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The Daly Lama and China are about to
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clash. The Chinese military uses lasers
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on Germany's armed forces. And is the US
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taking its farmland back from the CCP?
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That more on this week's China news
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headlines.
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Welcome to China Uncensored. I'm Chris
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Chapel. This episode is sponsored by
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the end. Germany has accused China of
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laser targeting a reconnaissance
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aircraft during an EU mission. Every day
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we grow closer to living in Contra.
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Quick, someone hit up, up, down, down,
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left, right, left, right, B. A start.
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At the time, Germany was partaking in an
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EU freedom of navigation operation in
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the Red Sea amid attacks by the
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Iranbacked Houthies and was approaching
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a Chinese frigot. Whether the plane was
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targeted by a laser weapon or a laser
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guidance system is unclear, but this
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isn't the first time that China has done
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this. Newsweek has put together a map of
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all the places where China is accused of
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targeting rivals with lasers. Wow. It's
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almost like China is run by a Marxist
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Leninist state that wants to destroy the
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West. Go figure. That's a message the EU
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might actually be getting. EU chief
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Ursula Vanderlayan had plenty to say
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about the CCP before a bilateral summit.
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None of it good. Mainly, she complained
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about China flooding the global market
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with cheap goods to undercut
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competitors. But she also said that
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China is de facto enabling Russia's war
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economy. We cannot accept this. So, it
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seems the CCP has successfully burned
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bridges to both the US and Europe, which
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considering the quality of Chinese
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construction, is about what I'd expect.
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This transparent hostility is a big part
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of the reason China's economy is still
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on life support. Specifically, China's
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manufacturing activity has contracted
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for the third month in a row amid
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deflation woes. This is devastating. The
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real estate market, which once made up a
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third of China's GDP, is gone. There is
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no real high- tech sector. Chinese
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people are desperately hoarding money
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for fear of an impending collapse, so
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they aren't spending it. The CCP has no
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other plan for their economy other than
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mass manufacturing and dumping the goods
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on the global market. But as we just saw
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with the EU, no one wants to buy all
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that cheap Chinese crap. So if
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manufacturing is contracting, the CCP
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may be screwed. But don't worry, the
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great meritocracy that is the CCP is
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focused on what truly matters,
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controlling the reincarnation of the
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Daly Lama. The Daly Lama just turned 90.
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So rather grimly, people have been
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talking about what happens when he dies.
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Traditionally, the number two position
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in Tibetan Buddhism, the Panchchin
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Llama, seeks out the reincarnation of
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the Daly Lama as a small child. But I
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kid you not, China has passed a law that
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says you can't reincarnate without
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government permission.
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Obviously, the CCP's plan is to install
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their own Daly Lama when the current one
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dies because that will obviously make
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the Tibetan people love them. They're
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already well on their way. Remember the
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Panchchin Llama I mentioned? The one
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whose job it is to find the next Daly
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Lama? In 1989, the Panchchin Lama died.
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Years later, the Daly Lama recognized
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this six-year-old boy as his
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reincarnation, but the boy and his
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family disappeared just days later into
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Chinese custody and haven't been heard
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from since. The Chinese Communist Party
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then chose its own panchchin llama who
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was widely rejected by Tibetans. You
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know, since a core tenant of Buddhism is
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not kidnapping and possibly murdering
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their spiritual leaders, it's kind of
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day one stuff. And this new Panchchin
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Lama even met with Xi Jinping last month
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and pledged feelalty to the CCP. So,
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what happens when the current Daly Lama
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dies? Previously, he floated the idea
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that he would be the final Daly Lama,
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but apparently he changed his mind after
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discussions with senior spiritual
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leaders and appeals from the broader
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Tibetan public. In a video played last
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Wednesday during a prayer session, the
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Dalai Lama said that the Gayen Fodang
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Trust, which manages his affairs, will
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be overseeing the search for his
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reincarnation, which sounds like it'd
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make for an incredible reality show. But
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I digress. He also said that no one else
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has any such authority to interfere with
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this matter, and so the CCP is
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interfering with this matter. Foreign
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Ministry spokeswoman Ma Ning said that
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Tibetan Buddhism was born in China and
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is a faith with Chinese characteristics
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and also that the reincarnation of the
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Daly Lama, the Panchchin Lama and other
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great Buddhist figures must be chosen by
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drawing lots from a golden urn and
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approved by the central government. So
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godless communists actually do want to
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be involved with religion. Good to know.
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Very likely this means in the next few
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years we will have two Daly Lamas. The
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good news is that in 2020 the US passed
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the Tibetan Policy and Support Act which
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will pursue international coalitions to
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ensure that the next Daly Lama is
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appointed solely by the Tibetan Buddhist
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Faith community. Hopefully the CCP cares
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enough about its bad economy and global
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image to avoid repeating this kind of
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interference. But I wouldn't count on it
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since terrible, reckless decisions are
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the number one thing that gets
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reincarnated in the CCP. And after the
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break, President Trump is trying to save
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US farms from China.
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Welcome back. According to a Daily
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Caller exclusive story, US aid quietly
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sent thousands of viruses to Chinese
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military linked biolabs. Huh.
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Oh god.
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This was part of a project called
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Predict, a public health program funded
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by USAD to the tune of $210 million
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steered by UC Davis. The idea was to
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collect viral samples from around the
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world. But when funding dried up, they
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found themselves without long-term
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storage facilities or plans. And we've
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seen how great China is at storing
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viruses. In fact, field work was halted
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in September 2019, just months before
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the pandemic began. The program ended
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altogether in March 2020, the height of
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the pandemic lockdowns. The Daily Caller
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obtained documents showing that over a
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10-year period, thousands of viral
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samples were sent to Chinese labs, even
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though there was no formal agreement in
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place. Included among these labs were
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the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese
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Academy of Sciences, the Centers for
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Disease Control and Prevention of Guang
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Dong Province, and the Wuhan Institute
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of Urology. I have no more tears left.
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The documents also show that USID paid
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for 11,000 virus samples to be brought
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from Eunan Province to Wuhan. Eunan, by
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the way, is where we find some of CO
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19's closest viral relatives. And USID
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sent them to where COVID came from. Wow.
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And the cherry on top, there was no
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apparent plan in place to ensure the
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samples weren't used for boweapons,
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something the CCP is actively pursuing.
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I'd say we're living in idiocracy, but
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no one in that movie was this stupid.
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These internal documents were obtained
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through a Freedom of Information Act
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lawsuit brought by US right to know
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which is a nonprofit newsroom and public
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health research group. The Trump
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administration pulling USAD funding may
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have gutted some useful programs, but I
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think the hundreds of millions of
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Americans who suffered from CO won't
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miss this program. The Trump
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administration is moving decisively to
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block China from weaponizing American
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farmland. And even better, it looks like
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this has some bipartisan support in
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Congress. On Tuesday morning, the US
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Department of Agriculture released its
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National Farm Security Action Plan,
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which includes legislative and executive
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reforms such as banning Chinese
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nationals from obtaining American
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farmland and assessing who holds land
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near military bases. This should have
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always been the law, but hey, it's like
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they say, the best time to stop being
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stupid was yesterday, but the second
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best is today.
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Four Chinese nationals, three men and a
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woman, have been detained in Greece for
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photographing fighter jets. Huh. You
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know, I wonder if things like this could
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be why it's a problem for Chinese
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nationals to own farmland near US
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military bases. But we're not done with
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Chinese espionage yet. The US is seeking
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the extradition of a Chinese man held in
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Italy accused of hacking to steal COVID
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19 vaccine research. The man shoots away
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is accused of working for China's
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Ministry of State Security or MSS to
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target US-based universities,
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immunologists, and bureologists
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researching CO 19 back in 2020. That's
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according to an indictment unsealed on
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Tuesday by the US District Court for the
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Southern District of Texas. The
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indictment also accused another person,
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Jang Yu, who is now in China, of helping
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out, and I don't think the CCP will
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extradite him to the US. While the names
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of the universities went unnamed in the
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indictment, the University of Texas
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Medical Branch in Galveston admitted
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that it was one of the victims, probably
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as a reminder that this is what happens
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when you mess with Texas. The arrest is
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a major victory for the FBI because
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while they frequently go after hackers
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accused of working for foreign spy
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adversaries, they rarely catch one from
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China. But this is just the latest in a
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long string of high-profile espionage
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cases involving China. And it's part of
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