While Drew and Alex were off, the US-China relationship evolved in a multitude of ways. In this episode, they look into how the U.K., the U.S. and Canada joined the European Union in placing sanctions on Chinese officials. This is related to international anger over the Uighur situation in China. Also, the United States and China sparred with harsh rhetoric during a summit in Anchorage, Alaska. Closer to China, a new law was passed in Hong Kong that will limit the democratic system and will likely allow Beijing to pick more politicians that are friendly to the communist party. To top it off, Chinese rhetoric towards Taiwan has become more aggressive and even one Chinese pilot said that Taiwan belonged to China. Drew and Alex try to make sense of it all and find it ironic that while Biden has been ridiculed by the right for being too “China friendly,” his rhetoric has been closer to Trump’s than Obama’s.