Gordon Chang on Virus Explosion in China, Xi Jinping Losing Control, and CCP Gearing Up for War
American Thought Leaders
The Epoch Times
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Is Omicron the COVID-19 variant spreading in China? Or is it something else? And what does the explosion of the virus—and the associated real death toll in China—mean for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the author of China’s draconian “zero-COVID” policies? We sit down again with China analyst Gordon Chang to discuss the complicated realities the Chinese regime is facing.
“I don’t know what’s going on in Xi Jinping’s head, but I do know that he’s engaged in the most rapid military buildup since the Second World War,” Chang says.
Why is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) collecting DNA profiles of Americans? Why are CCP-linked companies buying up land next to U.S. military bases? And is an attack on Taiwan imminent?
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| 0:00.0 | As this disease, as you say, is ripping through China, |
| 0:02.8 | they are now opening up the doors |
| 0:04.8 | to Chinese leaving country for tourism. |
| 0:07.6 | And they are not sharing sequencing. |
| 0:10.2 | Is the COVID-19 variant spreading in China |
| 0:12.9 | Omicron, or is it something else? |
| 0:15.0 | And what does the explosion of the virus |
| 0:17.5 | and the associated real death toll in China |
| 0:20.4 | really mean for Xi Jinping the author of China's draconian |
| 0:24.2 | zero COVID policies? |
| 0:26.0 | It's not just COVID, it's not just the economy. |
| 0:28.6 | We are seeing the Communist Party move |
| 0:30.4 | in a different direction from Xi Jinping. |
| 0:32.5 | Today I sit down with China analyst Gordon Chang |
| 0:35.4 | to discuss the complicated realities |
| 0:37.6 | the Chinese regime is facing. |
| 0:39.5 | Why is the CCP collecting DNA profiles of Americans? |
| 0:42.8 | Why are CCP linked companies buying up land |
| 0:45.4 | next to US military bases and is an attack on Taiwan, imminent? |
| 0:49.9 | I don't know what's going on in Xi Jinping's head, |
| 0:52.4 | but I do know that he's engaged in the most rapid military |
| 0:55.9 | build-ups since the Second World War. |
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