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

China is sanctioning a former senator from the Philippines

. The CCP might sell its fighter jets to the Ayatollah

. And the Chinese countryside is flooding again

. Then more on this week's China news headlines.

Welcome to China andensored. I'm Chris Chapel

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. Lucken Coffee, often touted as China's answer to Starbucks

, has launched its first stores in the competitive US market

, specifically in New York City

, the black coffee book of communism

. I'm confused. Why NYC?

Are they showing communist solidarity with

the maybe soon to be mayors, Zorhan Mandani

, or is this just another of

China's terrible financial decisions

made at the worst possible time?

Porqu no loss dos.

Some say that the company founded in 2017 could challenge

Starbucks power in the US market.

Why? Well, for one, it's slightly cheaper

with the 16o Americano at Lucken costing $4.45

compared to Starbucks 4.95.

For another, it succeeded in beating

Starbucks in the Chinese market,

becoming the country's largest coffeechain in 2023

. And finally, it's got a gimmick

, cashier free coffee.

Just download the app, give all your data to the CCP

, order ahead, pick up your

coffee, and go.

Minimal social interaction needed.

Although that might be a bit of a problem in New York City

where cashless businesses are prohibited

. But anyway, this is an inspiring comeback story

Why it was just a few years ago Lucken Coffee was

forced to pay $180 million in fraud for

lying to American investors.

If at first you don't succeed, it doesn't matter

because the capitalist will sell the communist the rope

. they'll use to hang them

. Heavy floods in China have killed

at least nine people and displaced tens of thousands

. These kinds of storms hit China every summer

. But this year's

images on social media have been particularly dramatic

. I'd say you'd think China would have learned how to

deal with this by now, but learning from

past historical mistakes isn't really communism's defining characteristic.

The central and southern Chinese areas

of Hube, Hanan, and Gujo

were the worst hit with rivers topping over dikes

and pouring into city streets,

shopping malls, and housing complexes.

Eight other people were listed as missing, and

even more rainfall is in the forecast.

This seems to be the cost of China's rapid industrialization

Poor infrastructure and corruption have made the situation worse

Misused flood relief is also a problem.

China has sanctioned a former Philippine senator over maritime claims

. Francis Tolantino,

who lost his bid for a second term

during midterm elections, canvased

heavily on bringing in laws to better

define the country's seal lanes and maritime zone

, which of course was a big

no no for China since they claimed

pretty much all of the South China Sea as its own

, often violently despite the fact that it's illegal by international law

. China has barred Tolantino from entering the mainland

. Macau and Hong Kong

He acknowledged the sanctions and

called them a badge of honor.

I like this guy.

And after the break, is Iran about to buy Chinese jet fighters?

Welcome back. On his first foreign trip since the Israel conflict

Iran's defense minister thanked China for its support

, which is interesting since the

only support China has given Iran in these trying times

, as far as we know, was verbal condemnation of the US and Israel

. The CCP even joined the US in

calling for the Straight of Hormuz to remain open

, contradicting the Islamic

Republic's threats to close it during wartime

. So, is this just brown-nosing?

Well, yes, but it's also deeper than that.

I apologize for the mental image caused

by me using the word deeper right after

brown-nosing.

The defense minister was one of nine

that Chinese state-run media says

attended a gathering of the SECO or

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

, which both China and Russia lead.

China and Russia still badly want to create an

alternative world order not led by the West or dominated by the US

And Iran for its own reasons, agrees.

So really, they have no choice but to put on the charade

. And one reason they want to

make China happy is because Iran is

reportedly set to buy Chinese jets.

According to a report in the Moscow

Times and another in the RBC Ukraine,

Iran has intensified negotiations with China

to acquire the Chungdu J10C,

also known as the Vigorous Dragon,

which is used by both Pakistan and China mainly for aerial combat

. I can't tell if Vigorous Dragon is a better name for a

fighter jet or a Chinese knockoff of Viagra

, but doesn't just dogfight.

It can also perform some strike missions.

Apparently, Iran aims to modernize its

air force as soon as possible,

and Chinese jets are currently seen as an

affordable and coste effective

alternative to the Russian SU35s.

Because nothing says no limits

partnership like undercutting your best buddy

. China's badly performing economy

sure could use the cash from such a sale

. And Iran's military, which has been severely battered by Israeli air strikes

, was mainly full of outdated old

equipment that can't compete with

Israeli and Western technology

. But Iran has been eyeing these jets for a while,

and previous deals have fallen through

for a variety of reasons.

So, we'll have to see what actually happens.

So, hey, stop me if you've heard some version of

this almost every week for the past oh,

ever since I've been on YouTube.

According to the US Department of Justice

, two Chinese nationals have been

caught spying on US Navy personnel and bases

. Yuen Sa Chen, who resides in Happy Valley, Oregon, and Lean Lie

who traveled to Houston on a tourist visa in April 2025

. Both men faced charges for

working for China's Ministry of State Security or MSS

. gathering intel about service members and bases

attempting to recruit Navy personnel to work on behalf of the MSS

, and working with others in America

to facilitate a dead drop payment of at least $10,000.

Just $10,000.

I don't know if this shows how

cashstrapped the CCP is or how badly

these guys need to learn to negotiate.

Maybe there'll be a copy of Art of the Deal in the jail library

. Because if convicted, both men could be fined

$250,000 and face up to a decade behind bars

. The FBI got some help on this case

from the NCIS, the Naval Criminal

Investigative Service, for those of you

who don't watch the TV that's always

playing in the background at your parents house

. FBI Director Cash Patel told Fox News that

we disrupted those efforts and sent a clear message

. The United States will not tolerate espionage on American soil

. Our counter intelligence operations remain focused,

vigilant, and relentless.

That's right, CCP spies.

Cash is keeping his eyes on you.

His gigantic, unblinking, allseeing eyes.

And longtime viewers of China Uncensored know that I've spent time

with lots of unsaavory people

like Hong Kong activist/troublemaker

Joshua Wong, who's now in jail.

and Tibetan Parliament member Namya Dulkar

who travels the world pissing off the CCP by talking about Tibet

. But these

are two dangerous anti-CCCP freedom fighters I know

have a special place in your heart

. Daniel Sudani and Celsus Talifilu from the Solomon Islands

. They stood nearly alone among government

officials in that country trying to block the CCP

from turning it into a vassal state.

They kept Malita province

CCP free for as long as they could and

the corrupt prime minister hated them for it.

In 2023, they tried to come to

the United States to tell the US Congress

about the extreme danger the CCP poses to their country

and to security in the Pacific.

The Secretary of State didn't want them to come.

No one wanted to help except you,

my amazing 50 C army.

You helped raise more than $27,000

to bring them to DC for a month.

And they did incredible things.

They met with US elected officials.

They testified before Congress.

They influenced think tanks and got tons of media coverage

. The CCP was so mad at them and me.

Well, Sudani and Talifilu

courageously returned to the Solomon Islands

. And for a while, the notoriety

you gave them kept them safe.

But the corrupt Solomon Islands government now

sees that world media attention on them is fading

. So they've put them on trial.

The charges are for so-called unlawful assembly

where Solomon Island citizens

protested how their federal government

was letting the CCP take over their country

. The short of it is these

charges against them are completely trumped up

. The Solomon Islands

government has already learned a lot from the CCP,

including how to use the courts

to go after their political enemies

. The trial has started and could last anywhere from two days to a few weeks

. If the kangaroo courts get their way

, they could face two years in jail.

So, what can you do? Leave a Solomon Island flag emoji in the comments below

to show that people are paying attention

to this issue and to support those in

the Solomon Islands still fighting against the CCP

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