Mass Poisoning: How Beijing Has Weaponized DrugsA U.S. sailor admitting guilt in spying for China. The operation tied to nearly $15,000 in bribes, and the handling of secret U.S. military plans. A tearful reunion. Australian journalist Cheng Lei finally able to hold her children’s hands again, after three years in a Chinese prison. A new lawsuit against TikTok. Utah coming after the Chinese-owned app. Buying sanctioned imports to cut costs? China reportedly saving billions of dollars this year, by purchasing oil from Russia, Iran, and Venezuela. Topics in this episode: U.S. Sailor Pleads Guilty to Spying for China Utah Sues TikTok Over Child Addiction Concerns The CCP Is on the Palestinian Side in Israel War: Gordon Chang China Releases Australian Reporter Cheng Lei Americans Currently Detained in China China Saved Billions from Buying Sanctioned Oil: Report Former Australian Prime Minister Calls for More Taiwan Protection Beijing to Expand Space Station for Foreign Visitors ‘Ultimate Beneficiary’: Copley on China’s Stake in Israel-Hamas War ...

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China’s Anti-Corruption Purge Can’t Handle the Top Echelon, Says the ExpertChina purged a number of senior bankers who allegedly misused power to grant loans and business contracts in exchange for money. Analysts say these were scapegoats of the collapsing Chinese economy which the upper echelon is heavily involved in but cannot be dealt with. On Oct. 9, China announced that Li Xiaopeng, former party chief and chairman of China Everbright Group, was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and his post for severe violations of party discipline and Chinese laws including accepting bribery, illegally holding stakes in non-listed companies, and power abuse. China Everbright Group is one of China’s biggest financial conglomerates and owns listed units including China Everbright Bank, Everbright Securities, and China Everbright....

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China’s Infrastructure Investment Could Tumble Next: ExpertsA slowing economy, crackdowns on shadow financing, and plummeting earnings from land sales are crimping China’s local governments’ spending power that could likely force them to slash their infrastructure spending, experts fear. But worse, after the property sector, investments in China’s infrastructure are seen as a potential second domino to fall, they say. “[China’s] local governments are running increasingly higher deficits that will limit their ability to spend their way into growth,” Andrew Colliers, a China analyst and managing director at the Hong Kong-based Orient Capital Research, told The Epoch Times. The central government, he added, has been cracking down on off-balance sheet or “shadow” financing due to concerns about financial risk, and the fact that that the property market is unlikely to rebound strongly (in near future), their revenue from land sales will be limited....

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Chinese Military Aircraft Suspected of Using Civilian Plane as Cover in Taiwan StraitAn airborne Chinese military aircraft recently ‘hid’ itself under a civilian airliner flying west of the center line of the Taiwan Strait. On Sept. 24, Taiwan ADIZ (Air Defense Identification Zone), a military enthusiast group, posted on Facebook that at 8:30 a.m., it detected a Chinese Y-9 military communications command aircraft flying from south to north on the M503 route, west of the center line of the Taiwan Strait, for a short period. What alarmed the group was that the Chinese aircraft’s flight path overlapped with the position of Cathay Pacific Airways CX366, which was flying from Hong Kong to Shanghai Pudong Airport....

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