From the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center,

the Armstrong and Gettyshow. Sometimes y'all really impress me. We got some just terrific

interesting emails reacting to the overturning of Roe v Wade on the second

amendment, that sort of thing in last several days. And I want to share some of

those with you as soon as we get a chance. But first, been looking forward to

this conversation. We're joined by author and columnist Gordon Chang widely

recognized authority on what's happening in China, Chinese American

relationships and that sort of thing. Gordon's recent column caught my eye.

China's economy is collapsing here's why you should worry. Gordon, welcome. How

are you, sir? I'm fine. Thank you. Thank you so much, Joe. Oh, it's it's my

pleasure. So it's funny. Jack and I and Jack's off today. But we're both really

into Chinese American relations. The rise of China, China's future and that sort

of thing while as Rush Limbaugh might have put it, the drive by media just

always repeats. China's the great rising economic power. China will soon

eclipse us. They'll soon have the biggest economy on earth. And a lot of us are

over here shouting, whoa, whoa, China has some serious problems going on. So glad

to hear you writing about it. Tell us about the current state of China

economically. And then we'll get to what it might mean down the road.

Yeah, China right now has an economy which is perhaps zero growth, maybe

negative. If there is any sort of positive growth at all, it's probably less than

1%. And the reason is, of course, the COVID lockdowns, which still are

plaguing the country, including still plaguing Beijing and Shanghai, where

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