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This week on Sinica, Pulitzer Prize-winning veteran journalist Ian Johnson, now a senior China fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Kaiser to discuss his new book, Sparks" China's Underground HIstorians and their Battle for the Future. Profiling both prominent and lesser-known individuals working to expose dark truths about some of the grimmest periods of the PRC's history, including the Great Leap Forward famine and the violence of the Cultural Revolution, Johnson argues that the efforts of China's "counter-historians" have managed to survive the stepped-up efforts of Xi Jinping to control the historical narrative completely.03:27 – Is the obsessive control of historical narratives a particularly Chinese phenomenon?07:19 – The life of Ai Xiaoming and the creation of a collective memory as one of the main themes in the book21:46 – The story of Jiang Xue, citizen journalist25:22 – Journalistic stubbornness of Tan Hecheng28:39 – Cheng Hongguo and the Zhiwuzhi salon30:26 – Common traits shared by many Chinese regime critics37:17 – Is there a link between dissent in China and Christianity?39:53 – Historical nihilism and sensitive topics for the Chinese Communist Party47:08 – Are counter-historians especially noteworthy because they're exceptional, or representative?57:36 – The most important insight the book adds to our understanding of regime critics in ChinaA complete transcript of this podcast is available at TheChinaProject.com.Recommendations:Ian: The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas by Gal BeckermanUnofficial Chinese Archives Kaiser: Death in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas Mann, translated by Joachim NeugroschelSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

#Russia: Tehran oil price to #PRC undercuts Kremlin oil price to #PRC: Kazakhstan  backs away. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution. https://www.aol.com/news/china-vows-deeper-trade-investment-160852841.html https://www.swfinstitute.org/news/99651/rates-hikes-hit-russian-economy-u-s-jabs https://www.aol.com/news/china-vows-deeper-trade-investment-160852841.html 1950 China

2/2: #Guam: #Micronesia Island Forum: Planning for the defense of #Guam from #PLANavyassault. @CleoPskal @ FDD  https://sundayguardianlive.com/investigation/war-flashbacks-in-guam-as-china-projects-power-in-the-pacific 1969 PRC

TONIGHT: The show begins at the UN and moves to Donbas, to the Bering Sea, to Moscow.  From Mexico City to bogota.  From INDOPACOM to Shanghai to Ottawa.  From Berlin to Bucharest..From Boca Chica to Gale Crater.  From Occitanie to Greece. With much attention to the PRC besieging Islands of the Northern Pacific.. 1921 Rigid Framework Zeppelin

#Pakistan: Islamabad encourages the US Ambassador to visit the #PRC building port of Gwadar. Arif Rafiq, GlobelyNews.com https://globelynews.com/south-asia/pakistans-us-china-gwadar/  1923 Afghanistan

Adfghanistan: Taliban welcomes #PRC, Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute 'https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-taliban-say-they-have-signed-mining-contracts-worth-65-billion-in-afghanistan/ar-AA1g30CH 1970

Since its first formation in 2007, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or "Quad" of the Australia, India, Japan and the United States of America has continued to evolve in to something that isn't a fully formed alliance, but is a bit more than just a talking shop as well. Encouraged by the changing nature of the People's Republic of China, it is evolving in to something with great potential for enhancing security and international norms at sea to the benefit of not just the Quad, but the other nations in the area.For the full hour today to discuss the Quad will be returning guest Blake Herzinger.The foundation for our discussion will be via the Unites States Study Centre, Bolstering the Quad: The case for a collective approach to maritime security.Blake is a Research Fellow in the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre. His work is broadly focused on Indo-Pacific defence policy and US security cooperation, with emphasis on maritime security and sea power. Previously a Non-resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Blake also directed global security policy for Twitter, and was a Non-resident WSD-Handa Fellow and Young Leader at Pacific Forum. Prior to that, Blake was a civilian adviser to the US Pacific Fleet, focusing on maritime security cooperation in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the South Pacific. During that time, he and his team developed the Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative program, delivering assistance ranging from coursework to coast guard cutters to regional maritime law enforcement organisations. He is a serving US Navy Reserve foreign area officer and spent ten years in active service.His work can be found in Foreign Policy, War on the Rocks, The Diplomat, The Straits Times and Nikkei Asia, among other publications. His book, Carrier Killer, focuses on China's anti-ship ballistic missile program and its influence on the regional military balance. Blake holds an MSc in Strategic Studies from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University, and completed his BA in Political Science at Brigham Young University.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3270000/advertisement

#AUSTRALIA: PM Albanese journeying to #PRC after "respectful" meeting with Premier Li Qiang at Jakarta.  Scott Mayman, CBSNews https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-07/albanese-to-visit-china-after-meeting-with-li-qiang/102826842 1912: Ningbo

Episode sponsors: Binarly (https://binarly.io) FwHunt (https://fwhunt.run) Dakota Cary is a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub, conducting research on China's efforts to develop its hacking capabilities, artificial-intelligence and cybersecurity research at Chinese universities, the People's Liberation Army's efforts to automate software vulnerability discovery, and new policies to improve China's cybersecurity-talent pipeline. In this episode, Cary expands on a new report -- 'Sleight of Hand' -- that delves into the changing legal landscape for vulnerability disclosure in China, the PRC's weaponization of software vulnerabilities, advanced threat actors in China and that infamous Bloomberg 'rice grain' spy chip story.

#India: The G20 triumph for #PRC and #Russia without condemnation of the Ukraine War.  Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/5-takeaways-from-joe-biden-s-trip-to-the-g20-and-vietnam/ar-AA1gvYYj 2016 Kremlin

In 2001, Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill coined the term “BRIC” to describe the fast-growing economies that he predicted would collectively dominate the global economy by 2050. The BRIC countries he was referring to were Brazil, Russia, India, and China. After a series of high-level meetings that included officials from the four countries, the BRIC grouping was founded in 2009. The following year, South Africa joined, and the name became “BRICS”. Last month, the fifteenth BRICS summit was held in Johannesburg. In addition to the leaders of the five core countries, representatives from more than 60 countries attended, and six were officially invited to join the club: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.How does the BRICS serve China's foreign policy objectives? And is this expansion a major win for Xi Jinping? Is BRICS likely to become a global grouping of authoritarian countries that poses a challenge to the G-7 group of democracies – and is that what Beijing wants? To discuss these topics and more, host Bonnie Glaser is joined by Colleen Cottle, deputy director of the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub. Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, she spent over a dozen years at the Central Intelligence Agency where she worked on East and South Asia.  Timestamps[01:45] What has BRICS achieved? [05:33] China Driving the BRICS Agenda[08:35] Where does BRICS fit into China's foreign policy agenda? [10:53] Why has BRICS refrained from endorsing BRI?[12:53] Outcomes of Johannesburg Summit[15:18] Criteria for Expanding BRICS Membership[18:19] Potential for BRICS Disrupting the International Order[23:52] China as a Developing Country[26:56] Will we see any breakthroughs with BRICS?  

The Peaceful Resolution of Territorial & Maritime Disputes, by Emilia Justyna Powell and Krista E. Wiegand, Oxford University Press, 2023

It is probable that Russia's lack of success in Ukraine gives the People's Republic of China cause for reconsidering any existing plans for an invasion of the Republic of China on Taiwan. Perhaps, using the PRC's unrestricted war model, they might instead resort to pursuing limited aims that will set conditions for later strategic victory. In other words, limited war. But what is limited war and is limited war even possible in the 21st Century?   Disclaimer: The information in these podcasts is my own opinion and does not represent that of the US Army War College, the Department of Defense, or any other organization I am or have been affiliated with. Music: List: Les Preludes; Abergavenny Symphony Orchestra (Public Domain) Kiilstofte, J., The Cavalry, Machinimasound (Licensed)  

#Canada: Justin Trudeau gingerly steps back from the PRC & What is to be done? . Charles Burton, MacDonald-Laurier Institute. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-07/trudeau-says-no-room-for-political-rapprochement-with-china?sref=5g4GmFHo 1904 NWMP

Facts & Spins for September 5, 2023 Top Stories: Israel's Netanyahu calls for deportations after clashes between Eritrean migrant groups, India's opposition parties plan to collaborate in the 2024 elections,Democrats float the idea of disqualifying Trump from running for office, Russia strikes port facilities in Odesa as Putin and Erdoğan discuss the Black Sea grain deal, Rustem Umerov officially replaces Ukraine's sacked defense minister, the US alleges that PRC nationals are “gate crashing” military facilities, a key African climate summit begins in Kenya, Biden stumps for the economy and unions — and against Trump — on Labor Day, flooding and mud swamps Burning Man, and an ADHD drug shortage stresses many American families as the school year starts. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

Once his past attendance at meetings of the Pasadena Communist Party in 1938 come to light, Qian gets caught up in the Red Scare of the 1950s. In this Part 2 episode, we see how the US government accused Qian of being a communist. Despite everything he had done for America and all the R&D that he might further contribute in the decades to come, Qian was deported back to his homeland. And from 1955 until his death in 2009, he went on to do all kinds of great things for the PRC's missile and space programs. Iris Chang, "Thread of the Silkworm" https://www.amazon.com/Thread-Silkworm-Iris-Chang/dp/0465006787 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once his past attendance at meetings of the Pasadena Communist Party in 1938 come to light, Qian gets caught up in the Red Scare of the 1950s. In this Part 2 episode, we see how the US government accused Qian of being a communist. Despite everything he had done for America and all the R&D that he might further contribute in the decades to come, Qian was deported back to his homeland. And from 1955 until his death in 2009, he went on to do all kinds of great things for the PRC's missile and space programs. Iris Chang, "Thread of the Silkworm" https://www.amazon.com/Thread-Silkworm-Iris-Chang/dp/0465006787 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#PRC:  Vast pro-CCP influence campaign across social media. Craig Singleton, FDD.  https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/-china-influence-campaign-pushed-talking-points-50-websites-rcna102247 Photo:  1900 Opium No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow

Facts & Spins for August 31, 2023 Top Stories: Gabon's military seizes control in Gabon following a contested election, Hurricane Idalia slams Florida, Paul Whelan is seen in a Russian prison video, while a Ukrainian strike in Russian territory damages a key airfield, Meta deletes over 7.7K accounts allegedly linked to a PRC influence campaign, sentencing is delayed for two former Proud Boys leaders, Australia eyes its Indigenous 'Voice' referendum, a failed push for gun reform in Tennessee spills into tension on its house floor, Google tests a new watermark for AI images and a “7-minute” cancer jab rolls out in the UK. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

Today, The Two Mikes welcomed back U.S. Army Colonel (ret'd) and Doctor Lawrence Sellin to discuss Chinese-U.S. arrangements, and especially the nature of what amounts to an incremental populating of the United States with ethnic Chinese loyal to Beijing, a force that will be available for use against the republic when Chinese President Xi decides to act. In the past two years, substantial numbers of military-age Chinese men have entered the United States from Panama, Mexico, and from Cuba, the latter moving from Cuba to the Bahamas and then by ship to the United States. These will-be soldiers have been assisted into America by the UN, the Red Cross, Soros-money, and homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas and his thugs. Mayorkas latter also visits the special camps built – by the U.S.? – for illegals arriving in Panama bound for the U.S. Dr. Sellin also explained that a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization called the United Front (UF) manages the entry of Chinese illegals into the United States and remains in contact with them through multiple organizations that China and the UF have created in the United States. These assets operate in the fields of business, real estate, academics, university students, U.S.-based companies with Chinese ownership, longstanding pro-PRC community groups in the largest U.S. cities, and probably members of the PLA and Chinese intelligence based in the United States. Dr. Sellin also describes the help that China has received in establishing this 5th column in the United States from each Democratic president since Carter. As always, Dr. Sellin has hard facts to back up what he says. He is a man that all Americans interested in saving the republic from "enemies foreign and domestic" ought to be listening to.SponsorsCARES Act Stimulus (COVID-19) Employee Retention Tax Credits (ERC): https://www.jornscpa.com/snap/?refid=11454757Cambridge Credit: https://www.cambridge-credit.org/twomikes/ EMP Shield: https://www.empshield.com/?coupon=twomikesOur Gold Guy: https://www.ourgoldguy.com www.TwoMikes.us

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PREVIEW: Reckless bioscience in #PRC today: Brandon Weichert on the notorious DNA manipulation. Biohacked: China's Race to Control Life Hardcover – May 16, 2023 by  Brandon J. Weichert  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Biohacked-Chinas-Race-Control-Life/dp/1641773227/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=xawCC&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r=143-0258134-6610437&pd_rd_wg=dSizC&pd_rd_r=a7ecd055-4eb2-47c3-8891-1a02afb0fec7&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk Photo:  1932 No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow

Amid renewed tensions in the South China Sea, Paul Haenle speaks with Dr. Isaac Kardon, Senior Fellow in the Carnegie Endowment's Asia Program, about his new book, China's Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime Order. The two discuss Kardon's book, China's approach to international maritime law, Beijing's expanding port presence around the globe, the China-Philippines maritime standoff, and more.Isaac Kardon is a Senior Fellow in the Carnegie Endowment's Asia Program. Isaac was formerly assistant professor at the U.S. Naval War College, China Maritime Studies Institute, where he researched China's maritime affairs, and taught naval officers and national security professionals about PRC foreign and security policy. Isaac's scholarship has centered on China's development of maritime power, with research on China's maritime disputes and law of the sea issues, global port development, and PLA overseas basing. His new book, China's Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime Order (Yale, 2023), can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/Chinas-Law-Sea-Rules-Maritime/dp/0300256477.

Facts & Spins for August 30, 2023 Top Stories: Trump's Jan. 6 trial is set for March, Imran Khan's corruption sentence is suspended, Russia is accused of intimidating US Consulate staff, the US turns to “autonomous systems” to counter China, a PRC county offers cash rewards to young brides, Iraq executes 3 over a 2016 bombing, a study warns that air pollution is the greatest threat to human health, the US lists 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations, a live worm is found in an Australian woman's brain, and Mozart is found to potentially reduce pain in infants. Sources: https://www.verity.news/

Photo:  1940 Bozers No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow PREVIEW: Canada and the US remain reluctant to regard #pRC as a malign actor . Charles Burton. senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

Earlier this summer, there was an unexpected shakeup in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force. Commander Li Yuchao was removed along with his deputy Liu Guangbin and a former deputy Zhang Zhenzhong. All three men are reportedly under investigation for disciplinary violations by the Central Military Commission's anti-corruption unit. Xi Jinping appointed Wang Houbin, former deputy commander of the navy, as head of the Rocket Force, and Xu Xiesheng, from the air force as political commissar. The PLA's Rocket Force, established on January 1, 2016, is the successor to the Second Artillery Corps. It has responsibility for China's growing arsenal of land-based ballistic and cruise missiles, both nuclear and conventional. What is the significance of this reshuffle in the PLA's most sensitive branch? What implications do the appointments of new commanders from other parts of the military have for PLA readiness and preparations for a Taiwan invasion scenario? To discuss these questions, host Bonnie Glaser is joined by Dr. Phillip Saunders, Director of the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs and a Distinguished Research Fellow at the National Defense University's Institute of National Strategic Studies. Dr. Saunder's most recent publication is a study he conducted with David Logan on the drivers of China's nuclear force development. The views he expresses today are his own and do not represent the National Defense University or the US Department of Defense.Timestamps[01:58] Unpacking the Shakeup [04:19] Launch-on-Warning Posture[05:34] Rooting out Corruption[09:00] Concerns of Loyalty [10:40] Inexperienced Leadership[14:58] Naval Leadership of Rocket Force[17:32] Viability of Invading Taiwan[19:06] System for Military Governance[21:38] Nuclear Force Development[29:00] US-China Nuclear Dialogue  

Hello Everyone! The exciting conclusion to our yellow river discussions. In this episode we discuss the near century where active management of the river was abandoned in the late Qing Dynasty, and the Communist party's attempts to return it to order.We also touch on modern PRC water management techniques, which often involve redirecting water from more affluent areas to less politically sensitive ones.

Today we're going to discuss a helpful solution to the simple reality in our busy world that it is difficult to build a culture of understanding of any challenge unless those involved in addressing that challenge have a similar foundational knowledge of it.As in most complicated issues, addressing the rise of the People's Republic of China suffers perhaps more than most from this lack of a foundation to build off of.Our guest today is Dr. Alessio Patalano who along with his fellow contributing editors Catherine L. Grant and James A. Russell published this summer through Georgetown University Press, The New Age of Naval Power in the Indo-Pacific: Strategy, Order, and Regional Security, that brings together a variety of authors' works to outline an framework in which five "factors of influence" explain how and why naval power matters in this pivotal part of the world. Alessio Patalano is Professor of War & Strategy in East Asia at the Department of War Studies (DWS), and Co-Director of the Centre for Grand Strategy (CGS) at King's College London (KCL). He specialises in maritime strategy and doctrine, Japanese military history and strategy, East Asian security, and British defence and foreign policy towards the Indo-Pacific. His book on Japan titled Post-war Japan as a Seapower has redefined the study of the country's post-war history, whilst his work on Chinese maritime coercion remains as a reference in the field.At CGS, Prof Patalano leads the King's Japan Programme and the newly established Indo-Pacific Programme. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), a Visiting Professor at the Japan Maritime Command and Staff College (JMCSC), and an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University Japan. Prof Patalano maintains an active policy role collaborating regularly with think tanks and government institutions. He is a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and is Sir Herbert Richmond Fellow on naval strategy at the Council on Geostrategy. He is also visiting fellow at the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre (RNCSS) and non-resident fellow at the Royal Australian Navy Seapower Centre. In 2022, Prof Patalano became the first specialist advisor on the Indo-Pacific to the Foreign Affairs Committee in the UK Parliament. In 2023, he became also the first academic to be awarded a Commendation of the Ambassador of Japan to the UK for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of UK-Japan ties in defence and security. Prof Patalano is an active media commentator and writer (Nikkei, The Spectator); he collaborates on international documentaries, and is also regularly involved in military education, developing and delivering programmes on East Asian affairs.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3270000/advertisement

Photo:  1920 Hanoi No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Oceania: Solomons ignores the USA and embraces #PRC. Cleo Paskal, non-resident fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democrcies, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://sundayguardianlive.com/investigation/in-sign-of-weakness-pro-prc-solomons-pm-avoids-meeting-us-congress-members

In this episode, Michael Zhang, managing partner of Sheppard Mullin's Shanghai office, and Reid Whitten, managing partner of the firm's London office, join host Scott Maberry to discuss a new law that, for the first time, will prevent some U.S. investments in China.    What We Discussed in This Episode: Why would the United States impose a new trade restriction on its third-largest trading partner? What sectors will be affected? When do the prohibitions come into effect? What investors will the investment restrictions apply to? How does the outbound investment restriction fit into overall U.S. China policy? How is this policy viewed from the Chinese business perspective? What reaction should we expect from the Chinese government?   About Michael Zhang Michael Zhang is a lawyer and the managing partner of Sheppard Mullin's Shanghai office. He has a deep understanding of China's legal system and business practices, as well as broad experience in corporate transactions, corporate restructuring, antitrust law, intellectual property, cybersecurity, and personal information protection law in China. Throughout his career, Michael has represented many U.S. and European clients making investments in China and Asia, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and debt restructurings. He has helped invest in and create business in the internet technology, life sciences, healthcare, automotive, logistics, material hi-tech, telecommunication and software sectors. His extensive knowledge of international business transactions has allowed Michael to represent leading Chinese companies in their outbound equity and asset transactions outside Mainland China, specifically in life science and healthcare, e-commerce and green technology. Drawing on his rich knowledge of antitrust laws in China and other East Asian countries, Michael also counsels U.S. and international clients, as well as Chinese local companies, on international and PRC antitrust issues with respect to pre-merger control, price fixing and monopolistic agreement issues.   About Reid Whitten As Managing Partner of Sheppard Mullin's London office and leader of the firm's CFIUS Team, Reid Whitten's practice centers on international trade regulations and investigations. He works with clients around the world to plan, prepare, and succeed in global transactions. He focuses on his clients' cross-border investments, particularly in the technology and aerospace sectors, helping clients navigate the international trade regulations that could disrupt their deals.  Reid is a member of Chatham House, the UK's Royal Institute of International Affair. In addition to lecturing at the New College of the Humanities in London, at the Université Catholique de Lille in France, and Wake Forest University in the U.S, he also conducts seminars on regulatory updates for industry groups in the U.S., France, Belgium, Spain and the UK. A thought leader on cross-border business regulation, Reid is frequently called upon to provide commentary and analysis for television news channels, international newspapers, and trade publications. He is also the lead author and editor of The CFIUS Book.   About Scott Maberry As an international trade partner in Governmental Practice, J. Scott Maberry counsels clients on global risk, international trade, and regulation. He is also a past co-chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group for the Washington D.C. office, serves on the firm's pro bono committee, and is a founding member of the Sheppard Mullin Organizational Integrity Group.  Scott's practice includes representing clients before the U.S. government agencies and international U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS), the Department of Commerce Import Administration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the International Trade Commission (ITC), and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS). He also represents clients in federal court and grand jury proceedings, as well as those pursuing negotiations and dispute resolution under the World Trade Organization (WTO), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and other multilateral and bilateral agreements. A member of the World Economic Forum Expert Network, Scott also advises the WEF community in the areas of global risk, international trade, artificial intelligence and values.   Contact Information Michael Zhang Reid Whitten Scott Maberry Resources Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern Treasury Department Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking   Previous episodes featuring Reid Whitten: https://www.sheppardmullin.com/notabene-447 https://www.sheppardmullin.com/notabene-356 https://www.sheppardmullin.com/notabene-278 Thank you for listening! 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Photo:  Victorian London 1900 No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow TONIGHT: The show fixes on the BRICS meeting in South Africa, then ranges to Yellowknife, NWT where the fires approach by Wednesday. Including trips to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to speculate about the Fed, and to London to discuss the deflation in #PRC.  A wait on the ISRO lander/rover on the moon! And an appreciation of the King's duties to celebrate and to enliven.

Where do things stand in Hong Kong today, and what might the future hold?This month, Asia Inside Out host Rorry Daniels speaks with two Hong Kong politicians and observers of US-China relations: Emily Lau and Adrian Ho. The two Hong Kongers see the city's political culture, relationship with Beijing, and recent history—including the seismic 2019 protests—very differently. They each discuss the effects so far of the 2020 National Security Law, as well as their distinct ideas about what national security is and how Hong Kong should secure it. The conversation also features their separate perspectives on Hong Kong's relationship with the US and PRC and how they envision the city's future.Emily Lau is a former politician and journalist and remains engaged in Hong Kong's civic and political life. She was the first woman directly elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1991, and was Chairperson of the Democratic Party from 2012 to 2016.Adrian Ho is a Hong Kong politician and businessman. In 2019, he founded a Facebook group called SaveHK, which became the largest pro-Beijing group on Facebook, with 200,000 members at one point. A member of the New People's Party, he was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2022. Asia Inside Out brings together our team and special guests to take you beyond the latest policy headlines and provide an insider's view on regional and global affairs. Each month we'll deliver an interview with informed experts, analysts, and decision-makers from across the Asia-Pacific region. If you want to dig into the details of how policy works, this is the podcast for you. This podcast is produced by the Asia Society Policy Institute, a “think-and-do tank” working on the cutting edge of current policy trends by incorporating the best ideas from our experts and contributors into recommendations for policy makers to put these plans into practice. 

Where do things stand in Hong Kong today, and what might the future hold?This month, Asia Inside Out host Rorry Daniels speaks with two Hong Kong politicians and observers of US-China relations: Emily Lau and Adrian Ho. The two Hong Kongers see the city's political culture, relationship with Beijing, and recent history—including the seismic 2019 protests—very differently. They each discuss the effects so far of the 2020 National Security Law, as well as their distinct ideas about what national security is and how Hong Kong should secure it. The conversation also features their separate perspectives on Hong Kong's relationship with the US and PRC and how they envision the city's future.Emily Lau is a former politician and journalist and remains engaged in Hong Kong's civic and political life. She was the first woman directly elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1991, and was Chairperson of the Democratic Party from 2012 to 2016.Adrian Ho is a Hong Kong politician and businessman. In 2019, he founded a Facebook group called SaveHK, which became the largest pro-Beijing group on Facebook, with 200,000 members at one point. A member of the New People's Party, he was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2022. Asia Inside Out brings together our team and special guests to take you beyond the latest policy headlines and provide an insider's view on regional and global affairs. Each month we'll deliver an interview with informed experts, analysts, and decision-makers from across the Asia-Pacific region. If you want to dig into the details of how policy works, this is the podcast for you. This podcast is produced by the Asia Society Policy Institute, a “think-and-do tank” working on the cutting edge of current policy trends by incorporating the best ideas from our experts and contributors into recommendations for policy makers to put these plans into practice.

The Geopolitical Pivot Podcast is back for good with a returning episode discussing China's maritime militia and fishing vessels in the South China Sea as tensions continue to increase between Beijing and Washington DC. The usage of these maritime militia serves to provide China with plausible deniability while carefully crafting its own strategic maritime advantage in the South China Sea. Seeking to make the 9 Dash Line a reality, Beijing will continue to use maritime militias and fishing vessels as the main maritime force to address territorial disputes. However, there are major institutional problems such as chain of command and financing that prohibits the PRC's maritime militias from becoming significant professional additions to the PRC's military-security apparatus. This will only increase tensions and the probabilities of instability. It is good to be back!

Photo: 1906. No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow TONIGHT: The show begins in Primm, Nevada and ranges to Lancaster, PA, to Philadelphia, PA, Atlantic City, NJ, then overseas to Australia. PRC, Italy, and Scotland.  Attention to the NNSA of the nuclear weapons arsenal, and to the related saber rattling by the Kremlin. a stop on Nepture to ask of a correlation between sunspots and Neptune' atmosphere..

Photo: Canton 1910. No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #ScalaReport: The rapid and chaotic #PRC decline. Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com. #Stratacache. https://www.reuters.com/legal/china-evergrande-files-chapter-15-bankruptcy-us-court-filing-2023-08-17/

We are back with a new "Before & After the Hunt" podcast series for 2023, featuring hunters just like YOU... listeners of the podcast. Throughout this series, we will be speaking with everyday hunters as they plan and prepare for a specific hunt this fall, and then we will have a follow-up episode after their hunt to hear about how the hunt unfolded, the lessons they learned, and more. In today's episode we speak with Zak, who is an adult-onset hunter from the east coast that is headed to Montana for a deer and elk combination hunt in Montana this fall. We discuss Zak's planning process for this hunt, how his family is helping him in this journey, the questions he has for us, his new 7mm PRC, and much more. LEAVE A MESSAGE: https://speakpipe.com/huntbackcountry or podcast@exomtngear.com View & Search the Podcast Archive: https://exomtngear.com/podcast

Photo: 1920 Vietnam.  No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Philippines: #Vietnam: Uniting in the South China Sea vs #PRC. James Fanell, government fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and retired U.S. Navy captain who served as director of Intelligence and Information Operations of the U.S. Pacific Fleet@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://maritime-executive.com/article/philippines-and-vietnam-plan-cooperation-agreement-on-s-china-sea https://amgreatness.com/2023/08/15/prcs-aggression-in-south-china-sea-needs-to-be-defeated/

Photo: 1914. No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #PREVIEW; Dozens of #PRC agents warehoused at the PRC Embassy and legations in order to harass and intimidate Canadians. Charles Burton, McDonald Laurier Institute. Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute https://audioboom.com/posts/8352686-prc-disinformation-harassment-in-ontario-charles-burton-senior-fellow-at-the-centre-for-advan

It's Thursday. You're thirsty. Are those two things related? Conspiracies certainly abound. Focus up, though. Law and Legitimacy is an on-time arrival with a crazy payload. Norm and Mike are out on the tarmac: . › Patrick Bet-David's Valuetainment published an article describing that big financial institution with a color-geology combo name's efforts to take ESG brandless. How fashionable. . › The PRC has begun implementation of an interim policy requiring that all artificial intelligence adhere to standards precluding development of technology in a manner calculated to subvert state power and overthrow of the socialist system. . › Who is Judge Scott McAfee? We must admit: drawing the state's case against Donald J. Trump within six months of becoming a judge is a noteworthy feat. . › A "nonviolent alcoholic" that sits on the couch and drinks too much beer has been charged for calling Judge Chutkan's chambers and communicating threats. Is the pot boiling, or is this a unique vantage on the same sort of hysteria in another recent context? . Join us. . Daily livestreams beginning at 8:00 am EST on: › Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/LawandLegitimacy › Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lawandlegitimacy › X: https://twitter.com/LawPodDaily . Subscribe and turn on notifications! . Support Law and Legitimacy: . - Locals: https://lawandlegitimacy.locals.com/ - X: @LawPodDaily, @PattisNorm, and @MichaelBoyer_ - Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Audible, Spotify, or wherever you receive podcasts and rate LAL 5 stars. - Subscribe here on our Rumble and Youtube channels, give us a Rumble, and join our active community of free-thinkers, contrarians, and the unafraid on Locals!

Photo: 1910 Panama. No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1/2: #NewWorldReport: Fifty years of Mexico trading with and hesitating with #PRC.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

Photo:1913 Panama:  No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 2/2: #NewWorldReport: Fifty years of Mexico trading with and  hesitating with #PRC.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

Technology is the focus of the intensifying competition between the United States and China, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the core. China views AI as a means to gain a strategic advantage over the United States and its allies. It intends to use AI to build a world-class military. Beijing also views AI as an enabler of surveillance and repression that can help to bolster its illiberal model of governance. China's national AI strategy calls for a vast expansion of AI in manufacturing, governance, and national defense, with China becoming a global leader in the field by 2030 through multiple AI technology innovations and personnel training centers. To discuss this topic, host Bonnie Glaser is joined by Gregory Allen, director of the Wadhwani Center for AI and Advanced Technologies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Before joining CSIS, he was the director of strategy and policy at the Department of Defense (DOD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, where he oversaw development and implementation of the DOD's AI Strategy, drove policy and human capital reforms to accelerate the DOD's adoption of AI, and developed mechanisms for AI governance and ethics. Timestamps[01 :37] Centrality of AI in US-China Competition[04 :21] China's Strengths and Weaknesses[06 :20] Progress in the Field of AI[09 :54] Reducing the Risk of Military AI Accidents[13 :37] Discussing AI with the Chinese Government[16 :11] Biden Administration's Export Controls on AI[21 :31] Reducing Dependency on the West[24 :15] Collaborating on AI Regulation[27 :25] Who will spearhead the next Technological Revolution?

Photo: 1914 China. No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Korea: #Japan: To Camp David for an alliance to answer #PRC predation.  David Maxwell, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and senior fellow at the Global Peace Foundation, on his trip to Seoul @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill:  https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japan/2023/08/11/us-japan-south-korea-three-way-summits-annual-camp-david

Matthew Syed is a former Olympic table tennis player for Great Britain. As Matthew travelled in China, competing against some of the world's greatest players, he realised that ping pong is a game that has played a huge and fascinating role in the rise of a great power, taking us from the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 to the sporting ambitions of the country today. Matthew begins this three-part mini series from Sideways, with the story of the rise and tragic death of Rong Guotuan - an extraordinary player and China's first world champion in any sport. Chairman Mao and Zhou Enlai were keen ping pong players, and in the early years of the PRC the sport was a way of cementing national pride. And where better to showcase a new China and its sporting prowess than at the 1961 Beijing World Table Tennis Championships? But hidden behind the veneer of a newly built stadium and comforts for the visiting teams from all over the world, was a much darker experience for the people of China - an avoidable famine that's estimated by 1961 to have killed at least 36 million. Presented by Matthew Syed Producer: Pippa Smith Series Editor: Katherine Godfrey Script consultation: Dr Olivia Cheung, SOAS, University of London Sound Design and mix: Rob Speight Archival research: Nadia Mehdi With thanks to Zhijie Shao from the BBC World Service and to the International Table Tennis Federation A Novel production for BBC Radio 4

Photo: 1928 Yokohoma Earthquake Memorial Building. No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Ukraine: Jeddah peace parley attended by PRC. Katrina Vanden Heuvel https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/08/07/exp-saudi-arabia-ukraine-peace-talks-robertson-live-080708aseg2-cnni-world.cnn

4 - We kick this second hour of with a smorgasbord of topics including audio, Kamala word salad, the mask police, Kevin McCarthy going after a reporter, as well as what this Trump indictment means for this country.  430 - Dr. Victoria Coates joins the program with her new official title! Rich discusses the issues in Kabul, where we may have a partnership with… The Taliban? They also discuss the uprising in Niger where we are losing valuable intelligence centers stationed there. But, there has been a PRC invasion into the Navy as two spies were caught relaying information back to China. How do we prevent leaks like these? Rich and Victoria share a love for a mutual friend. Next up, are Israel-US relations and how Biden has reversed course on all the progress made in the Israel-Palestine war, despite major losses from both sides. Has Dr. Coates seen Oppenheimer? What does she think about the Phillies?

3 - Rich begins this Friday show discussing the much maligned Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin speaking out on his firing from his position due to pressure put on Ukrainian officials by Joe Biden over his investigation into Burisma. Joe threatened to withhold a billion dollars in aide to the country, despite him not having the power to do so, and the Ukrainian government chose to fire Shokin due to “corruption”, despite him having a record as clean as a whistle. 330 - We return to the Biden corruption scandal as the second part of the Tucker Carlson interview with Devon Archer and we listen to an interesting nugget from the sit down. We also get a report from our official in-house economist, E.J. Antoni.  340 - Where do GOP candidates stand against Trump? DeSantis still isn't looking good despite the third indictment. 350 - RFK Jr. is going after censorship claims. Will Trump be on the debate stage on August 23rd?  4 - We kick this second hour of with a smorgasbord of topics including audio, Kamala word salad, the mask police, Kevin McCarthy going after a reporter, as well as what this Trump indictment means for this country.  430 - Dr. Victoria Coates joins the program with her new official title! Rich discusses the issues in Kabul, where we may have a partnership with… The Taliban? They also discuss the uprising in Niger where we are losing valuable intelligence centers stationed there. But, there has been a PRC invasion into the Navy as two spies were caught relaying information back to China. How do we prevent leaks like these? Rich and Victoria share a love for a mutual friend. Next up, are Israel-US relations and how Biden has reversed course on all the progress made in the Israel-Palestine war, despite major losses from both sides. Has Dr. Coates seen Oppenheimer? What does she think about the Phillies?  5 - Drive @ 5 - Let's end the week on a high note with Dr. Wilfred Reilly. They start with his new piece in National Review, ‘Not Everyone Who Lived The Day Before Yesterday Was Evil'. He details how standards change over time and to assume everyone in the past is evil because you're judging them by our standards, instead of using historical context. Then they move to talking the changing curriculum in Florida, with the left calling it racist despite the teachings being completely factual according to historians and being used by every other state. These race stories are almost always revealed as a hoax, but the damage is already done by viewers who see it and internalize it. It's not like there aren't atrocities being committed today that will be judged harshly in the future, the difference being you don't know they are atrocities in the moment. Our morality is not that great, and it's time we stop acting like it is. What does Wilfred think about Barbie? They then move to the fuss over climate change. 540 - The gang discusses movies, reusing intellectual property, and suggestions on what to watch.  6 - The final hour kicks off with a birthday shoutout to Mama Zeoli! We then move to play some audio from Pelosi spewing nonsense, Biden's bad economy, Kamala's word salad,  620 - Lee Fang joins the show to discuss police reform and what studies have shown works for police and how Atlanta's police academy is trying to use those tactics, but protestors on the left have threatened the city with Molotov cocktails and incendiary devices. They don't want police violence, but they don't want police reform either, so what are they doing? They then move to the de-escalation tactics used in Newark, which reduced their police shootings to ZERO last year. But instead of using this as a victory for reform, the left turns a blind eye.  640 - The Great One gave his advice to Trump, and he actually accepted it! Rich then moves to the possible indictment over election fraud in Georgia. So you have a county prosecutor going after Trump for speaking with the state governor that he was short votes.  650 - Where do Republicans, including Christie, stand in polling?

Photo: 1920 South Australia No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #Australia: SecState Blinken visits to warn off #PRC "economic coercion" in Oceania. Scott Mayman, CBS News.

Photo: Klondike 1897. No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow TONIGHT: The show moves from Yerevan and Tblisi to the Black Sea, from Jerusalem to Washington, from Guatemala City to Quito. Attention to the accelerated Ukrainian attack. Watch on the bouyant American economy and the sinking PRC economy.