Chinese officials have started using cordyceps, a species of fungus used in traditional Chinese medicine that turns insects into zombies, as currency. Take that bitcoin. The first black hole picture is claimed by China.

China's growing ambitions in Latin America are making some worried. The Venezuela crisis, where bad Chinese debt played a big role in the collapse of the socialist economy, and China's subsequent selling of weapons to Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro, is just the most high profile example. We sit down with China-Latin America expert Sascha Hannig Núñez to find out more! And yes, Huawei is part of it. She works for the Global Affairs department of Foundation for Progress, Chile.

China is engaged in a secret invasion of the US through unrestricted warfare. It's not a military or army invasion, but an invasion of hearts and minds. I sit down with retired US Air Force General Robert Spalding, who advised the Trump administration on China policy.

See the on camera interview on China Unscripted!

https://youtu.be/YeTFTgKea0M

An open database of 1.8 million 'breed ready' Chinese women. Another open database of 2.5 million Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang. Ethical hacker Victor Gevers, a researcher for the GDI Foundation, accidentally stumbled on a truly mass system of surveillance in China. And you won't believe how Western tech companies and the Chinese police and state tie into it all.

Follow Victor Gevers on Twitter! @0xDUDE ‏

And GDI Foundation: @GDI_FDN

What was it like at the Trump Kim Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam? Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un may have walked away with no deal, but we sit down with the Traveling Dukes who came out big winners, including getting a Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump haircut! They also tell us what its like to live in China as a foreigner or laowai teaching English in China.

Connect to the Traveling Dukes

https://travelingdukes.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCZ01u1VeIEgJu8-ESe_7aQ

Shelley is out of town, so Matt and Chris bring on Allen Xie, host of Generation Tech, who valiantly served as the China Uncensored cameraman in Hong Kong during the Umbrella Revolution, sailed into disputed China/Philippine territorial waters in the Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea—as well as in Taiwan and New Zealand.

China and the US have two competing visions for the future of the global Internet. Don't like Internet censorship and mass surveillance? Better hope China doesn't get its way in the United Nations and Huawei doesn't build your 5G network. A VPN won't save you from China's internet police.

Venezuela is in chaos, as current President Nicolas Maduro tries to maintain his grip on power, in the face of challenger Juan Guaido. We sit down with Juan Ravell, founder of the satirical Venezuelan new ssite El Chigüire Bipolar to find out what's really happening in Venezuela. Plus, Chinese Lunar New Year, President Trump's State of the Union Address, and China eye's Reddit!

Check out El Chigüire Bipolar!

https://www.elchiguirebipolar.net/

As the presidential Venezuela crisis heats up, countries around the world are choosing between current socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro and the democratically elected head of the National Assembly Juan Guaido. Why has China chosen Maduro? That plus updates on the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou,

As the Trump administration heats up the China Trade War, is there any hope that the US can get a trade deal from Chinese leader Xi Jinping? Special Guest Pierce Norton talks about the coming Trade War "Event Horizon."

Pierce Norton's Blog

https://pcnorton.com/