While the most talked-about topic from the Chinese Communist Party’s military parade this month was the infamous “hot mic” moment, its meaning is much more subtle than it appears on the surface.

This week, Terri talks about how the hot mic conversation between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on organ transplantation may have been completely intentional.

Why would the regime allow such a seemingly unprofessional gaffe to happen, and about such an uncommon topic as longevity?

Terri answers all that and more in this episode of China Watch.

Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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There was much stir about the Trump administration taking a stake in Intel. But was it for the right reasons? 

While many people were caught up arguing over “state capitalism,” the real issue may be how this confronts China.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may be looking to monopolize the global chip-manufacturing supply chain. Capturing Taiwan, for example, the world’s breadbasket for state-of-the-art chips, has been on its agenda.

Terri describes how the United States’ stake in Intel may be its way of hedging its bets against the CCP taking control of that vulnerable supply chain. 

Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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For those who haven’t heard the term “lying flat,” it’s how Chinese people describe a passive mindset of giving up on life. Some call it a lifestyle. 

Now, it’s evolving into something bigger: a way to take advantage of China’s debt system.

Join Terri as she shares the story of a typical young Chinese family, whose life she has tracked over the past two years, and connects their lot in life to macroeconomics.

Hear from today’s interviewee, “Randy,” as he describes how he’s fighting the Chinese Communist Party the only way he knows how under the rule of the regime.

But Randy is not alone. It’s a new trend catching on in China.

Randy’s identity has been kept anonymous for this episode due to the high risk of retaliation he could face at home.

Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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While Beijing sees America as an adversary and the “Make America Great Again” movement as a threat, it is unwittingly helping the United States achieve some of its America-first policies.

Join Terri Wu as she discusses how the actions of China’s ruling communist party, under leader Xi Jinping, are goading the American economy back in a direction of manufacturing and self-reliance.

Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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China’s export economy relies on the United States, and they’ll do anything to keep that, including getting around tariffs.

That’s what Terri is talking about today: trans-shipments. It’s a system of getting around tariffs.

But one American business is doing everything it can to lead the charge in ending such unfair trade practices. Unfortunately, it’s hardly that easy.

Hear how Chinese shippers are taking advantage of America’s current system, and what’s being done to fix the situation.

Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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The Chinese Communist Party is met with adulation by some and fear by many. But the regime, and those who use the theory of communism in its many warped forms, have their own fears as well.

Join Terri as she looks at some of the major fears of the Chinese Communist Party and how these impact the country as a whole, as well as the man leading it.

See if you, by the end, come to the same conclusion as Terri as to what the greatest fear of the Chinese regime is.

Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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Two Chinese Americans visiting China are stuck there due to exit bans that the regime imposed on them, according to recent news reports.

Exit bans are just one physical manifestation of the omnipresent controls that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) imposes on society.

The term “exit ban” in Chinese has many layers of meaning.

Join Terri for an analysis of what these are and how Chinese people are fighting back against the CCP’s invisible prison.

Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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From a cultural perspective, Americans are quite different from the people of China, whether it’s in daily habits or how they interact with others. 

But in a very special way, there's one group of Americans that is similar to mainland Chinese: the New Yorkers. It has to do with how they understand business.

And because Chinese mainlanders and New Yorkers intuitively know what it takes to strike deals, one particular man from New York seems to be piercing through the Chinese Communist Party’s trade tactics—simply by being himself.

Join Terri for an analysis of why President Donald Trump has a unique perspective in handling the Chinese regime, and why the new stablecoins law pulls the rug from under the CCP and puts it on the defensive.

Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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Tariffs have yet to be finalized, but the U.S.-China trade war has moved on from them.

And perhaps very different from what you hear from the legacy media, the Trump administration’s tariffs haven’t been a failure—they have set a whole new precedent.

Behind the hustle and bustle of tit-for-tat tariffs, the global trade order has undergone a fundamental shift. Meanwhile, a new battlefield for financial dominance in the world is opening up right before our eyes.

Join Terri as she analyzes what’s next and how both countries are making their moves.

Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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Rare earths have become a strategic weapon in China's trade arsenal.

That situation is by design, as the Chinese regime uses its supply-chain monopoly to influence worldwide trade. 

How did we arrive at this point with such a heavy reliance on China? What were some of the past struggles to break free from China's control over rare earths?

Now, the United States is moving once again to build a domestic rare-earth supply chain. 

Will it succeed?

And what makes it different this time? How do we know we will prevail this time?

Join Terri for a deep dive into the ever-changing supply-chain standoff. 

Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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