“Everyone is looking at the new military equipment that China will be showing off,” says Gordon Chang, Gatestone Institute senior fellow. He tells Daniela Cambone: “China never shows off anything that isn’t operational. So everything that we see, we’re led to believe, is already in the inventory.” On Xi Jinping’s grip on power, Chang points to troubling signs: “General He Weidong, Xi’s number one loyalist hatchet man, has not been seen in public since March 11th. There is more than just a possibility that Xi Jinping’s adversaries are getting rid of Xi Jinping’s people.” As for Putin, Chang stresses his reliance on Beijing: “Putin’s number one goal is to annex Ukraine. He can’t do that without China’s help. As a matter of fact, I don’t think Russia would be fighting today if it weren’t for all in Chinese support.” The bigger picture, Chang warns, is the emerging bloc of autocrats: “We have seen a hardening of the ties among Russia, North Korea and China. The world has divided. We cannot separate them except by defeating them.”
Chapters: 00:00 – Is Xi Jinping in trouble? 02:49 – Missing general raises questions 05:01 – Putin’s reliance on China 06:35 – China rejects denuclearization talks 07:40 – Kim Jong Un, Putin, and Xi: what it means 08:59 – China’s WWII narrative 11:06 – China’s AI race exposed 11:53 – Will China go to war with the U.S.?
