China Unscripted

The 2020 landslide election of Taiwan's incumbent president Tsai Ing-Wen was a major defeat, not only to her rival Han Kuo-Yu of the KMT, but also to Chinese Communist Party ambitions in the island nation. We share our experience witnessing this historic democratic election. Support China Unscripted! Buy Amazing Tea!!! go.pathofcha.com/unscripted

When Karl Marx wrote the Communist Manifesto, he did not create an economic system geared toward equality, as some proponents of Communism and Socialism claim. What he created was a prescription for how to destroy the traditional values and morality of society. Joining us again is Joshua Philipp, the award-winning senior investigative reporter at The Epoch Times and host of the new show Crossroads. Check out Crossroads with Joshua Philipp https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG8yy4W8nBbTle9YSpCqXeg

It's been a big year—from massive protests in Hong Kong, to trade war politics, and a growing awareness in the US government that the Chinese Communist Party represents the greatest threat to freedom and democracy in the 21st century. 2019 was a crazy year for China news, and a crazy year for us. Thanks for joining us for the wild ride. 2020 will be extra. Support the show! Drink some tea! Visit go.pathofcha.com/unscripted

Independent journalist and radical Islam expert Olsi Jazexhi was invited to see first hand a Xinjiang "Vocational Training Camp" for Uighur Muslims in China's Xinjiang regions. What he saw shocked him. This comes as the US Congress debates The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019. Follow Jazexhi on Twitter! @OlsiJ Videos from Xinjiang https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-agGJ4DKGjmbvkJKfs4f6w/search?query=xinjiang Get some tea and support the show! go.pathofcha.com/unscripted #uighur #xinjiang

China is colonizing Africa. We do a deep dive into China's role in the African nation of Mauritania, where corruption is leaving the country strip mined of natural resources, while becoming a potential Chinese military base. Plus, is the Richat Structure the remains of the ancient city of Atlantis? Mauritanian activist Nasser Weddady discloses all! Get some tea from Path of Cha! go.pathofcha.com/unscripted

The Chinese Communist Party is spying on US Universities. That's just one part of an overall campaign against academic freedom both inside China and out. GET TEA FROM PATH OF CHA! go.pathofcha.com/unscripted English Edition of Report: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Scholars-at-Risk-Obstacles-to-Excellence_EN.pdf Chinese Edition: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Scholars-at-Risk-Obstacles-to-Excellence_CN.pdf

Activists in Bolivia have just forced the "president" to resign and flee the country. And they did it through strategic nonviolence. How can this be applied to other places, like Hong Kong? And what role did China play in this revolution? Protest leader Jhanisse Vaca-Daza joins us a second time. You can also listen to her on our podcast #13 from October 5, 2018. Buy some tea from Path of Cha! https://go.pathofcha.com/unscripted Follow Jhanisse Vaca-Daza on Twitter @JhanisseVDaza @StandingRivers

China is trying to take control of blockchain technology by creating it's own digital currency, the digital yuan. Chief Strategy Officer for the Human Rights Foundation and bitcoin expert Alex Gladstein joins us to talk about whether blockchain will bring freedom or tyranny to China. Alex's book! https://www.amazon.com/Little-Bitcoin-Book-Matters-Finances-ebook/dp/B07W957N7T Buy some tea from Path of Cha! https://pathofcha.com/?ref=chinaunscripted

The officially atheist Chinese Communist Party has launched an unprecedented crackdown on religion. Concentration camps for Uighurs. Organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners. And now they're going after Christians, using the oddest excuse imaginable...

Whether it's the NBA and players like Lebron James or James Harden, Hollywood, Apple, or Activision Blizzard, there are a lot of American companies and people selling out to the Chinese Communist Party. But the US House has passed landmark legislation supporting the Hong Kong protesters, so it's the politicians who ended up showing some backbone. China Unscripted is sponsored by Path of Cha! Support the show by buying some tea https://pathofcha.com/?ref=chinaunscripted

Hong Kong protests are getting increasingly violent, whether its riot police shooting tear gas and protesters setting fires and defacing Pro-Beijing businesses. Has a line been crossed? China Unscripted is sponsored by Path of Cha! Support the show by buying some tea https://pathofcha.com/?ref=chinaunscripted

We're entering "the Decade of Concern," according to Captain Jim Fanell, the Former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations for the U.S. Pacific Fleet. It's a period of time when the Chinese Navy will become more powerful and aggressive, with the goal of asserting China's influence in the South China Sea and conquering Taiwan. Just how big a threat is China's Navy? And can the United States military rival it? — China Unscripted

Ever wonder what China will be like after the fall of the Chinese Communist Party? There are people already planning the next government of China. Today we speak with Tiananmen Square Survivor and former Chinese Communist Party official turned democracy activist Yang Jianli. He recently met with Vice President Mike Pence to discuss human rights in China. He also shares the role of Hong Kong protests and President Trump's US China Trade War.

Dr. Kevin Carrico teaches China Studies at Monash University in Melbourne Australia. And his research has focused on Hong Kong-China issues. Today we talk about how he ran from police tear gas in Hong Kong, and how police there are losing their minds. Tonight's tea from Path of Cha is the Award Winning "Red Tip" Yunnan Dian Hong Black Tea! Support the show by buying some tea https://pathofcha.com/?ref=chinaunscripted

Thanks to help from Western tech companies, China has one of the world's most advanced and repressive online censorship systems in the world. It's called the Great Firewall of China. Firewall Cafe is an art exhibition that gives people a chance to compare a normal Google search to what someone inside China would see searching on the Chinese search engine Baidu. Path of Cha Tea! https://pathofcha.com/?ref=chinaunscripted