China Unscripted

The Chinese Communist Party likes to say it doesn't interfere in other countries' internal affairs. But the reality couldn't be further from the truth, and Canada is a case in point. Thanks to leaks from Canada's intelligence agency, CSIS, we know that the China selected certain candidates it wanted to win in Canada's federal elections, and tried to tip the scales by flooding the races with cash. In this episode of China Unscripted, we talk about China's interference in Canada's democracy, the government's (read Justin Trudeau's) lack of action, and how China silences its critics in Canada through lawfare. Joining us in this episode is Sam Cooper, the award winning Canadian investigative journalist who published many of the CSIS leaks, founder of the new independent investigative platform The Bureau, and author of the book Wilful Blindness: How a network of narcos, tycoons and CCP agents Infiltrated the West.

The Chinese Communist Party has shown again and again, most recently through its zero covid policy, that human life is not a big consideration when it comes to making policy decisions. So when Chinese leader Xi Jinping talks about uniting with Taiwan, by force if necessary, it's not just the Taiwanese people who will suffer. China will likely won't spare tje lives of its own people in attaining that goal. In this episode of China Unscripted, we discuss China's goal of spreading socialism globally, China's three Pearl Harbor moments, and the shortsightedness of Blinken's trip to China. Joining us in this episode is Ian Easton, senior director of the Project 2049 Institute and author of the new book, The Final Struggle: Inside China's Global Strategy.

China has been shooting missiles at Taiwan, sending military planes into the air identification zone next to its airspace, and attempting the control the Taiwan strait. This is all part of China's attempt to intimidate Taiwan, using psychological warfare make Taiwan submit before the first shot is ever fired. However there's another tactic that they're using, which can be seen by the drones that are buzzing all around Taiwan. In this episode of China Unscripted we discuss how China is making the US look weak, what's behind the Chinese spy balloon and spy base news, and how China is interfering in Taiwan's elections. Joining us in this episode is Guermantes Lailari, a retired US Air Force Foreign Area Officer specializing in the Middle East and Europe, as well as strategy, irregular warfare, and missile defense. Last year, he was a Ministry of Foreign Affairs Taiwan Fellow. This year he is a visiting scholar at National Chengchi University in Taipei.

Xi Jinping recently warned his top national security officials that they need to think about "worst case scenarios" and to prepare for "stormy seas". That's because China is facing threats from all sides. Internally it's facing rising resistance from Chinese citizens. It's neighbors, fed up with its bullying, are starting to fight back. And the more China talks about taking over Taiwan, the more the US tries to counter China's military capabilities and slow its technological development. In this episode of China Unscripted, we discuss the single biggest existential threat to the Chinese Communist Party, what the party has done to tamp down on that threat, and how the Party's tentacles reach deep into the US. Joining us in this episode is Levi Browde, the executive director of the Falun Dafa Information Center.

China and India, both considered tigers of Asia, have fought for decades over their border. Most recently, in 2020,  the two countries came to blows in a battle that resulted in casualties on both sides. In this episode of China Unscripted, we discuss India's history with China, what India has learned about China's military strategy and philosophy, and why India won't ever completely align itself with the US and its allies. Joining us in this episode is  Dr. Dheeraj Paramesha Chaya, a lecturer in policing and intelligence at the University of Hull and author of the book India’s Intelligence Culture and Strategic Surprises: Spying for South Block

The Trump administration created a historic shift in US China policy that has gained support in foreign policy circles far and wide. Even the Biden administration, which vowed to change or remove many of the Trump administration's policies once in office, has largely kept Trump's China policy in place. In this episode of China Unscripted, we discuss what Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did to US china policy that was so radical at the time, how US and China views on their relationship differ, and why China so tightly controls the movement of its people. Joining us in this episode is Dr. Miles Yu, former principal policy and planning advisor to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the director of the China Center at Hudson Institute, visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, and senior fellow at the Project 49 Institute.

Chinese Communist Party leaders have said that China doesn't have a drug problem, but that's only because the CCP makes sure it doesn't have a drug problem. They don't mind, however, if the US and other countries China opposes have a drug problem. In this episode of China Unscripted, we discuss how China is silently winning the opium war with the US, how China is taking advantage of the US push for electric vehicles, and how US politicians are being controlled by Chinese money. Joining us in this episode is Anders Corr, the publisher of the Journal of Political Risk and principal at Corr Analytics. He’s also the author of the book The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony.

Taiwan needs more advanced US weapons, and if the US is serious about helping Taiwan fend off China, it would offer them at a discount, says Professor Madhav Da Nalapat, the director of the department of geopolitics and international relations at India’s Manipal University and our guest in this episode. He joins us to discuss Taiwan's importance to India, India's relationship with Russia, and why Ukraine is a sticking point between India and the US.

China's forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience has been going on for decades at this point. The US House of Representatives passed a bill in March that would sanction people involved in this filthy industry. But there's still a long way to go to get China to actually stop its murder for profit industry. And if it doesn't, Taiwan could be its next source of organs. In this episode of China Unscripted, we discuss the history of the legislation, China's evolution of using Falun Gong, Uyghurs, Tibetans and someday, Taiwanese, and why there are so few witnesses to China's forced organ harvesting atrocities. Joining us in this episode of China Unscripted is Ethan Gutmann, an investigative journalist, research fellow at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, and author of several books, including The Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting, and China's Secret Solution to Its Dissident Problem.

India is the world's largest democracy. Taiwan is fighting to keep itself a democracy. And the US is the world's most powerful democracy that should be supporting other democracies around the world. However the US has been failing to support both Taiwan and India as true allies for different reasons. In this episode of China Unscripted, we discuss why the US is failing as a superpower to uphold democracy, why the US relationship with India has gotten so complicated, why US support for Taiwan often falls short, and the fate of Daniel Suidani, the former premier of the Solomon Islands' province Malaita, who's been a fierce China critic. Joining us in this episode is Cleo Paskal, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.