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Guaranteed Human.

We also heard from the Chinese spokesperson who said that military means cannot fundamentally

solve this problem and that the escalation of the conflict is not in the interest of

either side.

The root cause of the Strait of Humu's blockage, they said, is the illegal military operation in Iran.

So this is the strongest we've heard from the Chinese as well.

Whenever we're talking about China, we always want to know what Gordon Chang has to say.

Gordon is an author and columnist. He is clear-eyed. He is direct and knows what he's talking about.

Also, for folks who live in the area of our flagship station in the capital of Cal Unicornia,

Gordon Chang is going to be appearing at the Capitol Lincoln Club's inaugural Freedom Awards dinner on May the 2nd at the Sutter Club.

Get info online at Capital Lincoln Club.com.

We'll have a link at Armstrong and Getty.com. I would love to be there. Sounds great. Gordon Chang, welcome. How are you? I'm fine. Thank you. And thank you so much. Oh, it's our pleasure. I was just touting your upcoming appearance in Sacramento. So we've covered that and we'll have a link at our website so people can get more information easily. But we played a clip on the way back

that mentioned the Chinese made comments about the war in the Gulf and what was going on

there. Why don't we start there? What do you think, what lessons do you think the Chinese

leadership are taking from what they're seeing unfold right now? They're seeing that President

Trump is determined that he is willing to use force,

and they believe that they can back him down. I'm not sure that they're convinced of the last one,

but they're certainly trying to do that. We now have that ceasefire. The Iranians violated the

ceasefire from the get-go, and I guess we're going to see if President Trump imposes costs on Tehran for doing that.

Now, every time the wind changes direction, somebody brings up, will China take advantage of this to move on Taiwan?

How concerned are you about that in the near term, and how do you see that situation in general?

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