝拉》中的《梦伴》； [01:02:39] BGM#5. 梅艳芳 / 陈慧琳 - 梦伴 live [01:04:24] 成为梅姐歌迷的后知后觉；年代感的MV； [01:06:33] BGM#6. 张国荣 - 偷情 [01:09:09] 「香港女儿」；梅艳芳从罗文合作到陈奕迅；1990年代强势的香港文化产品；巨星时代的前辈； [01:13:39] BGM#7/8. 许冠杰/Twins - 梨涡浅笑 [01:14:00] 香港流行音乐从戏曲中汲取的音乐；许冠杰《半斤八两》和黄子华的地狱级翻唱；郑智化的粤语专辑；「三王一后」和「四大天王」；「谭张争霸」与「千夕之争」；《夕阳之歌》之于梅艳芳的特殊意义；何勇对于四大天王的暴言； [01:21:13] 突然聊到郭富城；张学友的歌王地位和音乐剧《雪狼湖》；不太想提起的《梅兰芳》；杜琪峰的《柔道龙虎榜》； [01:23:21] 陈奕迅作为巨星时代仅有的遗存；MLA 成为了粤语流行音乐顶流背后，流行音乐工业体系的崩塌和改朝换代；许冠杰和林子祥； [01:27:00] BGM#9. 林子祥 - 成吉思汗 [01:28:15] 林子祥是个好演员；谭咏麟唱不上去；张国荣也有拉胯现场； [01:30:23] BGM#10. 林子祥 - 十分十二寸（漫漫前路-天籁星河传说-天鸟-你的眼神-震荡-Monica-不羁的风） [01:33:27] 高志森的《拾芳》（内地名《梅艳芳菲》）；梅艳芳去世后关于遗产的一地鸡毛； [01:38:10] 《南海十三郎》与谢君豪饰演的江誉镠；粤剧和一百年前的香港名利场；时间对于创作者的残酷；佛山与香港的双城记； [01:46:02] 梅艳芳似乎距离我们既近又远；2003年的一次巨大的波折；疫情（本期节目录制于2022年5月）；再次说回了《霸王别姬》； [01:51:44] 粤语歌从谁开始听都可以，从什么时候开始听都不晚 [01:52:25] BGM#11. 梅艳芳 - 夕阳之歌 live相关电影： 梅艷芳 (2021) 梁乐民 幻愛 (2019) 周冠威 開心勿語 (1987) 曾志伟 審死官 (1992) 杜琪峰 鍾無艷 (2001) 杜琪峰 / 韦家辉 胭脂扣 (1987) 关锦鹏 霸王别姬 (1993) 陈凯歌 緣份 (1984) 黄泰来 濟公 (1993) 杜琪峰 / 程小东 逃學威龍III之龍過雞年 (1993) 王晶 東方三俠 (1993) 杜琪峰 半生緣 (1997) 许鞍华 川島芳子 (1990) 方令正 金枝玉葉2 (1996) 陈可辛 第一炉香 (2020) 许鞍华 阮玲玉 (1991) 关锦鹏 伊莎贝拉 (2006) 彭浩翔 破事兒 (2007) 彭浩翔 英雄本色III夕陽之歌 (1989) 徐克 梅兰芳 (2008) 陈凯歌 柔道龍虎榜 (2004) 杜琪峰 殭屍 (2013) 麦浚龙 瘋劫 (1979) 许鞍华 站台 (2000) 贾樟柯 拾芳/梅艳芳菲 (2019) 高志森 / 梁柏豪 百万美元宝贝 Million Dollar Baby (2004) Clint Eastwood 南海十三郎 (1997) 高志森其他作品： 书籍 - 《举头望明月 - 刘培基自传》 参与录音： 嘉宾：林同学 剪辑 / 后期：孟获

All is not well in Harland. Powerful industrialist Darius Fordingbridge has to rely on his hapless CCTV operative Dan to make the perilous journey into the Zone in the hope of protecting the youngest of the Hare Witches from the murderous demon known as Hare Mask. Dan ..... Tyger Drew-Honey Lindsay ..... Jasmine Hyde Sarah ..... Ayesha Antoine Fordingbridge ..... Sean Baker Serena ..... Chloë Sommer Morris ..... Rupert Holliday Evans Mum ..... Fiona Skinner Firefighter ..... David Hounslow Sound Design by Caleb Knightley Directed by Toby Swift A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 4

In today's podcast, an Ashford man says he's lucky he wasn't electrocuted after finding underground cables in his back garden. Phil Lewis was digging to replace a fence panel on Church Road in Willesborough when he came across a warning sign.   Also today, we speak to a woman whose son was stabbed in Ramsgate town centre. She says CCTV cameras haven't made the area any safer, despite Thanet being the CCTV capital of Kent.   A former nurse from Sevenoaks, who has incurable cancer, is urging us to join a fundraising walk tomorrow. Suzanne Jee is campaigning for assisted dying to be legalised in the UK, as an option for those who are terminally ill.   Warm banks are starting to open across Kent as thousands of people struggle to heat their homes. The cost of living crisis is thought to have left more than 16 million people across the UK in fuel poverty. We speak to The City Praise Centre Church in Gravsend, who are hoping to help.   In football, Gillingham travel to take on Doncaster tomorrow. They'll be hoping for a better result after a 2-0 loss to Leyton Orient on Tuesday. Hear from defender Elkan Baggott.   Plus, find out WhatsOn across Kent this spooky halloween weekend!    

Lucy Catherine's supernatural thriller returns to the new town of Harland. 16 months have passed and no trace has been found of Detective Inspector Sarah Ward. She was last seen disappearing into the brooding sinkhole that swallowed a housing estate. Tyger Drew Honey stars as Dan, the lowly CCTV operative determined to solve the mystery. Dan ..... Tyger Drew-Honey Lindsay ..... Jasmine Hyde Morris ..... Rupert Holliday Evans Serena ..... Chloë Sommer Bob ..... David Hounslow Sarah ..... Ayesha Antoine Janice ..... Fiona Skinner Other parts played by Joanna Monro, Jonathan Forbes and Tom Kiteley Sound Design by Caleb Knightley Directed by Toby Swift A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 4

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In a shocking report out today MPs say too many women who've survived domestic abuse are ending up in appalling accommodation operated by rogue landlords who exploit housing benefit loopholes to cash in on a ‘gold rush' of taxpayers' money. Some women and their children find themselves housed in mixed-sex provision, or even alongside their perpetrators. The current rules mean anyone can set up what is called Exempt Accommodation if they offer care, support, or supervision that is ‘more than minimal'. One provider left a loaf of bread and some jam to achieve that standard. Others say fitting CCTV is enough to qualify. The All Party Parliamentary Select Committee on Levelling Up Housing and Communities make a number of recommendations aimed at stopping unscrupulous operators getting enhanced housing benefit without providing the wraparound support and staff they're meant to offer survivors of domestic abuse. Krupa Padhy talks to the Chair of the Committee Clive Betts Labour MP and Becky Rogerson, CEO of Wearside Women in Need. In 1691, a journalist called John Dunton was having an affair and realised there was no one he could ask for advice about it without revealing his identity. Realising his situation couldn't be unique, he invited readers of his newspaper to submit their problems. Today agony aunt columns are the mainstay of the back pages of our newspapers and magazines. But why do we still seek comfort from the written advice of strangers? Krupa Padhy is joined by best-selling author and Sunday Times Style agony aunt Dolly Alderton, and author of ‘Never Kiss A Man in a Canoe,' Tanith Carey. Yesterday marked 40 days since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who died in police custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab “improperly”. Thousands of mourners gathered near Amini's grave in her hometown of Saqqez where Iranian police reportedly fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds. Protests have taken place across the country since Mahsa's death on 16th September and women have been at the forefront of the movement, removing their headscarves and cutting their hair in public in solidarity. Faranak Amidi, the BBC's Near East women affairs reporter, joins Krupa. On Woman's Hour we talk about girls a lot, how we raise them, keeping them safe, their mental and physical health but we don't often talk to them. For an occasional series called Girl's World, Ena Miller went to talk to India and Alice at their school about their lives, the things they think about, chat about and worry about. She took along her teenage diary to jog her memory about the secret world of the teenage girl. When Una Marson became the BBC's first black radio producer and presenter in the 1940s, she brought Caribbean voices and culture to a global audience. Krupa speaks to actor Seroca Davis on playing Una in BBC2's documentary-drama ‘Una Marson, Our Lost Caribbean Voice'.

A girl living in a haunted house must find a way to protect her way of life.. Written and produced by Julie Hoverson Cast List Eden - Jaiden Douwes Henry - Danar Hoverson Callandra - Julie Hoverson Frederick! - Reynaud LeBoeuf Ethan - Scott Douwes Mrs. Sherman - Angela Kirby Garth Sherman - Luke LeBoeuf News - Suzanne Dunn Henry's Mom - Gwendolyn Gieseke-Woodard Music by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Sound mastering:  Julie Hoverson Cover Design:  Dennis Hager  "What kind of a place is it? Why it's an old brownstone home, can't you tell?  Where else would you expect to find ... a couple of ghosts? *************************************************************** A Ghost of a Chance   Cast: Eden Anderson, precocious 11-year old Ethan Anderson, her dead father, 47 Callandra O'Doul, dead Irish maidservant, 20 Henry Torrence, burglar, 23 Frederick Ferryman, dead actor, 40s-50s Ms. Sherman, CPS, 32 Garth Sherman, her son, a bully, 13 News [anything] OLIVIA     Did you have any trouble finding it?  What do you mean, what kind of a place is it?  Why, it's a big old brownstone, can't you tell?  Where else would you find a ghost or two? SCENE 1 – coming home MUSIC SOUNDS    MODERN STREET NOISE.  SOUND    WE FOLLOW THROUGH A CREAKY GATE.  STREET NOISE QUIETS A BIT.  FOOTSTEPS ON LEAVES, THEN ON WOOD PORCH.  KEY IN LOCK, DOOR OPENS, FOOTSTEPS PASS THROUGH.   SCENE 2 – HALLWAY AND KITCHEN EDEN    Hey!  I'm home! SOUND    BACKPACK FLUNG ONTO TABLE.  DOOR SHUTS AND IS CAREFULLY LOCKED. CALLANDRA    You're going to have to do some shopping soon, miss.  We're almost out of soap powder. EDEN    [sigh] I'll put it on the list.  SOUND    FOOTSTEPS, THEY HESITATE, THEN STOP EDEN    What?  Move it.  I'm tired. CALLANDRA    [evasive] You're looking a mite peaked.  You could use a bite to eat.  Come into the kitchen and have some soup. EDEN    [slightly suspicious] O-kay...  SOUND    MODERN JAZZ, PLAYED LOW, SLIGHTLY MUFFLED EDEN    Dad's not at the videos again is he? SOUND    OPENING CUPBOARDS, CANS BEING PULLED OUT AND PLACED ON THE COUNTER CALLANDRA    [not quite convincing] No. EDEN    Then why don't you want me to go upstairs? SOUND    POP TOP ON CAN, SOUP INTO BOWL CALLANDRA    Whatever gave you that idea--? EDEN    Oh, please. CALLANDRA    Can I not just be concerned about you?  Someone has to be! SOUND    MICROWAVE OPENS, FOOD IN, SETTING TIME EDEN    I'm fine. SOUND    TURNS ON MICROWAVE MUSIC   SCENE 3 – A BIT LATER AMBIANCE    TELEVISION PLAYS LOW IN THE BACKGROUND News    ....was stolen from the J.J. Holdings museum at the university today.  The vase is attributed to the school of Cellini, and has been valued at nearly half a million dollars. SOUND    CELLPHONE DIALS, RINGS, PICKS UP EDEN    Hey Ariel.  ... Nothing.  Look, I've been thinking about-- SOUND    THUMPING ON CEILING EDEN    --trying out... for...  Can you wait a minute, Ariel? SOUND    HOLD BUTTON IS PRESSED SOUND     DOOR OPENS.  STEPS INTO FOYER, SLIGHT ECHO SOUND    THUMPING FROM ABOVE.  A COUPLE OF RAPID STEPS. SOUND    [WHOOSHING SOUND OF A GHOST ARRIVING] CALLANDRA    Oh no, miss.  EDEN    Yeah?  Stop me.  It's not dad - I can hear his computer going, and it's not you, since you're right here.  Maybe Frederick?  [yelling] Frederick? CALLANDRA    [worried] Oh... SOUND    [WHOOSHING SOUND OF A GHOST ARRIVING] FREDERICK    [overly theatrical, as always] Enter stage right.  Yeeeees?  CALLANDRA    See, it's all gone now-- SOUND    THUMPING FROM ABOVE CALLANDRA     [dismay] Ooh! EDEN    [grim] What is it? FREDERICK    Shall I make a recon, my young commander? EDEN    Oh! Shoot! SOUND    BEEP ON PHONE EDEN    Gotta call you back, Ariel.  Yeah, it's dad.  SOUND    PHONE HANGS UP EDEN    Callandra?  You want to explain-- SOUND    DOORBELL RINGS.  WHOOSH [GHOSTS LEAVING] EDEN    [exasperated sound]  Uuh! SOUND    STAMPING FEET, CHAIN LOCK GOES ON EDEN    [sighs] SOUND    DOOR OPENS EDEN    [sweetly] Yes?  SHERMAN Good evening. Are your parents around? EDEN    My father is asleep.  He hasn't been feeling very well. SHERMAN I think he'll want to speak to me. FREDERICK    [whisper]  Why?  Is she covered in chocolate? EDEN    [gritted teeth]  Maybe when he's feeling better.  Can he call you? SHERMAN Here's my card. EDEN    Oh. CALLANDRA    What's C-P-S?  Does that mean she's with the coppers? EDEN    What's this about?  I would invite you in, but-- SHERMAN No, I understand. Safety first.  [serious] There's been a complaint. EDEN    By who?  FREDERICK    [booming voice] Whom. EDEN    I mean - by whom? SHERMAN I'll discuss all that with your father. Please do have him call me.  [going off] All my info's on the card. EDEN    [calling] Thanks - uh - Ms. Sherman. SOUND    DOOR SHUTS EDEN    Oh, shoot! CALLANDRA    Now, it's not that bad.  Is it? FREDERICK    Of course it is.  CPS are the child police service.  They arrest bad little children. CALLANDRA    The devil you say!  Oh, Eden, tell me darling!  They won't arrest you! EDEN    They don't - but they do take children away from the wrong type of home environment. CALLANDRA    [relieved] Ohhh!  We're safe enough then. EDEN    [as if] Ri-ight. SOUND    THUMPING EDEN    Are you going to tell me, or do I just get to find out for myself? CALLANDRA    Oh, my stars... MUSIC   SCENE 4 - UPSTAIRS SOUND     DOOR UNLOCKS, OPENS HENRY    [gasps] Jeez!  About flipping time!  You ever hear of unlawful imprisonment? EDEN    I've heard of burglary. HENRY    You're kinda small for a cop. EDEN    [exasperated noise] Dude.  You can come out now, but just so you know, I've got a taser. SOUND    SLOW FOOTSTEPS EDEN    [gasps, shocked] You look like--! HENRY    Got my hands up, all that.  [quoting] Don't tase me, [ending lamely] uh, bro. SOUND    A COUPLE MORE STEPS, THEN HENRY    [grunt as he lunges at her] SOUND    SCUFFLE.  FALLING FURNITURE, SOMETHING BREAKS, THEN... FREDERICK    [unearthly wail] HENRY     [screams, then gibbers until noted] SOUND    SOMETHING SMALL CLATTERS TO THE FLOOR EDEN    I hate when you do that!  That is so gross!  [tsk, annoyed sigh] You coulda left your head on... FREDERICK    [huffy] It was effective. EDEN    [sigh]  You.  What's your name? HENRY    [gibbering]  ...head came off, and cold, so cold! SOUND    SLAP HENRY    [sharp intake of breath] Wha-ah-ah? EDEN    Your name, mister burglar. HENRY    Henry.  Henry Torrence.  [whispered] What the heck was that? EDEN    A ghost.  Now, Mister Torrence, I suppose I'm gonna have to tie you up or something, so you don't try and jump me again-- HENRY    Howzabout just letting me - ya know - go? EDEN    You broke in.  I have to do something, and I really don't want to have to deal with the cops - they'll bother dad. HENRY    Look, I never hurt no one, I ain't the type.  I swear! EDEN    Still...  I think you need to stay locked up for a while.  CALLANDRA    Can I keep him?  Please?  I caught him! FREDERICK    Shut up woman, we may be able to use this fellow's services. EDEN    [ordering] March!  I'll put you somewhere better than that closet, but you better stay put or - FREDERICK    Boooooo! HENRY    [gasps] EDEN    [unenthusiastically] Yeah, that.  Boo. MUSIC   SCENE 5 - DOWNSTAIRS CALLANDRA    What do you plan to do with him?  Please say I can have him for me own - he's such a fine specimen of a man. EDEN    If you keep him, I have to feed him. CALLANDRA    Well... not necessarily... EDEN    No.  No.  No.  I'm not having any more ghosts around here. CALLANDRA    You never let me have any fun! EDEN    Besides, didn't you notice the resemblance? CALLANDRA    To a man? SOUND    WHOOSH, FF ENTERS FREDERICK    Our dear Callandra never looked above his [mocking her accent] "luuuvly broad shoulders!" CALLANDRA    Bite your tongue, Frederick!  I still have those clippings of yours, and you will sorely regret having a jape at my expense-- EDEN    Shut up!  MUSIC   SCENE 6 – BREAKFAST IN BED SOUND    MORNING BIRD NOISES SOUND    MUFFLED THUMP, RATTLE AT DOORKNOB HENRY    [yawns, waking] SOUND    CHAIN RATTLES, BEDCLOTHES RUSTLE EDEN    [muffled] Are you awake? HENRY    Yeah, sure.  Whatever. SOUND    DOOR OPENS WITH DIFFICULTY SOUND     EDEN ENTERS WITH TRAY EDEN    I hope you like bacon. HENRY     Uh, yeah! [surprised and enthused] SOUND    SHIFTING AS HE SITS UP IN BED, CHAIN MOVES HENRY    Thanks.  Breakfast in bed.  Almost like a dream, except-- SOUND    RATTLE OF CHAINS CALLANDRA    [snarky] Well, we can't have you wandering around the house like some sort of ... burglar, can we? HENRY    Does she need to be here? SOUND    SETS DOWN TRAY, DISHES RATTLE EDEN    She's my backup.  I need to talk to you. HENRY    [annoyed] Go ahead.  I don't eat with my ears. SOUND    EATING NOISES EDEN    [snort of laughter]  This is going to sound really dumb, but...  [thinks hard]  I have a kind of proposition for you. HENRY    [offended] You are way too young, and she's dead. EDEN    Huh? CALLANDRA    Shame on you! HENRY    Nothing. [eats noisily] EDEN    Ew!  [angry sigh]  Look, no.  My dad is out of town, and I need someone to pretend to be him and talk to CPS. HENRY    CPS?  The CPS?  Hell no.  I hate those bast‑‑ uh-- buttheads. EDEN    Why?  You got kids? HENRY    Never mind.  No way you can talk me into-- EDEN    We'll pay you. HENRY    --into-- How much? EDEN    Dad said we could give you a thousand.  For staying here for two weeks and pretending to be him. HENRY    He's not coming home for two weeks?  [truly offended] What the hell is wrong with him, leaving you all alone? CALLANDRA    Language!! HENRY    I don't give a flying rat's patoot about my language!  If your dad is so flipping negligent to leave you all alone for weeks at a time, [losing steam] then maybe you'd be ... better off-- EDEN    [anguish] In foster care?  No way!! HENRY    Well, no, but... don't you have any other family? EDEN    [mumbled] Not anywhere around here. HENRY    [sincere] That sucks! EDEN    Look, I'm not supposed to say anything, but my dad...  He [whispers importantly] he works for the government.  Top secret. HENRY    Seriously? EDEN    Uh-huh!  So he can't always control when he'll be back. HENRY    Why would he - why would you even trust me? EDEN    You won't get paid until after the two weeks is up.  Besides... I'm a pretty good cook? HENRY    Okay, but I have to be able to tell my mom.  She'll worry if I don't get home. EDEN    You live with your mom?  But you're like a grownup.  That's weird. HENRY    Why do you think I don't have a real job?  MUSIC   SCENE 7 – MEETING CPS FREDERICK    [sharp whisper] Now you just behave now, my lad, or I'll give you what for again. HENRY    [trying to be flippant] “Boo.”  I get it.  This makeup itches.  EDEN    Sorry.  You had to look a little older.  HENRY    It is kinda creepy how I look so much like your dad. EDEN    Yeah.  [fretting] Where IS she? SOUND    KNOCK ON THE DOOR CALLANDRA    Eep! EDEN    [to the ghosts] Scat! [quiet] Ready? HENRY    Guess we'll find out. SOUND    FEET, DOOR UNLOCKS and OPENS EDEN    Hello?  Ah.  Right on time. SHERMAN Your father--? EDEN    Right here.  Come on in. HENRY    [trying too hard to sound old] Ethan Anderson.  Pleased to meet you.  You're Ms. Sherman? EDEN    [warning] Dad!  [explaining] He's had a cold. SHERMAN [warm] Ah!  I hope you're on the mend? HENRY    [clears his throat, sounds more normal]  Yes, yes.  Much better. MUSIC   SCENE 8 – WAITING IN THE KITCHEN SOUND    FLAP OF KITCHEN DOOR, FEET CALLANDRA    [very nervous] How goes it? EDEN    Seems OK, so far.  HENRY    [off, furious] What? EDEN    Oh no! SOUND    RUNS OFF, FLAP OF DOOR EDEN    [breathless] What? HENRY    [grim] Tell her. SHERMAN [sweet] My dear, um, Eden. I was just telling your father that your school has raised issues about your father's involvement-- EDEN    Why?  He emails them all the time.  They understand how busy he is. SHERMAN We still have to take it under advisement. Now, off the record, and with the understanding that you, sir, are a fairly wealthy man, I might ask why you haven't engaged a nanny or other similar household staff-- EDEN    [QUIET, prompting] DAD!    HENRY    [angry] What business is it of yours, lady? SHERMAN Perhaps you should step out and leave us alone again, dear. EDEN    No.  I may be too young for my opinion to count, but I want to hear what you plan to do to me.  We don't need anyone to look after the house.  I can do that. SHERMAN But you shouldn't have to - you are a child, dear, and you have better things to do. EDEN    Like what?  Play Xbox and get fat? MUSIC   SCENE 9 – AFTER SHE LEAVES SOUND    FRONT DOOR SHUTS, LOCKS HENRY    You have 20 million dollars? EDEN    And a half.  Not like I can spend it.  They don't trust me - that's why they call it a trust fund. HENRY    [snort] SOUND    SHE STARTS UP THE STAIRS HENRY    Hey, we're talking here. EDEN    [upset] You're only my dad while there's an audience. HENRY    [calling] Why don't you want a nanny or something? SOUND    RUNS UP THE STAIRS CALLANDRA    Poor child.  HENRY    [gasps]  Oh, right.  CALLANDRA    Pity you're not much of a father. HENRY    [offended] You're not much help, either. CALLANDRA    Oh?  And what do you expect from me?  I've been dead over a century, boyo. HENRY    How's that work, anyway? CALLANDRA    [pouty] Don't know.  Wouldn't tell you if I did. HENRY    Fine.  Whatever.  You have anything to drink around this place? CALLANDRA    [rolls eyes] Oh, yes.  That would look terrible good to Ms. Sherman, wouldn't it? HENRY    I'm going out for a while.  Don't worry - I'll sneak out the back.  I'm good at THAT. MUSIC   SCENE 10 – HENRY'S HOME SOUND    DOOR OPENS, MUSIC PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND HENRY    [sigh, then calling]  Hey mom! MOM    [bleary drunk] Baby?  That you? HENRY    [resigned] Yes, mom. MOM    Where you been?  HENRY    I gotta job, mom.  Been working. MOM    You bring me back a little something, baby?  Medicine? HENRY    [down] Tomorrow.  I promise. MOM    [sarcastic] Such a good boy.  You gon' expect me to bail you out again?  You need to get you some better friends, baby. HENRY    I'm not a baby, mom.  I'm thirty-five. MOM    You'll always be my baby, Henry, won't you?  You know how much I count on you.  How much it hurts every time you been taken away from me.  What would I do if you were in jail?  Do you ever think about that? HENRY    Yeah.  [under his breath] All the time. MUSIC   SCENE 11 – CHAT WITH DAD SOUND    COMPUTER KEYS SOUND    DOOR OPENS HENRY    Eden? EDEN    [gasps] What?  Oh!  You're back! SOUND    FOOTSTEPS HENRY    You shouldn't sit in the dark like that. EDEN    [sarcastic] Thanks dad.  [serious]  I've been chatting with my real dad. HENRY    I didn't hear anything, if that's what you're worried about. EDEN    Duh.  Computer chatting.  HENRY    Typing.  Right.  I'm not much for the whole computer thing. EDEN    That could be awkward, if Ms. Sherman decides to quiz you on what you do for a living.  Dad's a programmer. HENRY    For the government? EDEN    [scornful] No!  [realizing] Oh, I mean... uh... he's a programmer for real, but he doesn't program for them. HENRY    [suspicious] Can I type something to him? EDEN     Sure. SOUND    CHAIR SHIFTS, CLUMSY, SLOW TYPING EDEN    Is this a secret, or can I type it for you? HENRY    Yeah, go on - at this rate I'll be here all night just to say Hi.  Um... [thinking] Mister... uh ... can I call him Ethan? EDEN    [responding to dad]  All right.  He says let's turn on the microphone. SOUND    CLICK EDEN    Now you can just talk. He still has to type, though.  His mike is broken. HENRY    I don't know you, so maybe I'm not the one who should be saying this, but - here goes.  Dude, leaving your kid alone makes you a bad dad.  So what if the government needs you! EDEN    You're... serious? HENRY    Hell yeah.  You're gonna grow up robbing banks and stuff. EDEN    Hmm.  He says, just because your dad was a deadbeat, doesn't mean -- HENRY    What the hell do you think you know? EDEN    He says-- HENRY    I can see what he says.  Background check, my ass! EDEN    I told you he's a computer guy. HENRY    Fine.  You need to take care of-- EDEN    Don't tell me how to raise my daughter.  Oh, and he says "watch"-- SOUND    [some CCTV video comes on the computer] HENRY    [shocked] How did he get that? EDEN    Is that you?  Breaking into a building?  Wow.  Wait, is that the museum? HENRY    So that's your way of keeping me in line?  EDEN    Are you the one who stole the Cellini vase? HENRY    I plead the fifth.  [angry sigh] Fine.  I'll do my two weeks, and then I am the hell out of here. EDEN    [angry] Very well, you worthless wretch! HENRY    What? EDEN    [innocent] Just what he said. MUSIC   SCENE 12 – RUDE AWAKENING SOUND    POUNDING ON DOOR CALLANDRA    Mr. Anderson!!  HENRY    [sleepy] What? CALLANDRA    That woman is at the door!  HENRY    I can't answer it like this!  I don't have that old-age makeup-- CALLANDRA    Frederic! HENRY    No, no - I can do it-- SOUND    POUNDING AGAIN FREDERIC    Did I hear a cue? HENRY    No, we-- CALLANDRA    He needs to look old and ill.  And right fast. HENRY    Really, I-- FREDERIC    Hmm.  Here.  [horrible ghostly noise] HENRY    [screams] CALLANDRA    Shh! FREDERIC    Damnation.  Once that would have turned your hair quite white - as it is, you will have to wear a cap. MUSIC   SCENE 13 – CPS AGAIN SOUND    DOOR OPENS SLOWLY HENRY    [shaky] Yes? SHERMAN Took you long enough. HENRY    I was in the shower.  Nearly killed myself slipping when I came down the stairs. SHERMAN Are you going to ask me in? HENRY    You might have heard the scream. SHERMAN No. [hinting to let her in] It is rather chilly out here. HENRY    [sigh] Very well. SOUND    THEY GO IN, HE FAKES A LIMP CALLANDRA    You watch out for that one! HENRY    Shh! FREDERICK    She can't hear us unless we want her to. SHERMAN I expect Eden is at school right now? HENRY    She's a very good student. SHERMAN [disdainful] B plus. HENRY    That ain't nothing to sneeze at, lady! SOUND    SITS SHERMAN But we both know she could do better. HENRY    What makes you think that? SHERMAN You could get her tutors. HENRY    Why?  She's real smart. FREDERICK    You tell her!  But you might try using proper grammar. SHERMAN There's so many things your money could do for your daughter. HENRY    I'd rather let her be herself. CALLANDRA    Oh, that's touching, that is. SHERMAN You could send her to private school. My own son Garth is in private school. HENRY    [faltering] She has ...friends.... here. SHERMAN [hinting] A very expensive private school. HENRY    You recruiting or something?  I ain't making any decisions behind my kid's back. SHERMAN You could pay me to leave you alone. HENRY    She wants to stay --  WHAT?  CALLANDRA    Horrors! FREDERIC    Bezom! SHERMAN You must understand, Mr. Anderson, just how poorly compensated we civil servants are these days. What a completely thankless job we do. HENRY    You really just hit me up for money? SHERMAN And how particularly expensive a really good school is. HENRY    [incredulous] Money.  You're asking for money. SHERMAN Of course. HENRY    You're a skanky money-grubbing ho! FREDERIC    Filth straight from the bowels of satan's own thrice-crowned hounds of hell! SHERMAN Language! [evil nice again] You have plenty of money.  I've looked into your financials.  Not just Eden's little trust fund, but liquid assets as well.  HENRY    That's blackmail! SHERMAN Technically, it's extortion. So far.  Extortion is getting money with a threat of something yet to come. HENRY    It's still illegal. CALLANDRA    Oh, horrors! SHERMAN Blackmail, on the other hand, is getting money with the threat of revealing something from the past. Like your criminal record? HENRY    My... [confused] what? SHERMAN Mr. Anderson, I have no wish to go into detail, but do you really think I would come here with just the might of CPS behind me? HENRY    Maybe. SHERMAN No. I have something concrete on you.  HENRY    Doesn't ring a bell.  [chuckles lamely]  Criminal record?  Me?  [laughs] SHERMAN Do the words 1987 and dot com mean anything to you? HENRY    But I was just-- ["a kid", but he cuts off] SHERMAN Using an assumed name? You're very lucky no one thought to cross-reference your fingerprints before, but once they do what I did... HENRY    Oh, crap. SHERMAN I'm in no hurry. I'd be happy to take a little something up front, and then a larger payment by the end of the week, perhaps? HENRY    I'll ...see what I have lying around. MUSIC   SCENE 14 – CHAT WITH DAD SOUND    DOOR OPENS, FEET STORM IN HENRY    Is your mike on, Mr. Anderson? SOUND    COMPUTER BEEP HENRY    Good.  Cause I don't know jack about how to work these things. SOUND    COMPUTER BOOP HENRY    You heard what happened?  How? SOUND    BOOP HENRY     I didn't even notice a computer in the living room.  SOUND    BOOP HENRY    Huh?  Which button? SOUND    BOOP HENRY    No need to get snippy. SOUND     BUTTON PUSHED ETHAN    [computer generated voice]  You will go immediately to the first hill bank and trust-- HENRY    What do you mean immediately?  I gotta do grocery shopping this morning. ETHAN    Delivered. HENRY    Not for here.  for my mom. ETHAN    Get it delivered. HENRY    Hey! Mom may be an old lush, but she expects to see me from time to time. ETHAN    Bank after. HENRY    What's all this crap that witch was talking about, anyway? ETHAN    No time.  Bank today.  Take three thousand dollars-- HENRY    I can't pass for you at a damn bank!  I can't sign your name!  ETHAN     Account in your name.  Use your own I-D. HENRY    What?  In my name?  What makes you think I won't just walk off... [back on topic] Second - why three thousand?  She won't settle for just three-- ETHAN    Three thousand will pay off her car. HENRY    Damn.  You really can find out anything, can't you? MUSIC   SCENE 15 – HENRY HOME SOUND    DOOR OPENS, MOM'S HOUSE.  TV ON HENRY    I brought your groceries. MOM    Good.  Didja get any beer? HENRY    It's still in the car. MOM    Bring that in next, woudja?  That's a good boy. HENRY    [from other room, confused] Mom?  Where's my TV? MOM    Mine was ...uh...on the fritz, so I moved yours in here. HENRY    You did? MOM    I had help. HENRY    You forgot to pay, didn't you? MOM    That is no way to talk to your mother!  Besides, if you weren't gone all the time, I wouldn't have such a problem.  You know I never was good with money.  HENRY    Yeah. MOM    When did you say you'd get paid for this new job you got? MUSIC   SCENE 16 – DINNER WITH EDEN SOUND    DINNER NOISES    HENRY    You made this? EDEN    [sullen] Yeah.  HENRY    It's pretty good. EDEN    Should be.  Been cooking since I was [Callandra's accent] "just a wee thing".  [change of tone, sullen]  You were gone all day.  Again. HENRY    I came back. EDEN    Well, duh.  We're paying you to be here. HENRY    Are the ghosts joining us? EDEN    [still sullen] Frederic gets too jumpy around food, and Callandra "doesna feel tis proper." MOMENT OF SILENCE HENRY    Are you mad at me?  SOUND    THUMP - VASE ON TABLE HENRY    What the h---ay?  You going through my room? EDEN    Callandra saw you hide it.  SHE's very upset with you. CALLNDRA    [from off] Though it is a right pretty wee thing! HENRY    I had to bring it along - mom was about to use it as an ashtray. EDEN    Why do you steal? HENRY    Whoa!  That ain't polite to ask. EDEN    It isn't polite to steal. MOMENT OF SILENCE HENRY    What else am I gonna do?  Shove burgers?  I ain't even got a GED.  Without that… well… EDEN    If you're trying to convince me to stay in school, there's no point. HENRY    No way!  You gonna drop out?  Smart kid like you – you could be any darn thing you want! EDEN    Oh, please.  I already have a GED.  Or at least, I took the test – just to see, you know?  And I've taken a few college courses on the Internet.  I stay in school for the socialization.  HENRY    Huh? EDEN    I stay in school to look normal and have friends.  The work is boring as hell, but I don't want to stand out.  Do you know how hard it is to manage a B+ average? HENRY    [sarcastic] Never had that problem, myself. EDEN    [mounting upset] I have to guess on each test what the correct percentage of answers is to get wrong.  I have to dumb my writing down for essay questions.  I have to-- HENRY    Why? EDEN    Why? HENRY    Why not just say to hell with it, and let em see how smart you are? EDEN    Smart kids get noticed.  I can stand out when I'm older.  When it's safe.  MUSIC   SCENE 17 – WHERE'S DAD SOUND    COMPUTER NOISES HENRY    You need to get your butt home, dude.  Your government might need you, but your daughter needs you more. ETHAN    Not possible. HENRY    What, are you in deep cover or something?  In a foreign prison?  [slow realization]  Oh.... crap. ETHAN    We are both in crap. HENRY    No, I mean you - you're like them, aren't you? ETHAN    Define "them". HENRY    The ghosts. ETHAN    [beat] Yes. HENRY    Holy crap. ETHAN    No.  Just regular crap.  HENRY    I can't stay here forever! ETHAN    Eden needs you. HENRY    [wobbling] My mom... she needs me, too. ETHAN    Open the scanner. HENRY    What?  Oh, that.  SOUND    SCANNER NOISE ETHAN    I need your hand. MUSIC   SCENE 18 – WHERE'S MOM SOUND    SILENT HOUSE, KEY IN LOCK, DOOR OPENS HENRY    Mom, why's the TV --?  [panicky] Mom? SOUND    MOVES THROUGH, TALKING HENRY    Mom, please say you're okay.  Say something!  Hello?  Oh, jeez, what could they'a done to‑‑ [cuts off as he spots something] What? SOUND    PAPER PICKED UP HENRY    [Reading]  Hope you get this. Woulda called, but-- MOM    [continuing, guilt tripping]  --you never gave me your number at "work".  Won a cruise in a mail-in contest.  Back in a month.  "Mom."  P-S, all expenses paid - how you like them apples.  Oh, and make sure to pay the electric bill.  Want heat when I get home. HENRY    [half amused, half annoyed chuckle] Ethan, you king of all shits. MUSIC   SCENE 19 – LIKE MOTHER SOUND    OUTSIDE, DAYTIME STREET GARTH    Hey! EDEN    [suspicious]  Can I help you? GARTH    [mean chuckle] You bet. SOUND    CLICK OF CAMERA PHONE GARTH    [annoyed] Hey! EDEN    [scared, but standing her ground] If this is a mugging, I just e-mailed your picture to my dad. GARTH    He's not gonna do anything. EDEN    What makes you so sure? GARTH    My mom has him by the short hairs. EDEN    Your mom? GARTH    Sherman?  From CPS?  Ring any bells? EDEN    She went away.  Everything is fine. GARTH    Course it is.  It's fine as long as you guys play ball. EDEN    [starting to get it]  As long as we--? GARTH    Pay up.  EDEN    But that's-- GARTH    You wanna complain, go whine to your dad, he'll explain the facts of life.  For now... you got an ipod? EDEN    [starting to break] I-- GARTH    [threatening] Or should I say, do I got an ipod?  [snarl] Hand it over. SOUND    HAND OVER EDEN    [nearly in tears] There.  Choke on it, you bully! GARTH    Uh!  [shoves her] SOUND    EDEN FALLS EDEN    [gasp, trying hard not to cry] SOUND    GARTH WALKS AWAY GARTH    Hah!  She got the Bieber fever.  [nasty laugh]  Ooh!  Beyonce!  EDEN    [long sniffle] SOUND    RUNNING FEET HENRY    What happened?  Here, let me-- SOUND    SHE JUMPS UP AND THROWS HER ARMS AROUND HIM EDEN    [crying] HENRY    [nervous, not sure what to say] It's okay!  I'll handle this.  It's-- [determined, personal]  It's going to be okay. MUSIC   SCENE 20 – getting even SOUND    QUIETLY DRESSING HENRY    [whispering] It's easy to forget she's just a kid. FREDERIC    [stage whisper]  She is a most self-possessed young lady. HENRY    Shh.  She only just got to sleep. FREDERIC    And you?  Are you leaving her now, in her hour of need? HENRY    [grim] Something I gotta do. FREDERIC    In the middle of the night? SOUND    ZIPPER ZIPS FREDERIC    And dressed all in black?  I sense skullduggery! HENRY    Sense all you want, but stay quiet about it.  FREDERIC    Alas that I cannot do more than keep the light burning for your return.  HENRY    Yeah.  See you in the morning. MUSIC   SCENE 21 – SATISFACTION SOUND    LOUD BANGING ON THE FRONT DOOR, DOOR OPENS HENRY    [self satisfied] Ahh!  [yawns]  So sorry.  Long night. SHERMAN Your check bounced! HENRY    [congenial]  No, I put a stop payment on it.  Won't you come in? SHERMAN You WHAT? HENRY    I - we - aren't playing your game any more. SOUND    DOOR CREAKS OPEN A CRACK, UP CLOSE EDEN    [whispered, eavesdropping] Go, Henry! FREDERIC    I could always give her a visitation - maybe we'll get lucky and she'll keel over from the shock! EDEN    No!  He may be a butt, but I don't want you to kill some kid's mom!  CALLANDRA    They've gone into the living room! EDEN    I'll have to listen on the laptop then.  Right dad? SOUND    BEEP MUSIC   SCENE 22 – REVELATION HENRY    Would you like a soda? SHERMAN I would like an explanation. What makes you think I won't go through with turning you in? HENRY    Go ahead.  When they take my fingerprints and they don't match the ones you have on file, you'll look pretty silly. SHERMAN You - you...! HENRY    You might have noticed that I'm a bit of a computer nerd. SHERMAN Oh-ho-ho! [getting composure back]  You may have changed the prints on the system,  But you can't get into my backups. HENRY    Call my bluff. SHERMAN Very well-- HENRY    BUT-- SOUND    MOMENT OF AWKWARD PAUSE SHERMAN [worried] What? HENRY    I'm afraid you have a problem of your own. SHERMAN I have a what? Are you trying to blackmail me?  I am very careful. HENRY    About your money stuff, yeah - I'm sure you are.  This is something else.  A vase. SHERMAN A what? HENRY    Have you read the papers recently?  The museum? SHERMAN The Cellini Vase? HENRY    Yeah, that thing. SHERMAN What does that have to do with me? HENRY    It's in your house. MUSIC   SCENE 23 – FINALE EDEN    What if she finds it? HENRY    What's she gonna do with it?  She don't know no fences. CALLANDRA    Or any place to sell it either. EDEN    She might give it back? FREDERIC    And try to explain how she happened to come by such a fugitive object?  Hah! HENRY    Hah is right. EDEN    [down] So I guess this means you're gonna go now.  I mean now that it's all clear. HENRY    I guess. EDEN    Would you stay?  I mean, if you could? HENRY    I'd like to but.... I dunno.  My mom-- SOUND    BEEP ETHAN    [computer voice] Was lucky and got an apartment in a new full-service assisted living community. HENRY    What?  You can't just-- ETHAN    Try and get her out.  They have KeNo every Thursday. HENRY    [annoyed but thinking] Hmm..... Does she get to have a nice TV? ETHAN    No. HENRY    What?  How can you--? ETHAN    You will bring one to her.  EDEN    Clever. FREDERIC    Brilliant! CALLANDRA    [sniffling] Touching. HENRY    Gotcha.  And what about me? EDEN    I have four more years before I can technically be emancipated.  If you're willing to be my dad til then, we'll-- ETHAN    Pay you one hundred thousand per year. HENRY    [dubious] That's pretty good.  Hmm...  Four years. EDEN    Well, what do you want, then? HENRY    Four years sounds like a heckuva lot like college. EDEN    I'm still too young. HENRY    Nah... I was thinking... you know... [quiet] For me.  [up] But only if you'll help me get my GED and stuff. EDEN    I bet I could be a really good tutor! MUSIC    END

Lucy Catherine's supernatural thriller returns to the new town of Harland. 16 months have passed and no trace has been found of Detective Inspector Sarah Ward. She was last seen disappearing into the brooding sinkhole that swallowed a housing estate. Tyger Drew Honey stars as Dan, the lowly CCTV operative determined to solve the mystery.

Alors que se tient le XXe Congrès du parti communiste chinois au cours duquel le président chinois doit être reconduit pour un troisième mandat, nous rediffusons dans « La Story », le podcast d'actualité des « Echos », un épisode sur les ambitions de Xi Jinping qui ne sont pas sans rappeler celles du « Grand Timonier ».Vous souhaitez prendre la parole et nous aider à poursuivre le développement de nos podcasts et plus largement des services « Les Echos » ? Nous vous invitons à rejoindre notre panel de lecteurs pour partager très prochainement votre opinion sur nos podcasts en suivant ce lien.La Story est un podcast des « Echos » présenté par Pierrick Fay. Cet épisode a été enregistré en septembre 2021. Rédaction en chef : Clémence Lemaistre. Invités : Emmanuel Lincot et Emmanuel Véron (coauteurs de « La Chine face au monde : une puissance résistible » aux éditions Capit Muscas). Réalisation : Willy Ganne. Musique : Théo Boulenger. Identité graphique : Upian. Photo : Andy Wong/AP/SIPA. Sons : BFM TV, 24 Heures, France 24, Dbadagna, CGTN Français, CCTV. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Guest: Kim Bo Kyung, Reporter1. Prosecution recently raided into the Democratic Party's headquarter office.2. A debate over the disclosure of the minutes of a meeting two years ago3. Losing the mood of 'cooperation'4. The government will be installing CCTV at the 용산 presidential office5. A public opinion battle on the sham price law, Google's typical tactic6. The Japanese yen peaked to 150 against the US dollarSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On September 10, 2022, Debbie Collier's daughter received a Venmo payment with an alarming message.  “They are not going to let me go love you there is a key to the house in the blue flower pot by the door”.  The payment was for $2,385.    Debbie was never seen alive again.  Shortly after the payment was made,  Debbie was found naked and burned in a wooded area, around 60 miles away from her home.  She was found clutching a small tree.  Her cause of death has not been made public, but police have said there is no evidence of either suicide or kidnapping. Debbie's case is one of the strangest we have ever encountered.  She was caught on CCTV, alone at a dollar store, around the time that the Venmo payment was made.  Debbie purchased items that were found at her death scene.   There have been rumors about Debbie's daughter being involved in the death.  Or was this a mental break that ended in death?  There are NO answers in Debbie's case to date, even with the FBI joining the investigation.  WHAT IS GOING ON? Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast where we discuss the bizarre unsolved death of Georgia woman, Debbie Collier. You can read our blog for Debbie here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/09/21/missing-georgia-woman-debbie-collier-found-dead-naked-and-burned/   In this episode, we also discuss the ongoing legal battle involving Letecia Stauch, the woman accused of murdering her stepson Gannon Stauch. The autopsy results for abducted Memphis woman Eliza Fletcher have been released and we discuss the sad findings. This episode is sponsored by: Apostrophe – Get customized acne treatment for your unique skin.  Goto Apostrophe.com/TCS and get your first visit for only $5. Microdose Gummies - Go to microdose.com and use code TCS for 30% off your first order of THC gummies. Mind Bullet - Want to increase your energy levels and creativity?  Visit mindbullet.com and use code TCS at checkout for 25% off your first order.

Kelsey Smith was an 18 year old American girl. She went to Target for a shopping trip and never returned. Her entire kidnapping was caught on CCTV but it was too late. This case is very real and haunting and tragic. Join us as we hide in our closets this week and discuss the murder of Kelsey Smith. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kelsey_Smith https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3249158 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mother-of-murdered-teen-pushes-for-law-forcing-cellphone-carriers-to-release-life-saving-information https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19751202/kelsey-smith https://kelseysarmy.org/# https://web.archive.org/web/20070609125804/http://www.amw.com/missing_persons/case.cfm?id=45587 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003557/http://da.jocogov.org/documents/Edwin%20R.%20Hall%20complaint.pdf https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4889 https://thecinemaholic.com/kelsey-smith-murder-where-is-edwin-hall-now/ Investigation Discovery's See No Evil: Murder on CCTV, Season 1 Episode 3 Oxygen's Final Moments: A Fatal Shopping Trip, Season 1, Episode 4 Investigation Discovery's The Night That Didn't End: Enter Frame Left, Season 1 Episode 3 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/crimesandclosets/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/crimesandclosets/support

China's ruling Communist Party's Congress begins on Sunday where Xi Jinping is expected to secure an unprecedented third term - effectively allowing him to stay in power for life. It comes at a time of heightened tension with the US over Taiwan. So what are Xi's intentions?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: Didi Tang, The Times' Beijing Correspondent.Host: Jenny Kleeman. Clips: Bloomberg, BBC News, BBC World Service, South China Morning Post, CCTV, New China TV, WION, Reuters, DW News, Richard Nixon Foundation, Associated Press. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marina Barayeva is an international photographer, speaker and a host of the popular podcast: Marketing for Creatives. She is a known authority in helping entrepreneurs become influencers in their niche. Marina is a TEDx speaker, has presented to audiences in Asia and North America, and has been featured in such media as ArtPeople, CCTV, China Radio International, and others.

FOLLOW UP: CLARIFICATION OF STROLL'S FORTUNEDuring the discussion of Geely buying a stake in Aston Martin, last week, we got the info about Stroll's fortune incorrect. He has made his money through fashion and sportswear brands. Thanks to listener, David Edmondson, for straightening us out. NEW CAR REGISTRATION FIGURES SEPTEMBER 2022September's New Car Registration figures are out. There is a rise, year on year, but do not forget, 2021 was the worst September since 2006 and down a third on 2019. Battery electric vehicles are up, though, just over 40%, and now have 14.5% market share. To read more, click here for the SMMT article. To see the breakdown via ‘what you put in it to make it go', click here for Tristan Young's Twitter thread. PERSONAL SAFETY STANDARDS AT EV CHARGERS DEMANDED Following an investigation in to the public's thoughts on personal safety at EV charging points, the Government is being urged to set minimum standards. Lighting, CCTV and emergency call buttons are all being requested. You can read more on this, by clicking the FleetNews link here. DEALER PLUG-IN GRANT REINSTATED BY UK GOVERNMENTEarlier this year the Government announced, with immediate effect, the ending of the plug-in grant for electric vehicles under £32, 000. They have now reinstated the £1500 saving for orders placed via dealers, but not for consumers applying directly themselves. The new window runs until 31 March 2023 and is due to supply constraints. More can be found here, by clicking the Autocar link. CITROËN OFFER REWARDS TO PHEV USERSSimilar to the BMW scheme, Citroën is offering rewards to users of their PHEV models who regularly charge their car and take advantage of what they offer in terms of electric only running. Details are yet to be released on exactly how the point system will work, but it is expected to start next year. For more, click the Autocar article link here. VW SIMULATING IPOS FOR OTHER BRANDSAfter the initial move of the Porsche IPO, the rest of the VW Group is now “simulating” IPOs for their specific brands. Following this test run, information will be presented on a market day. Click here to read the Reuters article further. NISSAN WANT RENAULT TO REDUCE STAKEDuring discussions between Renault and Nissan, over the hoped investment by the Japanese company in the new electrification unit also included a request that the French firm sells as much of its stake in Nissan as possible. More can be read here, by clicking the Reuters article link. AMAZON BUYING 20 ELECTRIC HGVS FROM VOLVOAmazon is buying 20 electric HGVs from Volvo, to help move their fleet away from the traditional diesel engine. This is only happening in Germany, at this time, but the expectation is for similar moves to occur across Europe. Click here for the Move Electric link. ASA ACTUALLY REJECT A MOTORING ADVERT COMPLAINTIn an astonishing move, the Advertising Standards Agency has reject a complaint about a Toyota advert, which claimed it ‘perpetuated harmful gender stereotypes'. In the advert, the submitted complaint asserted, the male voice was rational and knowledgable, whereas the female voice was stereotypically not those things. The ASA rejected this. Click here to read more from the AMOnline link. ——————————————————————————-If you like what we do, on this show, and think it is worth a £1.00, please consider supporting us via Patreon. Here is the link to that CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST——————————————————————————-WRC: HYUNDAI PARTS WITH SOLBERG In another curious move from Hyundai, this year, they are parting ways with Oliver Solberg at the end of the season. The reason cited is that the team's future plans with WRC have changed. You can read more about this, by clicking the DirtFish article link here. David Evans also writes a very good piece, which you can read by clicking here, on DirtFish trying to make sense of what is going on at Hyundai. LUNCHTIME READ: OVERLANDING WITH CHRIS SCOTT Chris Scott is a renowned desert overloading expert, who has undertaken more than 50 expeditions in sandy environments. He chatted to the Toyota UK Magazine about his life and, of course, Land Cruisers. Wonderful read and some stunning photos accompanying the story, which you can read by clicking this link here. LIST OF THE WEEK: 11 CLASSIC CARS THAT DESERVE A COMEBACKWe are bringing you a lovely list of classic cars, that Antony Ingram and Hagerty believe should be brought back, in the current retro movement. Click here to run through the list and see if you agree with Alan on his choice. Don't forget to tell us what you would like to see back on the roads, in a modern interpretation. AND FINALLY: POLICE DEMAND STANDARD CAR GETS RETURNED TO STANDARDIn California, the police are asking for the impossible. They have deemed a Hyundai Elantra N's exhaust to not comply with noise regulations, which Hyundai disagree with most strongly. Added to which they have asked that the factory standard car be returned to factory standard condition. To read more, click the CarBuzz article link here.

Maniacs, Mystery Maniacs Episode! In Podcast 141 (Poirot S12.E2), on a dark and stormy night, a bumble bee, a watch wearer, a clerk and many more reach their end! Have you seen AAAAAAAH!?Listener Choice Spooktober survey: https://us5.list-manage.com/survey?u=d78d2aee35251acd0d7c3ccc0&id=5e7972b2c1&utm_source=mc_survey_share_twA History of Horror with Mark Gatiss https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1738321/Every Folk Horror Movie by Alasdair Beckett-Kinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV53qKliQZU&ab_channel=AlasdairBeckett-KingGreat Canal Journeyshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt3578112/The Wipers Timeshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt2763790/Agatha Christie Ghost on CCTV https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/museum-staff-who-frequently-witness-3896731Inquiry Within on Everythinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enquire_Within_upon_EverythingThe Rizen Theater of BloodAAAAAAAH!  Thanks again for listening! Mark & Sarah-----------------------------------Schedule for October October 17 - Miss Marple The Pale Horse   October 22 - Viewer's Choice LIVE!!!  -----------------------------------------------------------------------NEWSLETTER: Keep up with all things Mystery Maniac through our newsletter! Signup here for free: https://midsomermaniacs.transistor.fm/------------------------------------Maniac Merch: https://midsomer-maniacs-podcast.myspreadshop.com/------------------------------------Connect with the Maniacs:Rate us on Spotify and Apple!Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MysteryManiacsPodcastTwitter.com - https://twitter.com/mystery_maniacsSarah's twitter -https://www.twitter.com/intellagirlMark's Twitter - https://twitter.com/bell_typewriterIG - https://www.instagram.com/mysterymaniacspodcast/Email - mysterymaniacspodcast@gmail.comWeb - mysterymaniacspodcast.com

This episode is about 24-year-old Rebecca Coriam, a Disney cruise ship worker that went missing without a trace in March of 2011. Coriam was last seen on CCTV footage, visibly upset at 5:45 AM, talking on the ship's international line; however, miraculously, none of the other cameras can help us piece the story together. The half-ass investigation seems like it was just a rehearsal with the Disney corporation over what the story should be. This case involves a shady corporation, hush money, and even a possible passion-filled love triangle. (Also sorry if the audio is a little off, this is my first time having two co-hosts and I only have 2 mics) Sources:  All that's interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/rebecca-coriam Gaurdian: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/nov/11/rebecca-coriam-lost-at-sea Echo: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/questions-remain-over-mystery-disappearance-24980432 Express: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1668433/rebecca-coriam-disney-wonder-cruise-ship-disappeared-mexico-update-ont Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/disney-settled-missing-cruise-worker-885398/ Grunge: https://www.grunge.com/614962/inside-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-rebecca-coriam/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to another episode of the Apple Juice For 2 Podcast! This week we are thrilled to be joined by TikTok sensation James Chepeskie to talk about his enchanted music & video production career. We also watch the most UNHINGED video from a restraunts CCTV camera and SO MUCH MORE!!! We'll see you next week! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ajf2.podcast/ TikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdjVG1wj/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6M4bUEaiwQsODfTPrKhKmb?si=21925be462684310 Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/apple-juice-for-2/id1560069051 Amazon Podcasts - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/4cf44b69-8d81-4581-8333-8f98f1bcee7f/apple-juice-for-2 MERCH - https://www.sunroomstudiosllc.com/merch About Us - https://www.sunroomstudiosllc.com/apple-juice-for-2

23-year-old, Corrie McKeauge, was last seen during the early morning hours of September 24th, 2016, entering a garbage area known as the Horseshoe in Suffolk, England. Although Corrie is clearly seen entering this area on CCTV footage, strangely, he is never seen again. Did Corrie, an RAF gunner, go AWOL? Or is something far more nefarious afoot? Source Materials: Death of Corrie McKeauge Flex nightclub doorman tells of last conversation with Corrie McKeague... Missing RAF airman Corrie McKeague's mother pleads for help in finding him

In Columbus Ohio, Joey LaBute had been missing for almost a month. He vanished on March 5th 2017. He'd been spending the evening with a cousin, Kyle Reigle and his cousin's wife in the Union Cafe, in the Short North part of Columbus. He left the table they were sitting at, saying that he was going to the Bar to get a drink. He never came back to the table. When he disappeared, many people in the area were instantly reminded of Brian Shaffer, who also disappeared in the same way, in the same month, but almost ten years ago. He vanished while inside a Club/Bar, just like Joey LaBute did. He even looked quite like Joey. Though both the CCTV in the Bar Joey was drinking in, and in the Club where Brian was drinking were both scrutinized, neither man was seen leaving. Joey was 26 years old and held down a responsible job at Morgan Stanley. He was a graduate of Ohio State University. On the night he disappeared, he had parked his car nearby beside some residential apartments called Thruber Gate and walked with his cousin and cousin's wife to the Bar. Just after midnight, his cousin Kyle decided they wanted to go home, but he couldn't find Joey. They waited for ten minutes or so, then began to text him to find out where he was. Joey didn't answer the texts and they didn't hear back from him. H never returned to his table. His female cousin who was also there, called him after none of them could understand where he'd got to. He answered his phone and he told her he was driving. Perhaps that's not so strange; maybe he had a disagreement with one of them, maybe he needed some air, or some space. The thing was, after he vanished into thin air, the police found his car still parked in the same spot he'd left it in when they he'd gone to the bar. If he was driving; he wasn't in his own car. He'd also sent a text message to a member of his family, while also apparently in a car, but the message “didn't make any sense,” said his cousin. Later, when it became abundantly clear that their cousin had vanished, the text message was released to the media. All it said was “Jnhstioj.” Nearly a month later, his body was found in a river search. This was after the police got hold of all of the available surveillance footage from the Bar. They went through 12 hours' worth of footage, from 14 different cameras inside the Bar. It was not the best quality but, despite scrutinizing every person seen in the recordings, they could not find the moment that Joey left the Bar. They could see people coming and going all night, but they couldn't spot him leave. It seemed impossible, but the exact time he left and whether he left on his own, or with anyone else, could not be determined. The police had nothing to go on from this evidence. His family spoke to the media, stressing how out of character it would be for Joey to just get up and leave and not come back. He held down a responsible job, was devoted to his family, and had shown no signs to any of them that there was anything whatsoever in his personal life that could have caused him to take such drastic steps as to walk out of a Bar, leave his life behind and never come back. He had his whole life in front of him. His family created fliers and along with friends and volunteers, everyone handed them out across town, desperate for any news on where he was. They couldn't understand his text message, they couldn't understand why he'd said he was driving, and they couldn't understand where he was now. In hindsight, though many would not have openly said it, the most logical explanation was that he was in someone's car and was being taken somewhere against his will. The person, or people who were taking him, most likely told him to answer his phone when it rang, to give them the time to do what they wanted to do to him without arousing any more suspicion. They probably wanted him to let his family know he was o.k., and yet, just by the fact that he hardly spoke and then sent a strange text message,

Canary Cry News Talk #535 - 09.16.2022 - Recorded Live to Tape! CRASH VLADS - Car Conspiracy, NIH Bridge2AI, Antarctica Geoengineering Harvard: Index of MSM Ownership (Harvard.edu) SHOW NOTES Podcast = T -  2:48 (D-live)     Timestamps by Jade Bouncerson HELLO 3:13 V / 0:25 P RUSSIA/UKRAINE 6:18 V / 3:30 P Russian President Vladimir Putin survives another brutal assassination attempt (News AU)  →→ Putin's car ‘attacked with bomb' in ‘assassination attempt' over Ukraine invasion (The Sun)    Ukraine President Zelensky has 'no serious injuries' after car accident (CNN)  →→ Ukraine President Zelensky involved in car accident but 'not seriously hurt' (BBC)    DAY JINGLE/PERSONAL/EXEC.  20:49 V / 18:01 P   FLIPPY UPDATE 41:57 V / 39:11 P Nike launches B.I.L.L. ROBOT in London store that can polish and repair your shoes (DailyMail)   SHILLZILLA 47:57 V / 45:11 P Shillzilla mentions Derwin (Twitter)   POLYTICKS 53:57 V / 51:11 P  Clip: Dem Rep. Says “We Gotta KILL” MAGA “Extremists” (Summit News)          MONEY 1:01:23 V / 58:35 P (Basil singing jingle) Clip: FedEx CEO says he expects the economy to enter a ‘worldwide recession' (CNBC)  World Bank sees rising risk of global recession in 2023 (Yahoo / Reuters)    PARTY TIME 1:09:32 V / 1:06:44 P BREAK 1: TREASURE   COVID/WACCINE/BILL GATES 1:24:08 V / 1:21:20 P How Bill Gates and partners used their clout to control the global Covid response (Politico)    BEAST SYSTEM/AI 1:48:25 V / 1:45:37 P NIH launches Bridge2AI program (NIH.gov)   BREAK 3: TALENT 1:58:09 V / 1:55:21 P   ANTARCTICA  2:24:52 V / 2:22:04 P Scientists propose controversial plan to refreeze North and South Poles (Sky News) → 2013: David Keith, “Sulfuric Acid Geoengineering” Stephen Colbert    BREAK 4: TIME 2:39:20 V / 2:36:32 P END   This Episode was Produced By: EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Chad the Chad**   Producers Hannah G, Jamie K, Malik W, Sir Morv Knight of the Burning Chariots,  Dame Sarah of the Shadows, Runksmash, Sir LX Protocol V2 Knight of the Berrean Protocol, Gail M, Veronica D, Sir Scott Knight of Truth, Sir Casey the Shield Knight, Sir Darrin Knight of the Hungry Panda's   Visual Art Dame Allie of the Skillet Nation Sir Dove Knight of Rusbeltia Sir Darrin Knight of the Hungry Panda's ItsyBitsySkynet   CLIP PRODUCER Emsworth, FaeLivrin, Epsilon   TIMESTAPERS Jackie U, Jade Bouncerson, Christine C, Pocojoyo, Joelle S   SOCIAL MEDIA DOERS Dame MissG of the OV and Deep Rivers   LINKS HELP JAM   MICROFICTION Runksmash - The lizard with the ray gun skulks around the corner, sniffing for the agent. Seeing his opportunity Derwin unrolls himself and slashes the beast's face with his sharp paper fingers. “After this, how about some Nacho Fries at Hardy's?” He asks Stacy. ADDITIONAL LINKS Patagonia founder transfers ownership to environmentally focused entities (Washington Times)  Gas stoves linked to asthma in children, adult cancers, scientist warns (NY Post)  Russia Conducts Military Drills in Arctic Sea Opposite Alaska (US News)  Why One Harvard Astronomer Believes This Asteroid Is an Alien Ship (DailyBeast)  These 3 companies will help NASA build vertical solar arrays for the moon (Space)  Mason company helping to power NASA's return to moon (Yahoo)  Vatican sought Xi-Pope meeting in Kazakhstan, China declined - source (Reuters) (Archive)  Creepy ‘Big Brother' AI can find you in CCTV footage by stalking your Instagram (The Sun) Queensland man who claims to be Charles and Camilla's son drops DNA bombshell (7News AU) Facebook spied on private messages of Americans who questioned 2020 election (NY Post) Alex Jones lawyer appears to tweet and fall asleep during Connecticut trial (Indy UK)