China Unscripted

Enjoy amazing tea from Path of Cha! Use this link to order and you'll be helping out China Unscripted! https://pathofcha.com/?ref=chinaunscripted As the Hong Kong Protest movement shows no signs of dying down, Beijing has launched an all out disinformation campaign, claiming the "black hands" of the US are pulling the strings. Plus, Disney's Mulan may be in trouble. 

China expert and economist Christopher Balding says the US has a larger plan for China, and it goes way beyond the trade war. Follow Professor Christopher Balding Twitter: @BaldingsWorld Blog: https://www.baldingsworld.com

We spent three weeks in Hong Kong following the extradition bill protests, Carrie Lam's blundering press conferences, and global attention from the G20. We need sleep. And you need to listen to this podcast.

Millions have turned out in Hong Kong to protest China's growing influence in their city. Meanwhile, Chinese leader Xi Jinping faces pressure at the G20 summit from the US China Trade War and President Trump. To learn more about Hong Kong protesters, joining us is Antony Dapiran, a HK-based writer, lawyer, and photographer. He’s also the author of the book “City of Protest: A Recent History of Dissent in Hong Kong.” Follow him on Twitter! @antd Twitter @chinauncensored @shelzhang

Imagine being there for the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. Terril Jones doesn't have to. He was there. He's an instructor in international journalism at Claremont McKenna College, and was an Associated Press correspondent in Tokyo, Paris and New York from 1982-1997. He shares his story of witnessing the protests in Beijing, dodging Chinese soldiers, and seeing the tanks and massacre that changed history.

Robert Kelly, aka BBC Dad, joins us at the Oslo Freedom Forum to talk about North Korea's relationship with China, how conservatives and liberals in South Korea view the Kim Jong-Un regime, and how the Trump Kim summits changed the game.

Recorded at the 2019 Oslo Freedom Forum, Matt, Shelley, and Chris talk about what we learned from activists around the world, China's fight against Communism, the socialist principles of Star Trek, and where China will go 30 years after the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

The Chinese Communist Party has been waging an unrestricted war against free and democratic countries around the world. But the Chinese regime showed their hand a bit too soon and people started to catch on. People like Clive Hamilton, author of Silent Invasion: China's Influence in Australia. It's a play by play guide book of how the Communist Party undermines democracies around the world. And countries around the world have started to wake up.

President Trump's Trade War on China is in full effect. But who really started it? 25% tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese goods has China on the defensive, and a propaganda campaign against the US is in full swing.

CBS All Access censored their show The Good Fight for criticizing internet censorship in China. And yes, they are aware of the irony. Joining us is songwriter Jonathan Coulton, aka JoCo, who wrote the song too sensitive for Beijing to even hear. It included references to the Tiananmen Square Massacre, Falun Gong, and Winnie the Pooh. Plus, Shelley tells us about her trip to Berlin to see the Stasi Museum!

Discover the true origins of Communism and how its tactics have been used around the world. Karl Marx was far from the beginning and "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics" is far from the end. Featuring Joshua Philipp, senior investigative reporter at The Epoch Times.

There's a human rights abuse happening in China that's so bad, even Amnesty International didn't want to touch it. We sit down with the Honourable David Kilgour. He’s the former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific, a former Parliament Member, and a criminal prosecutor for almost 10 years. Now, he’s a human rights activist, author, and one of the foremost researchers on organ harvesting in China. More from David Kilgour http://www.david-kilgour.com/

Chinese officials have started using cordyceps, a species of fungus used in traditional Chinese medicine that turns insects into zombies, as currency. Take that bitcoin. The first black hole picture is claimed by China.

China's growing ambitions in Latin America are making some worried. The Venezuela crisis, where bad Chinese debt played a big role in the collapse of the socialist economy, and China's subsequent selling of weapons to Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro, is just the most high profile example. We sit down with China-Latin America expert Sascha Hannig Núñez to find out more! And yes, Huawei is part of it. She works for the Global Affairs department of Foundation for Progress, Chile.

China is engaged in a secret invasion of the US through unrestricted warfare. It's not a military or army invasion, but an invasion of hearts and minds. I sit down with retired US Air Force General Robert Spalding, who advised the Trump administration on China policy. See the on camera interview on China Unscripted! https://youtu.be/YeTFTgKea0M