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Dr. Li-Meng Yan with The Voice of Dr. Yan – The Chinese consul-general Zheng Xiyuan brutally attacked a Hong Kong-originated protester with several diplomats and dragged the guy into the consulate to beat until the police stopped it. The footage recorded how the protester was injured. Still, the consul-general denied it and claimed shamelessly...

A young Xi Jinping visits Iowa and tries popcorn for the first time. But reconnecting with "old friends" in the Midwest years later fails to prevent relations with America from souring.Subscribe to The Economist with the best offer at economist.com/chinapod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A young Xi Jinping visits Iowa and tries popcorn for the first time. But reconnecting with "old friends" in the Midwest years later fails to prevent relations with America from souring.Subscribe to The Economist with the best offer at economist.com/chinapod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wolf Warriors: China's Aggressive Diplomats at Work

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #StateThinking: Taiwan re-education camps proposed by Wolf Warriors. @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc. https://www.ft.com/content/1db5c90e-32cf-4548-8eb0-bed27335f4e3

Photo: #IndoPacific: Australia stands up to the Wolf Warriors. Gregory R Copley, editor and publisher of Defense & Foreign Affairs.   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/11/australia-doesnt-respond-to-demands-anthony-albanese-tells-china

In a wide-ranging conversation on the fringes of this month's RSA Conference, we sat down with Silicon Valley venture capitalist and Presidential Intelligence Advisory Board member Gilman Louie. We talked about the Chinese cyber threat, the growth of superpower competition, and the importance of bringing high-tech manufacturing back to America.

There's no denying that China's global standing has drastically changed - in their favor - in the past half century. How has Chinese diplomacy contributed to this change? Is the bullying that China attempts to use to achieve diplomatic goals effective in today's world? Will China ever pivot away from their aggressive tactics and act with the degree of prestige expected of a global superpower? This week's episode of Fault Lines features a deep dive with Peter Martin, Defense Policy and Intelligence Reporter for Bloomberg Business, author of China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, and expert on all things Chinese diplomacy. Find Peter's book here.Like this episode? Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe for more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author of China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy Peter Martin (@PeterMartin_PCM) and Schwarzman scholar Jason Zhou return to take us from the young diplomats venturing out of China in the eighties to today's Wolf Warriors and the adoption of more nationalist rhetoric.We also discussChinese diplomats' and Canadian retirement homesXi Jinping's father-in-law and his admiration for ThatcherTiananmen and rebuilding China back from diplomatic isolationWhy Chinese right-wingers send the foreign ministry calcium pillsWhether Wang Yi can handle MaotaiCheck out Peter's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Chinas-Civilian-Army-Warrior-Diplomacy/dp/0197513700Outro music: I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung from Nixon in China by John Adams, performed by Kathleen Kim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mtMI_huRtYPublic notice: ChinaTalk's editor Callan is currently in London and planning an informal meetup up on February 24th. Details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/china-nerds-meetup-tickets-261114549647 Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author of China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy Peter Martin (@PeterMartin_PCM) and Schwarzman scholar Jason Zhou return to take us from the young diplomats venturing out of China in the eighties to today's Wolf Warriors and the adoption of more nationalist rhetoric.We also discussChinese diplomats' and Canadian retirement homesXi Jinping's father-in-law and his admiration for ThatcherTiananmen and rebuilding China back from diplomatic isolationWhy Chinese right-wingers send the foreign ministry calcium pillsWhether Wang Yi can handle MaotaiCheck out Peter's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Chinas-Civilian-Army-Warrior-Diplomacy/dp/0197513700Outro music: I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung from Nixon in China by John Adams, performed by Kathleen Kim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mtMI_huRtYPublic notice: ChinaTalk's editor Callan is currently in London and planning an informal meetup up on February 24th. Details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/china-nerds-meetup-tickets-261114549647 Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author of China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy Peter Martin (@PeterMartin_PCM) and Schwarzman scholar Jason Zhou return to take us from the young diplomats venturing out of China in the eighties to today's Wolf Warriors and the adoption of more nationalist rhetoric.We also discussChinese diplomats' and Canadian retirement homesXi Jinping's father-in-law and his admiration for ThatcherTiananmen and rebuilding China back from diplomatic isolationWhy Chinese right-wingers send the foreign ministry calcium pillsWhether Wang Yi can handle MaotaiCheck out Peter's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Chinas-Civilian-Army-Warrior-Diplomacy/dp/0197513700Outro music: I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung from Nixon in China by John Adams, performed by Kathleen Kim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mtMI_huRtYPublic notice: ChinaTalk's editor Callan is currently in London and planning an informal meetup up on February 24th. Details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/china-nerds-meetup-tickets-261114549647 Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author of China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy Peter Martin (@PeterMartin_PCM) and Schwarzman scholar Jason Zhou return to take us from the young diplomats venturing out of China in the eighties to today's Wolf Warriors and the adoption of more nationalist rhetoric.We also discussChinese diplomats' and Canadian retirement homesXi Jinping's father-in-law and his admiration for ThatcherTiananmen and rebuilding China back from diplomatic isolationWhy Chinese right-wingers send the foreign ministry calcium pillsWhether Wang Yi can handle MaotaiCheck out Peter's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Chinas-Civilian-Army-Warrior-Diplomacy/dp/0197513700Outro music: I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung from Nixon in China by John Adams, performed by Kathleen Kim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mtMI_huRtYPublic notice: ChinaTalk's editor Callan is currently in London and planning an informal meetup up on February 24th. Details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/china-nerds-meetup-tickets-261114549647 Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Photo: Poster for Wolf Warriors, a 2015 Chinese 3D war action film.  . . . " the legendary 'Wolf Warriors', an elite unit within the PLA tasked with simulating foreign tactics for the PLA to train against." PRC Wolf Warrior intervenes in Canada's election; & What is to be done?  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill. Charles Burton,  @cburton001, senior Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/tasha-kheiriddin-liberals-must-demand-probe-into-any-china-election-meddling

Chinese diplomats around the world are comprised of a mix of reclusive bureaucrats who strenuously avoid public engagement and a new generation of assertive, sometimes even downright aggressive so-called "Wolf Warriors" who wage combat with Beijing's critics.Why they behave the way they do is a mystery to most outsiders.But a new book by Bloomberg journalist Peter Martin, "China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy," provides some fascinating insights on the people and principles that have shaped Chinese diplomacy since the 1950s. Peter joins Eric & Cobus from Washington, D.C. to discuss how current Chinese diplomatic practices are firmly rooted in the past.JOIN THE DISCUSSION:CAP on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProjectTwitter: @eolander | @stadenesque | @petermartin_pcmAmazon: purchase a Kindle edition of Peter's book: China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior DiplomacySUBSCRIBE TO THE CHINA AFRICA PROJECTYour subscription supports independent journalism. Subscribers get the following:1. The world's only curated China-Africa News Feed with thousands of articles archive2. Exclusive analysis of the day's top stories about China in Africa and the Global South3. A copy of the popular China-Africa Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox by 6am Washington time M-FTry it free for 30-days and see if you like it. Subscriptions start at just $7 a month for students and teachers and $15 a month for everyone else. Subscribe here: www.chinaafricaproject.com/subscribeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guest: Peter Martin, Defence Policy and Intelligence Reporter at Bloomberg. Revered in China's diplomatic corps as the founding father of Chinese diplomacy, Zhou Enlai established the militaristic culture within the foreign office in the early days of the People's Republic. Yet, for decades, China's low-key and passive approach to its diplomatic relations prevailed. The more combative style of diplomacy exemplified by, for instance, a former Chinese diplomat in Pakistan Zhao Lijian, is a more recent phenomenon shaped by external and internal changes. In this episode of Dragon Road, host Arif Rafiq discusses this “wolf warrior” diplomacy with journalist and author of China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, Peter Martin. Martin explains the reasons behind the transition from Deng Xiaoping's cautious approach to President Xi Jinping's muscular direction. He also speaks about how this brand of nationalism is resonating within China and in countries such as Hungary, the Philippines and Russia, even as some in the Chinese foreign policy establishment quietly express their reservations. Speckled with historic anecdotes, the discussion examines the effectiveness of wolf-warrior diplomacy in the context of changing perceptions of global US leadership post-Trump and China's own economic self-confidence. About the guest: Peter Martin is a political reporter for Bloomberg News. He has written extensively on escalating tensions in the US-China relationship and reported from China's border with North Korea and its far-western region of Xinjiang. His latest book, China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, focuses on those on the front line of China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a global superpower: China's diplomats.

Diplomats hurl insults and mock enemies in screeds that often appear aimed at a domestic audience, even though the social media service is blocked in China.Â

When the late Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe was ousted in 2017, celebrations broke out across the country as people cheered the end of his 37-year grip on power. Among them was Evan Mawarire, a pastor and pro-democracy activist who has been imprisoned and tortured for demanding political reforms and an end to rampant corruption and poverty. But the hopes of Mawarire and his fellow Zimbabweans were quickly dashed, as the country's crisis only deepened under Mugabe's successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa. His government has brutally suppressed popular demonstrations, while subjecting dissidents and journalists to the threat of harassment, arbitrary detention and torture. The economic situation is also dire, with the World Bank recently reporting that half of Zimbabweans have fallen into extreme poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you like what you hear on Trend Lines and what you've read on WPR, you can sign up for our free newsletter to get our uncompromising analysis delivered straight to your inbox. The newsletter offers a free preview article every day of the week, plus three more complimentary articles in our weekly roundup every Friday. Sign up here. Then subscribe. Relevant Articles on WPR: Why China's ‘Wolf Warriors' Won't Back Down   More ‘Wolf Warrior' Diplomacy, Please   China's Double Standard for Diplomatic Speech Online Sparks a Global Backlash Europe Is Souring on China Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie. To send feedback or questions, email us at podcast@worldpoliticsreview.com.

Like their counterparts from around the world, Chinese diplomats tend to be well-credentialed, sophisticated, multilingual and knowledgeable about their host countries and institutions. Yet an increasing number of Chinese envoys and officials are adopting a stridently nationalistic, even belligerent tone in their official statements. Some of these “wolf warrior” diplomats, have even shown a willingness to spread conspiracy theories or use doctored images in order to score points. While this aggressive behavior often plays well back home, it tends to undermine the traditional goals of diplomacy by hardening foreign attitudes toward China. Peter Martin, a Bloomberg reporter who was previously posted in Beijing, examines this phenomenon in a new book, “China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy.” He joins WPR's Elliot Waldman on the Trend Lines podcast this week to discuss the historical development of China's diplomatic apparatus from the early days of the Communist Revolution to the present. If you like what you hear on Trend Lines and what you've read on WPR, you can sign up for our free newsletter to get our uncompromising analysis delivered straight to your inbox. The newsletter offers a free preview article every day of the week, plus three more complimentary articles in our weekly roundup every Friday. Sign up here. Then subscribe. Relevant Articles on WPR: Why China's ‘Wolf Warriors' Won't Back Down   More ‘Wolf Warrior' Diplomacy, Please   China's Double Standard for Diplomatic Speech Online Sparks a Global Backlash Europe Is Souring on China Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie. To send feedback or questions, email us at podcast@worldpoliticsreview.com.

Photo: Queue of Chinese warriors, central sector of China's Salween front.CBS Eye on the World with John BatchelorCBS Audio Network@BatchelorshowPRC Wolf Warriors meet stony stares in Europe. Theresa Fallon, CREABrussels.com ; @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The HillTheresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russia Europe Asia Studies in Brussels, on this: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/08/eu-china-tensions-and-its-impact-on-europe-investment-deal.html 

This week we talk about Chen Duxiu, online propaganda, and Wolf Warrior 2.We also discuss Xi Jinping, colonialism, and Confucius Institutes. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letsknowthings.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk about Chen Duxiu, online propaganda, and Wolf Warrior 2. We also discuss Xi Jinping, colonialism, and Confucius Institutes. Support the show: patreon.com/letsknowthings & letsknowthings.com/support Show notes/transcript: letsknowthings.com My daily news summary: onesentencenews.com My other podcast: brainlenses.com

Chamber pot sold as flower vaseWHO/Covid malarky Wolf Warriors go wildChina detains bloggersand more!!!Peter Daszak interview from December 2019https://youtu.be/IdYDL_RK--wPeter Daszak Nature interview https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02473-4Support the show here - https://www.patreon.com/advpodcastshttps://www.subscribestar.com/advpodcastsSupport us and the channel on Paypal!http://paypal.me/advchinaOur personal Patreon accountsSerpentZA: http://www.patreon.com/serpentzaC-Milk: http://www.patreon.com/laowhy86For Motorcycle adventures around the world, and a talk-show on two wheels go to ADVChina every Monday 1pm ESThttps://www.youtube.com/advchinaFor a no-nonsense on the street look at Chinese culture and beyond from China’s original YouTuber, join SerpentZA on Friday at 1pm ESThttps://www.youtube.com/serpentzaFor a realistic perspective on China and world travel go to Laowhy86 Wednesday 1pm ESThttps://www.youtube.com/laowhy86Living in China for so long, we would like to share some of the comparisons that we have found between China and the west, and shed some light on the situation.Every week, we take you to a new place in China on our bikes, cover a topic, and reply to your questions.⚫ Watch Conquering Southern China NOW!Winston and I ride 5000 km across 5 Chinese provinces and discover crazy food, people and customs!Discount Promo Code: RIDEWITHUShttps://vimeo.com/ondemand/conqueringsouthernchina⚫Watch Conquering Northern China10,000 km. on motorcycles across China's unexplored northern provinces. The Russian border, Inner Mongolia, and even North Korea!http://vimeo.com/ondemand/conqueringnorthernchinaTune in, hop on, and stay awesome!http://www.facebook.com/advchinaCartoon feat. Jüri Pootsmann - I Remember Uhttps://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightsoundsTrack : Cartoon feat. Jüri Pootsmann - I Remember U

China's Wolf Warriors, The Great Reset | The Other Side of Australia with Damian Coory #16 by Good Sauce

Kia ora,Welcome to Monday's Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect New Zealand.I'm David Chaston and this is the International edition from Interest.co.nz.Today we lead with news China is using the American election distraction to ramp up its pressure on Australia.But first, China has turned in a very strong trade result in October. Exports came in much stronger (+11%) than the strong result anticipated (+9%). Imports came in much softer (+5%) than anticipated (+10%). That means their merchandise trade surplus swelled to +US$58 bln and far above the +US$37 surplus in September. The merchandise trade surplus with the US was a record high +US$31.4 bln. With New Zealand they ran a -US$160 mln deficit in the month, with Australia it was -US$4.9 bln deficit.China is calling for a virtual summit to get the RCEP free trade agreement agreed before the end of the year. This is a big deal, one that will include Japan and South Korea along with New Zealand and Australia - but it won't include India anymore.And China's heavy equipment and construction machinery manufacturers are posting boom-time results as the country's infrastructure splurge gets into full gear. In fact, Beijing may have overdone it and there is increasing talk of winding back stimulus programs that may not now be necessary.China's wolf-warrior diplomacy is ramping up against Australia. An editorial in a CCP newspaper says "Australia will pay tremendously for its misjudgment" by staying aligned to the US, and daring to criticise China for its security adventures and human rights abuses. Wheat farmers seem to be the next to suffer trade exclusions - and being part of the RCEP is unlikely to deter China when it is this revenge mood.Meanwhile the American election result sets up a three month period sure to be marked with the outgoing President settling scores with perceived enemies, and pardoning allies. It may also mean the US won't get any major stimulus as the outgoing Administration attempts to leave a scorched-earth problem for the new Administration to deal with.Internationally, the 'hope' is that the US will return as an active and constructive participant in multilateral agreements. But nothing is sure at this point. A Biden presidency may calm things, but won't cure any imbalances automatically. Too much damage has already been done.Domestically, US consumer credit growth bounced back in September after an unusual dip in August. That took the September level back to the same as in March 2020, so there isn't really any material rise.And staying in the US, October non-farm payrolls rose by +638,000 and marginally more than expected. But as we have previously noted that still leaves the net loss since February at -10 mln jobs. It is an October result that was inhibited by the end of a large number of Census-counting jobs (-147,000), ones that weren't permanent in the first place. Of the growth they did get, the weakest was in manufacturing. The current unemployment rate is 6.9% and the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) increased by a massive +1.2 mln to 3.6 mln, accounting for about a third of the total unemployed. There are increasing numbers of people out of the workforce - the employment-to-population ratio dropped to 57.7%, down from 61.2% a year ago. The New Zealand equivalent is currently 66.3%. If the US had the New Zealand ratio, a massive +23 mln more people would be employed there.Canada also released jobs data for October overnight and they slipped backwards marginally with lower than expected jobs growth and a slightly higher unemployment rate of 8.9%. Canada's employment-to-population ratio is 59.4%.The latest global compilation of COVID-19 data is here. The global tally is 50,052,000 and a sharp +1,105,000 rise in the past two days. The largest number of reported cases globally are still in the US, which rose a very worrying +252,000 since Saturday to 10,197,000 as the momentum in their surge rises and the US returns as the epicenter of the virus. In Australia, they are not getting any resurgence. The UST 10yr yield will start the week unchanged at 0.82%. The price of gold has slipped slightly, down by -US$4 from Saturday morning to US$1950/oz but it does cement in a big gain over the past week.Oil prices have stayed low over the weekend and are still at just on US$37.50/bbl in the US, while the international price is now just over US$39.50/bbl.And the Kiwi dollar is little-changed this morning at 67.7 USc and embedding in last week's sharp rise. Against the Australian dollar we are also little-changed at 93.2 AUc. Against the euro we a tad softer at 57 euro cents. That means our TWI-5 will start the week at 70.4.The bitcoin price starts today at US$15,408 and only -0.7% lower than where we left it. But it has been quite volatile in between.You can find links to the articles mentioned today in our show notes.And get more news affecting the economy in New Zealand from interest.co.nz.Kia ora. I'm David Chaston. We will do this again tomorrow. 

In this episode of COVIDcast, Richard McGregor, Lowy Institute Senior Fellow, sat down with Shivshankar Menon to discuss the latest currents in Chinese foreign policy, particularly its tense border stand-off with India. Shivshankar Menon is an Indian diplomat who served as National Security Adviser and Foreign Secretary, and also as Ambassador to Pakistan, China and Israel. COVIDcast is a Lowy Institute pop-up podcast for anyone interested in understanding the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on global politics. In each episode, Lowy Institute experts and invited guests discuss the implications of this crisis for the world.

In this episode of COVIDcast, Richard McGregor, Lowy Institute Senior Fellow, sat down with Yun Sun to get a Chinese perspective on Beijing’s latest foreign policy moves. Yun Sun is a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center in Washington. COVIDcast is a Lowy Institute pop-up podcast for anyone interested in understanding the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on global politics. In each episode, Lowy Institute experts and invited guests discuss the implications of this crisis for the world.

In this episode of COVIDcast, Richard McGregor, Lowy Institute Senior Fellow, sat down with Bilahari Kausikan to discuss Chinese foreign policy, with a particular emphasis on Southeast Asia. Bilahari Kausikan is chair of the National University of Singapore's Middle East Institute and a former permanent secretary of the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Singapore. COVIDcast is a Lowy Institute pop-up podcast for anyone interested in understanding the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on global politics. In each episode, Lowy Institute experts and invited guests discuss the implications of this crisis for the world.

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In this episode of Policy, Guns and Money, ICPC Program Coordinator, Louisa Bochner speaks to Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, China reporter at Axios, about the Hong Kong security law, Article 38 and the application of the law and what this latest move from Beijing means for its relations with the US, Australia and other democracies. Next, two of ASPI’s grumpy strategists Marcus Hellyer and Malcolm Davis chat about the 2020 Defence Strategic Update, including what’s new in the update, what it means for the Department of Defence budget and where it falls short. And finally, Tom Uren and Fergus Ryan from ASPI’s International Cyber Policy Centre discuss the role of China’s ‘wolf warrior’ diplomats on Twitter and their attempt to shape global discourse, and the desire among Chinese citizens to jump the Great Firewall and access the banned platform. Mentioned in the episode: Conference: https://www.aspi.org.au/event/strategic-vision-2020-aspi-conference-series Guests in this episode: Louisa Bochner: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/louisa-bochner Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian: https://www.axios.com/authors/baebrahimian/ Marcus Hellyer: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/marcus-hellyer Malcolm Davis: https://aspi.org.au/bio/malcolm-davis Tom Uren: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/tom-uren Fergus Ryan: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/fergus-ryan Background music: "The closest without going over" by The Whole Other - via the You Tube Audio Library.

Chinese Communist Party's Decades-Long Propaganda Breeds Next-Generation “Wolf Warriors”

Chinese Communist Party's Decades-Long Propaganda Breeds Next-Generation “Wolf Warriors”

Today on TruNews we discuss President Xi’s speech calling for China’s “Wolf Warriors” to be ready for combat as the new age of high intensity conflict between the competing superpowers begins. We detail how Beijing has lost the propaganda war over coronavirus, and how the pandemic has transmogrified into their version of Chernobyl. Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart, Edward Szall. Airdate: 05/27/20.

Today on TruNews we discuss President Xi’s speech calling for China’s “Wolf Warriors” to be ready for combat as the new age of high intensity conflict between the competing superpowers begins. We detail how Beijing has lost the propaganda war over coronavirus, and how the pandemic has transmogrified into their version of Chernobyl. Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart, Edward Szall. Airdate: 05/27/20.

Kia ora,Welcome to Friday's Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect New Zealand.I'm David Chaston and this is the International edition from Interest.co.nz.Today we lead with news China's 'wolf warriors' are now targeting Australia.But first, the latest update records +2.4 mln more people claiming unemployment benefits in the US, taking the total since early March to more than 38 mln. We may be getting used to such large numbers and this latest week is lower than last week, but this still represents a building social disaster, the scale of which vastly exceeds the Great Depression. In 1932, twelve million Americans were unemployed and one out of every four families no longer had an income. In 2020 the social safety net is helping with the income stress in the short term, but the level of real jobless level is also now approaching 25%. US jobless benefits typically last only 26 weeks.And things are not improving for the nation's factories. The latest regional Fed survey in Pennsylvania makes grim reading for May. The national factory PMIs for May are no better. And the service sector is also still contracting very sharply, both at levels not as deep as April, but the compounding impact is deeply worrying for the core engine of global economic activity.And the American real estate market is going into reverse too, recording its largest decline in more than a decade.Things are arguably as bad in both Europe and Japan.In Canada, the latest ADP employment survey is pretty grim with more than -225,000 jobs lost in April, their worst on record.And today, equity markets are losing their enthusiasm for future prospects. The S&P500 us down -0.8% and paring back the weekly gain to under +3%. In the circumstances, any rise is hard to fathom and the 'green shoots' don't seem to stand too close scrutiny. Overnight, most European markets fell for that -1%. Yesterday, all main Asian markets were lower, as were the ASX200 and the NZX50.There are major Communist Party meetings in Beijing this week and all eyes are on them for major announcements of huge stimulus and fiscal support for its virus-hit economy.And in Hong Kong, Beijing has struck overnight, imposing PRC security laws and stirring outrage locally. It is a move timed to be just in advance of the annual Tiananmen Square remembrances that are a feature of Hong Kong's protest movement.The latest compilation of Covid-19 data is here. The global tally is now 5,047,400 and up +100,000 from this time yesterday which is rising at a faster pace than recently.Now, just under 31% of all cases globally are in the US, which is up +25,000 since this time yesterday to 1,562,700. This is an unchanged rate of increase. US deaths are now exceed 94,000. Global deaths now exceed 330,000.In Australia, there are now 7081 cases (+2 since yesterday), 100 deaths (unchanged) and a recovery rate of just on 91%. 41 people are in hospital there (-2) with 9 in ICU (unchanged). There are now 509 active cases in Australia (-26).We now have had ten straight days where there are no new cases. The total is still 1503 Covid-19 cases identified as either confirmed or probable. Twenty-one people have died giving a death rate of 1.4%. There is only one person left in hospital with the disease, and they are not in ICU. Our recovery rate is now just under 97%, with only 30 people known to be still fighting the infection (-5).The Australia:China trade tiff is getting serious. China has changed its inspection procedures for iron ore imports under new rules that analysts say could be used to block Australia's most important export. And there are reports the chill will also apply to Aussie coal exports. The Americans aren't helping, cheering the Aussie and jeering the Chinese from the sidelines. China notices.The head of the RBA is calling on Aussie banks to run their "large capital and liquidity buffers" down, previously built up for operational resilience, to assist the central bank and fiscal authorities meet the challenge of the recession starting to bite there. Depositors might have a different view. And so might credit rating agencies.The health of Australia's business sector isn't any better than any other country, also recording an unprecentended contraction.The UST 10yr yield is down about -2 bps today to 0.68%. Their 2-10 curve is marginally flatter at +50 bps. Their 1-5 curve is unchanged at +17 bps, and their 3m-10yr curve is also unchanged +59 bps. The Aussie Govt 10yr yield is down -4 bps to 0.92%. The China Govt 10yr is down -2 bps to 2.68%. And the NZ Govt 10 yr yield is down -5 bps from this time yesterday at 0.63%.The gold price is much softer today, down -US$26 to US$1,722/oz.Oil prices are little-changed today. The US crude price is now just under US$33.50/bbl. The international oil price is at US$36/bbl.The Kiwi dollar is a little softer after its strong run up, today slipping slightly to 61.1 USc. On the cross rates we are holding at 93.2 AUc. Against the euro we are holding at 55.8 euro cents. Thay means our TWI-5 is now at 66.9 and marginally lower than this time yesterday.Bitcoin has fallen away much more however, down more than -5% to US$9,033.You can find links to the articles mentioned today in our show notes.Get more news affecting the economy in New Zealand from interest.co.nz.Tell your friends and email us a review - we welcome feedback.

You may have noticed that whenever China is criticised, their diplomats, who used to be a quiet, subtle bunch, now pop up immediately on the counter-attack. Especially Zhao Lijian, who claimed, erroneously, that the virus may have come from America. Another diplomat, in Venezuela, tweeted people should “shut up and wear a mask” And they’ve threatened to boycott Australian goods for demanding an international investigation into the origins of the virus. Collectively, this new younger cadre of diplomats are known as “Wolf Warriors” and they relish the comparison. Is this new, assertive China a country the rest of the world should embrace, fear or confront?

The coronavirus is mutating - how does that affect possible vaccines? Hear from Prof. Malik Pieris, who isolated the SARS virus in 2003, about this development as well as how antibody testing will give the true scale of the pandemic; analysis of China's Wolf Warrior diplomats and their aggressive pro-China tactics; John Ricketts talks about the Earth AI system wich studies the zeitgeist of the open Web, how public sentiment is changing during the pandemic and how the mood in the US is turning…

I appeared as a guest on Uproar in the Studio, a Chinese Blockbuster Podcast with Andrew, Reza and Noah to talk about the biggest Chinese Blockbuster of all time: Wolf Warriors 2, or what I called the Chinese Rambo!

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Giant robots, weed pills, Martian Marathons, and Wolf Warriors are only a small sampling of the topics discussed in this Giant-Sized episode of Observe and report. We discuss how Christopher Nolan's Inception has ruined several families, how all of humanity participates in the gestalt that is Emily Blunt, We discuss the fate of the Marvel Cinematic Universe plus a glowing review of Pacific Rim: Uprising.

Has the last half year of turbulent U.S.-China relations and Chinese politics passed you by? Confused you? Perhaps you’d like a clear recap in plain English? If yes, then this is the podcast episode for you. Susan Shirk is a professor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego, where she’s also the chair of the 21st Century China Center. Susan served as deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia during the Clinton administration, and is the author of several influential books on China, including most notably China: Fragile Superpower. Stan Rosen is a professor of political science at the University of Southern California and a close observer of the interplay between culture and politics in China. He writes on subjects as varied as the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese legal system, public opinion, youth, gender, human rights, Sino-American relations, and film and the media. Kaiser spoke to them in front of a live studio audience, a notably not wonky group of teachers and China-curious folk at the 1990 Institute’s Teachers Workshop in San Mateo, California. Topics covered include how China has dealt with Trump, trade negotiations between the U.S. and China, Chinese soft power and Belt and Road, leadership transition in China, and the country’s push into Hollywood. Recommendations: Susan: The website of the UC San Diego 21st Century China Center, and also The Noise of Time: A Novel, written by Julian Barnes about the perspective of famed Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and what he endured under Stalin. The oppression of artists and writers in that time and place is newly relevant to China, after the death of Liu Xiaobo. Stan: If you want to know more about Shostakovich, read his memoir, Testimony, or watch the film of the same name. Also check out three Chinese films, the first of which is the famous To Live by Zhang Yimou. Watch the film, but also read the book by Yu Hua, a much tougher version, which was toned down in its adaption to the screen. Second, The Mermaid, by Stephen Chow, by far the top-grossing film in China — until Wolf Warriors 2 overtook it this month. Finally, Lost in Thailand, which Stan describes as “like The Hangover, but without all the raunchiness.” Of course, that is a big part of the reason why Chinese films aren’t quite making it overseas. Kaiser: Czech composer Antonín Dvořák and his Seventh and Eighth Symphonies — get the whole collection of his symphonies and concertos. (You may already be familiar with the Ninth, the famous New World Symphony.) And the Chinafornia newsletter, a great free weekly roundup of U.S. state-level engagement with China.

Welcome to the 19th installment of the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, a weekly podcast that brings you the most important business stories of the week from China's top source for business and financial news. Produced by Kaiser Kuo of our Sinica Podcast, it includes a business news roundup, conversations with Caixin reporters and editors, and a selection of complete stories from the week's news, read by Kaiser and Sinica rotating co-host Ada Shen. This week, we explore how China's cyberspace regulator is now faulting Alibaba's popular online shopping site for selling goods that have already been banned. We learn about Chinese action film Wolf Warriors 2 (战狼2 zhàn láng), which just broke the China box office record and became the highest-grossing film ever screened in the country. We examine a set of legal interpretations released by China's top court and prosecutor's office to eliminate data falsification in drug research. We discuss how Chinese smartphone makers are conquering the Indian market. We look at why Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox are stumbling to get access to the China market. We delve into why leading pig-farming companies in China have seen their profits fall this year. We study the news that a group of farmers in eastern China's Shandong Province is taking the provincial environmental authority to court in hopes of forcing the government to investigate alleged contamination of crops last year. We analyze the rise of home prices in Beijing by a mere 9.6 percent in July from a year ago. In addition, we talk to Caixin senior editor Doug Young on the tea package dispute between the two leading brands of herbal tea in China, and chat with Caixin reporter Dong Tongjian about the most recent money supply numbers released by the central bank. We'd love to hear your feedback on this product. Please send any comments and suggestions to sinica@supchina.com.  

Wolf Warriors 2 is the movie sensation of the summer in China, taking in over a record $630 million in box office receipts. The movie is so popular that is now the first non-Hollywood film to ever break in to the top 100 highest grossing releases. Set in a fictitious African country, Wolf Warriors 2 depicts a former Chinese special forces operative in an active war zone to rescue a group of Chinese compatriots and locals from a posse of blood-thirsty Western mercenaries. Marital arts star Wu Jing directed and stars in the movie as the lead character Leng Feng who blows up pretty much everything in his way as he rescues the innocent and kills the bad guys.  Wolf Warriors 2 is more than just an action movie, it also highlights a rising level of patriotic identity in China that now extends internationally. The film's tag line "whoever offends China will be hunted down no matter how far away they are” embodies this new assertive globalist message that China's interests extend far beyond its own borders and that when challenged, Beijing will respond to protect its people and interests overseas. Moviegoers have long been accustomed to watching these kinds of films coming from the United States, whether it's the nationalism portrayed in Top Gun or the lone soldier seeking justice that was the Rambo series, but this is an entirely experience seeing it in distinctly Chinese context. In this edition of the China in Africa Podcast, Eric & Cobus discuss why Wolf Warriror 2 is so important both to understand Chinese popular opinion of Africa but also to gain an insight into a more muscular Chinese worldview. Join the discussion. Have you seen Wolf Warrior 2? If so, what did you think? Exciting? Offensive? A bit of both? Let us know what your opinions. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject Twitter: @eolander | @stadenesque  

ESWS 229 - East Screen: JOSHUA: TEENAGER VS SUPERPOWER West Screen: WONDER WOMAN Hong Kong Cinema Podcast Podcast episode 229 - East Screen: JOSHUA: TEENAGER VS SUPERPOWER West Screen: WONDER WOMAN 2 This week, further discussion on the Netflix film OKJA making waves, this time in South Korea. Wu Jing's WOLF WARRIORS 2 gets caught up in litigation.  Then Kevin gives a run-down of the New York Asian Film Festival lineup and for our films this week Netflix documentary JOSHUA: TEENAGER VS SUPERPOWER and DC's WONDER WOMAN. Show notes and details can be found at our main website. visit us at www.kongcast.com or email us at eastscreen@gmail.com As always, thanks for listening!

China's movie market has been expanding for some time now. A year ago, people were feeling slightly regrettable when total annual box office income failed to pass the 30 billion yuan threshold. This year by December 3rd, a 40 billion yuan record has been set and China's home-made movies account for nearly 60% of the total. Above all, China's 3D fantasy adventure film "Monster Hunt" became the country's highest-grossing film in July, beating international box office powerhouse "Furious 7".In the year 2015, China's movie industry not only achieved gratifying income figures, they've also made progress in an all-around manner.First and foremost, infrastructure building continues to generate exciting results, bringing the total number of cinema screens in the country to somewhere near 31,000. Currently the overall attendance rate stays around 15%, but the surplus seats stand ready to accommodate box office explosions, which are happening on a more regular basis in recent years.Most of the new facilities are being built in smaller cities or townships, where a new cinema attracts more moviegoers on average than a new cineplex in downtown Beijing. The increase in their number is also tipping the balance in China's movie market. While previously the urban dwellers footed almost all the bills, now small town young adults are empowered to change the way movies are made in this country.A typical example is how youth-centric stories are giving way to comedies. Suddenly China's storywriters have waken up to the possibility that maybe in the small cities, not every young man has lost the love of his life when the girl immigrate to a foreign country, and not every woman can bask in the favor of her young, handsome billionaire of a boss - when that does happen it is usually a middle-aged man, short and rotund and married with kids. Petty sentiment and fake melancholy have no currency among the small city dwellers, who simply want to enjoy some hearty laugher after a day's hard work.For that reason, comedy is the safest of all genres in which filmmakers are willing to invest their resources. Actor-turned-director Xu Zheng, who has kept impeccable track records in both roles, staged an ambitious comeback in "Lost in Hong Kong," which made the list of Top 3 earners, despite fierce competition from another comedy film and this year's No. 5 earner "Goodbye Mr. Loser."The favor of small town young adults propelled more titles to make headlines which otherwise could have remained obscure among the hundreds of low-budget stories cobbled up by amateur filmmakers. Chief among them is "Wolf Warriors," directed by actor Wu Jing. Mr. Wu is a talented martial artist and has a face not half bad, somehow his career as an actor never seem to take off. His first film in the director's chair depicts a hunt for foreign spies and features note-worthy action sequences, but the film's undisguised demonstration of patriotism follows the narrative of the past century. The stylish young men loitering in Beijing's Sanlitun will frown upon it, but they couldn't stop the film from causing a moderately big bang in the market.The potential and appetite of small town young adults therefore appeared on the radar of Chinese filmmakers, who didn't bother to figure out what this sizable group of consumers want the most. Their standard approach is to build on something that has already stood the test. "Dior's Man" is a popular show inspired by Germany sketch comedy "Knallerfrauen" and is streamed exclusively on China's video portals. Despite content that some may consider vulgar, it is nonetheless a well executed and creative show. So when the same crew came up with a film project "Jian Bing Man," they rocked the market by grossing more than 1.1 billion yuan.The source of inspiration is not limited to video content. Best-selling cartoon novel "Go Away Mr. Tumor" about a cartoonist's fight against cancer has warmed many hearts over the years, now a movie of the same name has been made starring actress Bai Baihe and actor Daniel Wu. Strictly speaking, the engineered story is not perfect, but it carries every bit of the late cartoonist's creative genius and optimistic spirit and should be considered a worthy tribute to the girl who offered a valuable message to every willing listener.Perhaps the most convincing example is to be found in the novel "Ghost Blows out the Light," a story about tomb-raiders so popular among Chinese internet users that two film adaptations have been made and screened this year. "Mojin - The Lost Legend" premiered in late December and is still going strong in the box office towards the end of the year. This adaptation boasts an A-list cast and spectacular setting that recreates the mysterious atmosphere described in the original story. While this adaption by Director Wuershan is considered the more successful of the two in narrative and in box office income, Director Lu Chuan's interpretation is more monumental in a different sense.Indeed, Lu Chuan's "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" represents the highest grade of visual effect in Chinese films, up to the standard of Hollywood blockbuster films. The long shots bring up the striking beauty of a desert setting, much like "Mad Max: Fury Road." And the animated beasts would have been even more "flawless" if only the actors and actresses he hired were less green.The level of visually enhanced spectacle in "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" is only matched by that in Tsui Hark's "The Taking of Tiger Mountain," where a Chinese soldier in the 1940s braved the same amount of make-believe bullets and explosions as Steve Rogers in Marvel's Captain America. Behold, it is China's own superhero story!And we have to talk about the animation film "Monkey King: Hero is back" when we talk about special effects. This tight-budget animation was only possible to achieve a 956 million yuan income because director Tian Xiaopeng insisted on quality control. Throughout the meagerly-funded seven-year project many crew members turned their backs and walked away, but the director's persistence led to the birth of the best Chinese animation film in decades. Many moviegoers, overwhelmed by its lively imagery, volunteered to promote the film in their friendly circles, but its portrayal of a fierce warrior who has it powers in check is the most impressive interpretation of the classic text.But the year 2015 is not just about the small city young adults, the market demand and the box office ranking. Filmmakers focused on expressing their own ideas are also getting their voices heard. Taiwan director Hou Hsiao-hsien's martial arts film “The Assassin” was honored with a Best Director title at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. His efforts created a chance for willing viewers to live a story written by Tang Dynasty novelists. There is no way of knowing if the film speaks the truth about Tang Dynasty people's lives, but it certainly feels like reading the novels.Another director devoted to self-expression is Jia Zhangke, who seems quite obsessed with the place he was born, most of his stories happen in a small town named Fenyang in Central China's Shanxi Province. In "Mountains May Depart," Mr. Jia ventured outside his familiar territory into a wider space-time reality and sought to capture the unspeakable loneliness that haunts people unblessed with love. Jia's command of every single element in his narrative is unmatched by hardly any of his Chinese peers, but his step outside familiar terrain did not land as smoothly as one would expect from someone of his talent and calibre.The last entry is my personal favorite. "The Master" is Xu Haofeng's third attempt at self-expression. The lost world of martial artists is a recurring theme in Xu Haofeng's stories, Wang Kar Wai tried to adapt it in "The Grand Master" and ended up showing off his cinematographer's skills, Chen Kaige tried to adapt it in "Monk Comes Down the Mountain" and ended up discrediting himself and his cast members, no one understands the quaint mindset of Xu Haofeng's characters better than Xu Haofeng himself, and this time he's learnt some new tricks to avoid boring his viewers. The realist fighting style and snappy pacing proved an effective formula on modern moviegoers.Movies such as "The Assassin," "Mountains May Depart" and "The Master" don't get a lot of time slots in the schedule books, because they are much too quiet to induce laughter. A pessimist would loath the dominance of small town young adults and a rampant profit-seeking culture in the movie industry, but in 2015 Chinese filmmakers have come a long way to improve their products in various aspects, in time the viewers will surely follow suit and cultivate their own tastes, we only need to take it one step at a time.

Director Cheang Pou-soi and writer Jill Leung weave an elaborate labyrinth of multiple narratives to paint a bleak picture of a dog-eat-dog underworld in "SPL2: A Time for Consequences." At times hard to stomach but mostly riveting, the action thriller offers a wide range of spectacular imagery culminating in the clash of top martial artists from Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Thailand.For a film that boasts an international cast and setting, SPL2 exhibits an exceptionally indigenous Chinese flavour. An undercover policeman struggling with drug addiction, a prison guard with a leukaemia-afflicted daughter, a ruthless organ trafficker in dire need of a heart replacement, everyone is somehow connected in an enclosed community of "Jianghu," where extraordinary personalities find no escape from their destiny.Thailand action star Tony Jaa plays the loving father and prison guard. His quest to locate a bone marrow donor for his ailing daughter coincides with disturbing developments at his workplace. At one point the cure is close at hand, but little does he know he will need to risk his own life for his daughter's salvation. In SPL2 Tony Jaa's uncommon moves constitute an eye opener for Chinese viewers.Mainland Chinese Kung Fu star Wu Jing found a career breakthrough after his adventurous investment in "Wolf Warriors" turned out in his favour. His extended exposure here as an undercover police fighting for redemption greatly boosts his presence and may even propel him into super-stardom. His technique merges the styles of Jet Li and Donnie Yen which is at the same time expressive and realistic.Perhaps the biggest winner is Chinese actor Zhang Jin, who won the Best Supporting Actor at the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in Wong Kar Wai's martial arts drama "The Grandmaster." Here he appears as a prison warden awaiting retribution, whose immaculate wardrobe matches his simple, slashing moves. With a face as fair as a modern office worker and adequate acting skills, Zhang could pose a serious challenge to Wu Jing's ascension, what he needs is the versatility to adapt his styles to the fleeting tastes of Chinese Kung Fu fans.Surely the actors also owe their success to writer Jill Leung and action director Li Chung-chi who arrange multiple occasions for them to showcase their skills. From gun fight to prison riot to slaughterhouse rampage or simple one-on-one duels, the action stars collide, change sides, form new alliances and collide again, creating impressive spectacles on all scales.More impressive is the use of parallel narrative. Many key developments in the story are often screened simultaneously to heighten the sense of destiny and/or irony, which in itself is a powerful tool to glue together the numerous episodes of fighting scenes.Despite the artistic failure in 2014 fantasy film "The Monkey King," director Cheang Pou-soi is well known for the distinctly dark and hopeless mood in his previous movies. In "SPL2: A Time for Consequences" he offers a pessimism of the most ambitious kind that trumps the unaccountable heroism in a "Transformers" movie, although his unique traits are still all over the piece to infect sensitive viewers.