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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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Surf Shark. Whenever you go online, you
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really should be using a VPN like Surf
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Shark to cover your tracks and protect
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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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