“Countering China’s Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance”
The Michele Tafoya Podcast
Salem Podcast Network
2.4 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Tik Tok is often called digital fentanyl or a Trojan Horse. Why can’t Americans see how dangerous this seemingly benign app is? Author Michael Sobolik, Fellow in Indo-Pacific Studies for the American Foreign Policy Council, joins Michele with the argument for banning TikTok.
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| 0:00.0 | I am very limited in the clothing that I wear because I won't buy stuff made in China because it's kind of a protest of mine. |
| 0:09.6 | You know, they use a lot of slave labor in China. |
| 0:12.2 | There's no free market in China. |
| 0:14.1 | And they sell everything cheap to us. |
| 0:15.9 | In fact, a lot of it gets dumped on us and we pay for it. |
| 0:19.6 | And we don't really think about the human beings who are |
| 0:24.0 | being forced into making these clothes. So it really limits what I can wear, but I make this choice |
| 0:29.8 | on my own. It's nothing that's been forced on me and I do it gladly. And someone that also keeps a |
| 0:35.9 | very close eye on China is a guest we've had before, Michael Sobolik, |
| 0:39.7 | and he has a new book coming out, Forgive My Glasses, Countering China's Great Game, |
| 0:44.5 | a strategy for American dominance. This comes out on April 15th, tax day. So if you get a refund, |
| 0:51.0 | put part of it toward this book. This is a really important book, and Michael |
| 0:54.4 | is a really important writer. Quick description, the United States is in the midst of a new |
| 1:00.0 | Cold War with the Chinese Communist Party, and America is losing. We can't lose this Cold War. |
| 1:07.1 | This Cold War is being fought through TikTok and through a number of other channels. |
| 1:11.8 | So this Michael Sobolik book is very important. You may see him in National Review, just a wonderful |
| 1:18.3 | scholar and a wonderful writer. So Michael Sobolick is our guest for the third time on this show. |
| 1:26.1 | And we always feel what he has to say is so important |
| 1:28.8 | and so insightful and so knowledgeable about what's going on between the United States and China. |
| 1:34.5 | Stay tuned. If your kids are on TikTok, if you are on TikTok, stay tuned. |
| 1:39.8 | Welcome to the Michelle Tofoya podcast. |
| 1:46.5 | Michael, welcome back to the Michelle Tofoya podcast. Michael, welcome back to the podcast. Glad to have you. |
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