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There’s a Reason China Keeps Flooding. The CCP Doesn't Care

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    China is sanctioning a former senator
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    from the Philippines. The CCP might sell
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    its fighter jets to the Ayatollah. And
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    the Chinese countryside is flooding
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    again. Then more on this week's China
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    news headlines.
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    Welcome to China andensored. I'm Chris
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    Chapel and this episode is sponsored by
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    your identity. I'll tell you more in a
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    little bit. Lucken Coffee, often touted
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    as China's answer to Starbucks, has
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    launched its first stores in the
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    competitive US market, specifically in
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    New York City, the black coffee book of
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    communism. I'm confused. Why NYC? Are
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    they showing communist solidarity with
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    the maybe soon to be mayors, Zorhan
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    Mandani, or is this just another of
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    China's terrible financial decisions
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    made at the worst possible time? Porqu
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    no loss dos. Some say that the company
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    founded in 2017 could challenge
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    Starbucks power in the US market. Why?
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    Well, for one, it's slightly cheaper
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    with the 16o Americano at Lucken costing
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    $4.45 compared to Starbucks 4.95. For
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    another, it succeeded in beating
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    Starbucks in the Chinese market,
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    becoming the country's largest coffee
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    chain in 2023. And finally, it's got a
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    gimmick, cashier free coffee. Just
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    download the app, give all your data to
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    the CCP, order ahead, pick up your
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    coffee, and go. Minimal social
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    interaction needed. Although that might
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    be a bit of a problem in New York City
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    where cashless businesses are
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    prohibited. But anyway, this is an
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    inspiring comeback story. Why it was
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    just a few years ago Lucken Coffee was
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    forced to pay $180 million in fraud for
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    lying to American investors. If at first
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    you don't succeed, it doesn't matter
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    because the capitalist will sell the
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    communist the rope. they'll use to hang
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    them. Heavy floods in China have killed
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    at least nine people and displaced tens
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    of thousands. These kinds of storms hit
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    China every summer. But this year's
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    images on social media have been
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    particularly dramatic. I'd say you'd
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    think China would have learned how to
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    deal with this by now, but learning from
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    past historical mistakes isn't really
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    communism's defining characteristic.
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    The central and southern Chinese areas
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    of Hube, Hanan, and Gujo were the worst
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    hit with rivers topping over dikes and
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    pouring into city streets, shopping
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    malls, and housing complexes. Eight
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    other people were listed as missing, and
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    even more rainfall is in the forecast.
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    This seems to be the cost of China's
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    rapid industrialization. Poor
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    infrastructure and corruption have made
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    the situation worse. Misused flood
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    relief is also a problem. China has
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    sanctioned a former Philippine senator
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    over maritime claims. Francis Tolantino,
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    who lost his bid for a second term
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    during midterm elections, canvased
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    heavily on bringing in laws to better
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    define the country's seal lanes and
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    maritime zone, which of course was a big
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    no no for China since they claimed
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    pretty much all of the South China Sea
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    as its own, often violently despite the
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    fact that it's illegal by international
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    law. China has barred Tolantino from
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    entering the mainland. Macau and Hong
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    Kong. He acknowledged the sanctions and
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    called them a badge of honor. I like
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    this guy. And after the break, is Iran
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    about to buy Chinese jet fighters?
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    Welcome back. On his first foreign trip
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    since the Israel conflict, Iran's
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    defense minister thanked China for its
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    support, which is interesting since the
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    only support China has given Iran in
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    these trying times, as far as we know,
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    was verbal condemnation of the US and
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    Israel. The CCP even joined the US in
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    calling for the Straight of Hormuz to
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    remain open, contradicting the Islamic
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    Republic's threats to close it during
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    wartime. So, is this just brown-nosing?
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    Well, yes, but it's also deeper than
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    that.
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    I apologize for the mental image caused
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    by me using the word deeper right after
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    brown-nosing.
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    The defense minister was one of nine
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    that Chinese state-run media says
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    attended a gathering of the SECO or
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    Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which
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    both China and Russia lead. China and
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    Russia still badly want to create an
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    alternative world order not led by the
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    West or dominated by the US. And Iran,
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    for its own reasons, agrees. So really,
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    they have no choice but to put on the
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    charade. And one reason they want to
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    make China happy is because Iran is
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    reportedly set to buy Chinese jets.
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    According to a report in the Moscow
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    Times and another in the RBC Ukraine,
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    Iran has intensified negotiations with
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    China to acquire the Chungdu J10C, also
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    known as the Vigorous Dragon, which is
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    used by both Pakistan and China mainly
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    for aerial combat. I can't tell if
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    Vigorous Dragon is a better name for a
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    fighter jet or a Chinese knockoff of
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    Viagra, but doesn't just dogfight. It
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    can also perform some strike missions.
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    Apparently, Iran aims to modernize its
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    air force as soon as possible, and
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    Chinese jets are currently seen as an
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    affordable and coste effective
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    alternative to the Russian SU35s.
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    Because nothing says no limits
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    partnership like undercutting your best
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    buddy. China's badly performing economy
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    sure could use the cash from such a
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    sale. And Iran's military, which has
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    been severely battered by Israeli air
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    strikes, was mainly full of outdated old
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    equipment that can't compete with
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    Israeli and Western technology. But Iran
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    has been eyeing these jets for a while,
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    and previous deals have fallen through
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    for a variety of reasons. So, we'll have
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    to see what actually happens. So, hey,
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    stop me if you've heard some version of
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    this almost every week for the past oh,
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    ever since I've been on YouTube.
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    According to the US Department of
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    Justice, two Chinese nationals have been
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    caught spying on US Navy personnel and
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    bases. Yuen Sa Chen, who resides in
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    Happy Valley, Oregon, and Lean Lie, who
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    traveled to Houston on a tourist visa in
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    April 2025. Both men faced charges for
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    working for China's Ministry of State
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    Security or MSS. gathering intel about
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    service members and bases, attempting to
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    recruit Navy personnel to work on behalf
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    of the MSS, and working with others in
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    America to facilitate a dead drop
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    payment of at least $10,000.
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    Just $10,000.
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    I don't know if this shows how
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    cashstrapped the CCP is or how badly
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    these guys need to learn to negotiate.
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    Maybe there'll be a copy of Art of the
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    Deal in the jail library. Because if
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    convicted, both men could be fined
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    $250,000 and face up to a decade behind
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    bars. The FBI got some help on this case
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    from the NCIS, the Naval Criminal
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    Investigative Service, for those of you
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    who don't watch the TV that's always
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    playing in the background at your
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    parents house. FBI Director Cash Patel
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    told Fox News that we disrupted those
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    efforts and sent a clear message. The
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    United States will not tolerate
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    espionage on American soil. Our counter
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    intelligence operations remain focused,
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    vigilant, and relentless. That's right,
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    CCP spies. Cash is keeping his eyes on
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    you. His gigantic, unblinking, allseeing
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    eyes. And longtime viewers of China
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    Uncensored know that I've spent time
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    with lots of unsaavory people like Hong
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    Kong activist/troublemaker
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    Joshua Wong, who's now in jail. and
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    Tibetan Parliament member Namya Dulkar
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    who travels the world pissing off the
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    CCP by talking about Tibet. But these
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    are two dangerous anti-CCCP freedom
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    fighters I know have a special place in
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    your heart. Daniel Sudani and Celsus
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    Talifilu from the Solomon Islands. They
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    stood nearly alone among government
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    officials in that country trying to
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    block the CCP from turning it into a
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    vassal state. They kept Malita province
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    CCP free for as long as they could and
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    the corrupt prime minister hated them
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    for it. In 2023, they tried to come to
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    the United States to tell the US
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    Congress about the extreme danger the
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    CCP poses to their country and to
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    security in the Pacific. The Secretary
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    of State didn't want them to come. No
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    one wanted to help except you, my
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    amazing 50 C army. You helped raise more
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    than $27,000
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    to bring them to DC for a month. And
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    they did incredible things. They met
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    with US elected officials. They
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    testified before Congress. They
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    influenced think tanks and got tons of
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    media coverage. The CCP was so mad at
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    them and me. Well, Sudani and Talifilu
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    courageously returned to the Solomon
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    Islands. And for a while, the notoriety
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    you gave them kept them safe. But the
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    corrupt Solomon Islands government now
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    sees that world media attention on them
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    is fading. So they've put them on trial.
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    The charges are for so-called unlawful
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    assembly where Solomon Island citizens
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    protested how their federal government
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    was letting the CCP take over their
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    country. The short of it is these
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    charges against them are completely
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    trumped up. The Solomon Islands
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    government has already learned a lot
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    from the CCP, including how to use the
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    courts to go after their political
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    enemies. The trial has started and could
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    last anywhere from two days to a few
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    weeks. If the kangaroo courts get their
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    way, they could face two years in jail.
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    So, what can you do? Leave a Solomon
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    Island flag emoji in the comments below
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    to show that people are paying attention
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    to this issue and to support those in
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    the Solomon Islands still fighting
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    against the CCP. You can copy it from
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    the YouTube description and then share
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    especially if you know any reporters.
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There’s a Reason China Keeps Flooding. The CCP Doesn't Care
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