Sifting Through Anti-China Disinformation w/ Ian Goodrum

Media Roots Radio

Abby & Robbie Martin

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4.6 • 814 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2020

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Abby and Robbie Martin speak to Ian Goodrum of China Daily. During the course of their conversation they cover a whole range of issues frequently raised in the US like the 'social credit system', 5G, the COVID-19 lab leak theories and draconian surveillance. Ian also explains why he believes the hostilities between the United States have been growing, based largely on ruling class profit motivations, Obama's 'Asia pivot' and Trump's trade war. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon // www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio FOLLOW // twitter.com/isgoodrum // twitter.com/AbbyMartin // twitter.com/FluorescentGrey

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hello, this is Robbie Martin.
0:38.3	Welcome to MediaRuths Radio.
0:40.3	Today we have a special guest, Ian Goodrum.
0:45.3	Ian Goodrum is a senior editor and columnist at China Daily and a contributing writer at People's World.
0:52.3	His work focuses on corporate media as a tool of ideological enforcement.
0:58.1	He is based in Beijing.
1:00.3	Well, Ian, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us today about everything that's going on.
1:05.5	Thanks so much for having me.
1:07.0	So I guess let's get this out of the way.
1:09.6	What is it like to live in China as a white guy?
1:12.7	I mean, where are you from?
1:14.0	How long have you been there?
1:15.0	And how did you end up living there in the first place?
1:18.4	I'm from Texas originally.
1:22.2	Near Houston.
1:23.1	I mean, I'm not from Houston.
1:24.8	It's one of those things where you just pick the nearest large city to where you're from,
1:27.9	to make it easier for everybody.
1:30.0	So grew up near Houston, went to college in Virginia,
1:35.7	and then after graduating, I came back to Texas first.
1:42.0	I started working in smaller local newspapers, one of which being my
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