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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.08,0:00:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To win the trade war, the \NCCP just needs one thing. 
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.52,0:00:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to China Uncensored. I’m Chris Chappell. 
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.76,0:00:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US-China trade war has been going on for \Nthree weeks now, and you know what that means. 
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.56,0:00:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s time to panic!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.32,0:00:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you go on X, you’ll see posts with millions \Nof views claiming that US ports are empty.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.60,0:00:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That there are zero cargo ships. 
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.16,0:00:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That you should panic buy rice and toilet paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.48,0:00:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes! Finally! My time has come! I’ve \Nbeen hoarding toilet paper since 2020.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.76,0:00:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s made living in New York \NCity slightly challenging.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.04,0:00:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it’s all worth it now. \NTime to sell it all for profit!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.36,0:00:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wait, what’s that, Shelley? 
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.68,0:00:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of that is true? 
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.00,0:00:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ports are not empty, and there are \Ndefinitely cargo ships heading to the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.56,0:00:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people should not panic buy \Nrice, which is grown in America,  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.36,0:01:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or toilet paper, which is made in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.56,0:01:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fine, fine. 
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.56,0:01:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess if you start seeing toilet paper \Nshortages, that’s not because of the trade war,  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.72,0:01:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that’s because people got freaked \Nout by stupid social media posts.  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.40,0:01:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The vast majority of food \Nshouldn’t be affected, either. 
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.76,0:01:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you panic buy anything, \Nit should probably be things  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.32,0:01:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like back-to-school supplies \Nand Christmas decorations. 
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.44,0:01:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m not saying there won’t be shortages of \Nmade in China stuff. There probably will be,  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.68,0:01:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we won’t see that in stores \Nfor weeks, or even months down  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.12,0:01:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the line. Chinese products will also get more \Nexpensive. But we don’t know how expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.80,0:01:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s a lot of uncertainty right \Nnow, and a lot of fearmongering. 
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.36,0:01:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is great for the Chinese \NCommunist Party. Because they need  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.56,0:01:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Trump administration to back down on tariffs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.52,0:01:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if the CCP can convince Americans they \Nshould hate the tariffs, they might have a shot. 
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.84,0:02:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ll tell you why the CCP wants this so badly \Nin a minute. But first, you know YouTube has  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.04,0:02:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been soft censoring this channel, but you can \Nsubvert YouTube’s censorship by subscribing  
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Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.32,0:02:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, so the CCP wants the US to lower their \Ntariffs. Because if the tariffs continue  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.04,0:02:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at this level, China is going to \Nbe much worse off than the US. 
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.40,0:02:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, US consumers will feel some pain. But \Nlike I explained in a previous episode, 
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.84,0:02:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China now more than ever depends on exports to \Nkeep its economy going and people employed. 
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.72,0:02:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s because the Chinese real estate market \Nhas already collapsed. And that’s the other  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.92,0:02:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,major driver of the Chinese economy. So they \NNEED to export stuff. That’s all they have.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.32,0:03:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Goldman Sachs estimates that US tariffs \Ncould endanger 16 million export jobs in China.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.24,0:03:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s probably on the low end.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.56,0:03:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a trade war, the country \Nthat’s the bigger exporter  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.76,0:03:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will generally be hit harder. And that’s China.  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.36,0:03:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chinese workers are in even more trouble because \NChina’s been fighting deflation for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.20,0:03:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China’s economy is in a deflationary spiral. 
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.08,0:03:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s when prices fall, which means \Ncompanies can’t afford to pay people as much,  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.04,0:03:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so wages fall. And that means \Npeople don’t want to buy stuff,  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.28,0:03:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so consumer demand falls, which means prices \Nfall even further. And it keeps on going.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.44,0:03:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China’s been fighting deflation ever since \Ntheir disastrous Zero Covid policy. Turns  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.32,0:03:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out it's hard for businesses to survive when \Neveryone is locked inside their apartments. 
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.32,0:03:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real estate crisis also made deflation worse,  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.04,0:03:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people’s savings were wiped out. \NAnd a bunch of people lost their jobs, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.56,0:03:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The New York Times talked to a guy who \Nwas a construction worker and a plumber. 
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.64,0:03:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“When times were good, Mr. Wang said,  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.80,0:04:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he could make as much as $13,600 a year. \NNow he’s lucky if he can make half that.”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.52,0:04:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about that for a second. Even during \Nthe good times, his income was several  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.28,0:04:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thousand dollars below the poverty line in the \NUS. Now he’s not even making half of that. 
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.28,0:04:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So China’s economy is on shaky ground. \NAnd tariffs are making things worse,  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.84,0:04:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by endangering more Chinese jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.72,0:04:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Chinese Communist Party is digging in. \NAnd they’re really good at narrative warfare. 
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.80,0:04:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve shown you why China is going to be hit \Nharder by tariffs than the US. So the trick is,  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.08,0:04:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the CCP needs to make Americans THINK they’re \Nthe ones who will be hit harder instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.72,0:04:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to do that, the CCP is relying on the  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.76,0:04:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perception that Chinese people can \Neat bitterness, but Americans can’t.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.76,0:04:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eating bitterness is the Chinese term for \Nenduring hardships. Basically, suffering. 
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.72,0:04:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chinese leader Xi Jinping has repeatedly told  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.80,0:05:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Chinese people that they need to eat \Nbitterness for the good of the nation. 
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.88,0:05:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I talked in a previous episode \Nabout how young Chinese people  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.92,0:05:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don’t seem quite as willing to eat \Nbitterness as previous generations. 
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.68,0:05:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in narrative warfare, that doesn’t matter,  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.40,0:05:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as Americans THINK Chinese \Npeople are willing to suffer more.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.04,0:05:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is why China’s Foreign Ministry is \Nreleasing propaganda videos like this. 
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.08,0:05:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“History has proven compromise won’t earn you  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.20,0:05:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mercy. Kneeling only invites more \Nbullying. China won’t kneel down.”)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.12,0:05:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rest of the video calls America \Nan arrogant imperialist, and shows  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.36,0:05:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China leading the world in solidarity \Nagainst America over some heroic music.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.28,0:05:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The message is clearly that America is the bad guy \Nand it better give up, because China never will. 
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.76,0:05:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That same message is being repeated \Nin the CCP’s domestic propaganda.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.32,0:05:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Earlier this week, Beijing Daily \Npublished an article called “Today,  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.76,0:05:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is necessary to revisit On Protracted War.” 
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.68,0:06:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On Protracted War was a series of speeches made by \NChairman Mao during the Sino-Japanese War in 1938.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.96,0:06:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This Beijing Daily article is very \NMarxist. It blames America’s problems  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.20,0:06:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the capitalist system, it talks \Na lot about dialectal materialism,  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.28,0:06:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it repeatedly refers \Nto the “US-China struggle.”
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.44,0:06:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve talked before about how “struggle” \Nor “douzheng” is the communist concept of  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.40,0:06:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designating an enemy and mobilizing the \Nentire society to “struggle” against it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.32,0:06:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this case, the enemy is obviously the US.  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.72,0:06:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the article, “The \NParty Central Committee had  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.76,0:06:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,already anticipated the long-term \Nnature of the China-U.S. rivalry  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.16,0:06:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and proactively laid out plans for \Nfuture major power competition.”
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.12,0:06:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, the CCP is in it for the \Nlong haul. The gist of the article is  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.08,0:06:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,warning that the US-China struggle will \Nnot be over quickly, but that the CCP,  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.68,0:06:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sorry, “the people” will ultimately \Nwin over the imperialist Americans. 
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.44,0:07:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that’s what the CCP is saying. But what’s \Nactually happening in China right now? 
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.44,0:07:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, since it’s an authoritarian state \Nwith total control over its domestic media
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.92,0:07:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,, and a huge online censorship apparatus, we’re \Nnot going to get a totally clear picture. 
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.52,0:07:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we do know some things. And it \Nlooks like the CCP is saying one thing,  
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.24,0:07:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and doing another. What a surprise!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.04,0:07:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, you know that earlier this month, the \NCCP put additional tariffs on US imports,  
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.92,0:07:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in retaliation for US tariffs. But now, \Nit looks like the CCP is going to exempt  
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.92,0:07:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some US products from those tariffs, \Nbecause they really really need them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.68,0:07:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Those products include certain semiconductors and  
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.40,0:07:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chipmaking equipment, medical \Nproducts and aviation parts.”
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.16,0:07:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could also exempt chemicals like ethane, \Nwhich China uses to make a ton of plastics. 
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.20,0:07:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that sound like a compromise, even though \Nthe CCP swore they would never do that? Yeah,  
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.56,0:07:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they’re going to be flexible with their \Ntariffs on US goods when they need to  
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.92,0:08:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be—but they don’t want people to know about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.20,0:08:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, Caijing Magazine, which was \Nthe first to report that China was  
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.88,0:08:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to exempt semiconductors, \Nseems to have been censored. 
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.24,0:08:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, Chinese export companies \Nare trying to survive the US tariffs. 
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.72,0:08:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some smaller factories are temporarily pausing \Noperations or even completely shutting down. 
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.08,0:08:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Others are trying to get around tariffs by using \Ntransshipment—for example sending products to  
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.96,0:08:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be assembled in countries like Cambodia and \NVietnam, which then get re-routed to the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.56,0:08:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are even reports of Chinese companies asking  
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.20,0:08:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indian exporters to fill their \Norders for their US customers. 
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.52,0:08:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea is the Indian companies \Nwould fulfill the orders,  
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.72,0:08:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pay the Chinese companies a commission. 
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.28,0:08:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And foreign companies are trying to move \Ntheir manufacturing out of China, too. 
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.76,0:08:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, Apple is trying to \Nsource all of its US iPhones from  
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.00,0:08:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,India instead of China. And they’re \Nlooking to do it as soon as next year.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.56,0:08:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The CCP isn’t a fan of that idea though.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.52,0:09:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CCP officials are trying to stop Apple \Nfrom moving their iPhone manufacturing  
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.92,0:09:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equipment out of China. Yeah, they’re \Nkind of taking machines hostage.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.04,0:09:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that’s awkward.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.64,0:09:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Foreign clothing manufacturers are \Nalso trying to get out of China.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.84,0:09:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or even sending Chinese workers to \Nfactories in the Philippines or Vietnam.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.40,0:09:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And factory owners from Hong Kong and Taiwan \Nare trying to avoid physically being at their  
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.92,0:09:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,own factories in China, because they’re worried \Nabout being kidnapped by Chinese authorities.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.28,0:09:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, so forget taking machines hostage. People \Nare worried China will take people hostage. 
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.56,0:09:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wouldn’t be the first time. 
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.16,0:09:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So doing business in China is like \Nstaying at the Hotel California.  
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.24,0:09:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can check out anytime you \Nlike, but you can never leave. 
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.52,0:09:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Side note: I don’t know if it still is, but in \Nthe early 2000s, Hotel California was one of the  
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.52,0:09:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most popular Western songs in China. You could \Nnot get away from it. And I have no idea why. 
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.08,0:10:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, the point is, Chinese factories are \Ntrying to get their products out of China,  
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.16,0:10:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and foreign companies are trying to \Nget their factories out of China.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.84,0:10:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which means, the US tariffs are…actually working.  
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.64,0:10:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least in terms of decoupling \NUS manufacturing from China.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.32,0:10:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s good news for Americans. Because \Nwe don’t want our economy to be held hostage  
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.52,0:10:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a regime that will…literally hold \Npeople hostage to get what they want.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.40,0:10:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially since the CCP also sees \NAmerica as a threat to its survival. 
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.84,0:10:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it’s not just me saying that. Here’s \NCold War historian Professor Stephen Kotkin.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.04,0:10:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“The existence of the American \Nsystem ipso facto threatens the  
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.64,0:10:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,survival of the Communist Party because it's a \Nfreer—it's an open, successful alternative.”)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.92,0:10:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kotkin goes on to say that it doesn’t \Nmatter what US policy is toward China,  
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.08,0:10:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the CCP will always see the \NUS as standing in its way.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.80,0:10:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s pretty clear from their \Nlatest propaganda narrative.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.16,0:10:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“China won’t kneel down”)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.76,0:11:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what happens now? The CCP refuses \Nto back down, at least publicly. But  
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.04,0:11:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,companies are actually leaving China \Nand China’s economy is getting wrecked. 
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.84,0:11:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can the CCP actually force people to eat \Nbitterness and ride out the trade war?  
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.52,0:11:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes they can, because they’re an authoritarian  
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.64,0:11:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,state. But that doesn’t mean there \Nwon’t eventually be consequences. 
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.36,0:11:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at what happened during \Nthe Zero Covid lockdowns. 
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.80,0:11:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually Chinese people reached a breaking point  
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.08,0:11:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and started to protest. Which is the \NCommunist Party’s worst nightmare.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.04,0:11:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best case scenario for the CCP is that \Nthe US simply backs down from all the tariffs,  
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.88,0:11:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under pressure from various interest groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.52,0:11:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do that, the CCP needs to convince \NAmericans that China is too strong to  
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.80,0:11:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get hurt, and America is the one getting screwed.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.40,0:11:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, China needs \Nto win the narrative war. 
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.56,0:12:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which means these posts \Nare exactly what it needs. 
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.96,0:12:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And unfortunately the Trump \Nadministration doesn’t seem to be  
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.00,0:12:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing a good job of telling Americans \Nwhy tariffs on China are important.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.68,0:12:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think we \Nshould have a country that sees America  
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.00,0:12:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as its enemy making everything from \Nour children’s toys to our medicines.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.92,0:12:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what they don’t make? \NOur toilet paper. USA number…2!!!
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Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.24,0:12:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks for watching. I’m Chris \NChappell. See you next time.