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The FBI seized 1.6 tons of the deadly drug fentanyl—enough doses to kill a third of the U.S. population. That’s as Trump targets China as a top drug producer, just before heading into talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
A Wells Fargo banker is back in the United States after being banned from leaving China. An expert calls Beijing’s actions “hostage diplomacy.”
A China-based billionaire is in the crosshairs. Two lawmakers are calling on the Treasury Department to probe his alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party and to political discord in the United States.
A longtime member of New York’s Chinese dissident community admits to spying for Beijing. He secretly monitored other activists while presenting himself as a critic of the communist regime.
Australia is making a push against China’s influence in the Pacific, revealing details in its defense communique with Papua New Guinea.
00:00 Intro
01:12 FBI: 1.6 Tons of Fentanyl Seized Off US Streets
01:43 Trump Labels 20-Plus Nations Drug Producers, Traffickers
02:38 American Wells Fargo Banker Freed From China
03:25 Lawmakers Ask Treasury to Probe Billionaire in China
05:04 NY Dissident Pleads Guilty to Spying for China
06:01 Expert: Gov. Cox on Russia, China Bots
11:01 Taiwan Issues Handbook to Prep Citizens for Invasion
13:46 Australia Signs Defense Communique With Papua New Guinea
15:14 China Expands Military Operations in Indo-Pacific
16:48 Philippines Accuses China of ‘Unlawful Behavior’
18:00 Cooperation Key to Deter CCP Aggression: Tan
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A Wells Fargo banker is back in the United States after being banned from leaving China. An expert calls Beijing’s actions “hostage diplomacy.”
A China-based billionaire is in the crosshairs. Two lawmakers are calling on the Treasury Department to probe his alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party and to political discord in the United States.
A longtime member of New York’s Chinese dissident community admits to spying for Beijing. He secretly monitored other activists while presenting himself as a critic of the communist regime.
Australia is making a push against China’s influence in the Pacific, revealing details in its defense communique with Papua New Guinea.
00:00 Intro
01:12 FBI: 1.6 Tons of Fentanyl Seized Off US Streets
01:43 Trump Labels 20-Plus Nations Drug Producers, Traffickers
02:38 American Wells Fargo Banker Freed From China
03:25 Lawmakers Ask Treasury to Probe Billionaire in China
05:04 NY Dissident Pleads Guilty to Spying for China
06:01 Expert: Gov. Cox on Russia, China Bots
11:01 Taiwan Issues Handbook to Prep Citizens for Invasion
13:46 Australia Signs Defense Communique With Papua New Guinea
15:14 China Expands Military Operations in Indo-Pacific
16:48 Philippines Accuses China of ‘Unlawful Behavior’
18:00 Cooperation Key to Deter CCP Aggression: Tan
🔵Tiffany Meier’s documentary Hollywood Takeover - how Beijing is rewriting the script in America’s film industry: hollywoodtakeover.com
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00:00Welcome to China in Focus. I'm Tiffany Meyer. Our top story, the FBI seizing 1.6 tons of the
00:09deadly drug fentanyl. That's enough fentanyl to kill a third of the American populace,
00:13115 million Americans. And President Trump targets China as a top drug producer just
00:20before heading into talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The Wells Fargo banker is back in the
00:27U.S. after being banned from leaving China, an expert calling Beijing's actions hostage diplomacy.
00:34A China-based billionaire is in the crosshairs. Two lawmakers are calling on the Treasury Department
00:39to probe his ties to the Chinese Communist Party and how he may be sowing political discord in the U.S.
00:48And a longtime member of New York's Chinese dissident community admitting to spying for
00:53Beijing. He secretly monitored fellow activists while presenting himself as a critic of the
00:59communist regime.
01:12FBI Director Cash Patel says Tuesday the U.S. has seized more than 1.6 tons of fentanyl off the
01:17streets this year. That's enough doses to kill a third of the U.S. population.
01:22We've taken over 1,600 kilograms of fentanyl off the streets. Maybe one of the greatest achievements
01:30we have this year, 1,600 kilograms of fentanyl. That's a 25 percent increase from the same time
01:35last year. To put things in perspective, that's enough fentanyl to kill a third of the American
01:40populace, 115 million Americans.
01:42Patel says the agency is also targeting companies in China that make fentanyl precursors.
01:48This comes after President Trump designated more than 20 countries as responsible for producing or
01:54transporting illicit drugs into the U.S. That list includes China, India, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela,
02:01Peru, El Salvador. Trump warned these countries to cut off the supplies or face serious consequences.
02:07He also announced plans to speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping about a deal on TikTok.
02:13Most fentanyl precursor chemicals come from China, then are sent to Mexico for processing.
02:19From there, they enter the U.S. through the southern border.
02:22Trump said China is also a major supplier, fueling global epidemics of other synthetic narcotics,
02:27including nitazines and methamphetamine. He said he added tariffs on China to hold Beijing
02:32accountable. He also said Chinese officials can and must do more to cut the chemical flows.
02:39A Wells Fargo banker is reportedly back in the United States after being blocked from leaving
02:44China. The banker, Chenyu Mao, an American citizen, was barred from travel earlier this year.
02:49Beijing accused her of being tied to a so-called criminal case. One source says Mao has already
02:55left China. Her release followed negotiations between U.S. and Chinese officials just ahead of a
03:01scheduled call Friday between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
03:06Ye Yao Yuan, a political science professor at the University of St. Thomas, says China often detains
03:11people on espionage or economic crime charges. He has the charges often lack transparency or evidence
03:18and are usually more for diplomatic leverage. He calls the practice hostage diplomacy.
03:24Two lawmakers are asking the Treasury Department to look into a China-based billionaire. They say he is
03:31working on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party to sow political discord in the U.S.
03:37NTD's Stefania Cox spoke with congressional correspondent Melina Weiskup for details.
03:42Some lawmakers are asking for a probe into a China-based billionaire with ties to leftist groups.
03:48What can you tell us about that?
03:52So, Stef, this revolves around a man named Nelville Roy Singham. He's currently living in China. He's a
03:57self-described socialist. And lawmakers are saying that he plays a key role in funding and organizing
04:03leftist groups. They also say he's the main backer behind the Marxist group, Party for Socialism and
04:08Liberation, that these lawmakers claimed had organized nationwide protests, including those riots in Los
04:13Angeles recently. Congressman James Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, and Congresswoman
04:18Anna Paulina Luna are conducting a broader investigation into the Chinese Communist Party's
04:23attempts to create division here in the United States through political disruption. They're
04:29accusing Singham of acting on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party to enact the CCP's strategy
04:35to divide and conquer. Or, in the words of analyst Martin Purbrick, make internal disputes amongst the
04:41enemies so deep that they become distracted from the conflict. So, these lawmakers are now asking
04:46the Treasury to formally investigate Singham after Singham ignored the committee's previous inquiry
04:52stuff. Yeah, and much of legislation addressing the Chinese Communist Party in recent years
04:57in Congress has been bipartisan. So, we'll be watching this closely as well for updates. Thank you so
05:02much. NTD congressional correspondent Melina Weisskup. A longtime member of New York's Chinese
05:07dissident community has admitted to spying on fellow activists for Beijing. Yuanjuan Tang pleaded guilty
05:14on Tuesday to working with China's intelligence service while publicly presenting himself as a critic of
05:20the Communist Party. Here's the story. Tang was a regular at protests outside China's Manhattan consulate and
05:27even founded a pro-democracy group in Queens. But federal prosecutors say behind the scenes, he was gathering
05:34information on Chinese American activists, even photographing demonstrations. Authorities believe
05:40Tang cooperated with Chinese officials in hopes of being allowed to visit family back home. The FBI called his
05:47actions a betrayal of American values and of the very ideals Tang once claimed to champion. Tang previously
05:53spent 12 years in a Chinese prison for his role in the Tiananmen student movement before escaping to Taiwan and
06:01then the U.S. After Charlie Kirk's death, Utah Governor Spencer Cox is warning about active foreign adversarial bots
06:07online. He says there are bots from Russia, China, all over the world and that they are trying to instill
06:13misinformation and encourage violence. NTD Stephanie Alcock spoke with retired U.S. Marine Colonel Grant Newsham, a senior
06:20fellow at the Center for Security Policy to discuss the threat. Let's start with the tactics that Governor Cox is
06:26pointing to. What does it look like here with these bots? Well, what you've said is just right. It's just a tactic.
06:33It's using social media, the electronic platform to attack, to influence, manipulate, and using the usual sort of
06:41social media accounts messaging in order to amplify what's just happened, to sort of arouse passions, particularly on the left side, but the right side as well, the Russians and the Chinese, but the Chinese in particular. They're the ones who do it at
06:56scale. What they're trying to do is to tear the nation apart. And it's part of a larger strategy you'd
07:03refer to as entropic warfare to break down, degrade. And that is what they're doing to the target. And it's just in one sense, it's really just the mental manipulation, which takes place in all over social media. And we're seeing it. It may not be the biggest threat we've got, but it certainly does exist as part and parcel of how the Chinese operate.
07:25Many people are speaking of this particular tragedy as a kind of cultural turning point. Are you seeing anything different in the tactics or the kind of bots being applied here to sow discord as you have described it?
07:42Well, not really. And this actually goes back a very long time. Just the method is different. Method is more high tech. The Chinese, for example, way back in the 60s, if not before, had ties with black liberation movements, the forerunners of today's Black Lives Matter.
07:59So this is really is nothing new. And they have the connections today with Black Lives Matter. And this is not hard to figure out, not hard to see, but it is part of the M.O.
08:09And it is a you're weakening your target, you're degrading him. And it used to be done entirely by, say, human to human contact or even by the written word.
08:19But now you have electronic, the electronic media that is being used. But say this goes back decades, nothing new, part of a longstanding, well organized assault on the United States and its freedoms.
08:32And we're also seeing some prominent voices within China and even Russia's Kremlin spokesman saying there's so much polarization in the U.S., seeming to point at the flaws, perhaps as they would phrase it, frame it, inherent in the system.
08:51At least the Chinese commentators are saying that kind of thing. What use does this serve them?
08:57Oh, it it just stokes the stokes the flames and they don't quite know how it's going to pay off.
09:04But it's a long sort of constant drumbeat about the ills of capitalism, ills of democratic society and say it's nothing new.
09:12It's just the manner in which it's being done. You know, it does have an effect over time sometimes and social media in particular, because that's where people seem to be addicted and they start to think that they're thinking for themselves.
09:26Yes, it's a very useful tool for influencing people. There's one reason there's a reason why the Chinese communists have banned these social medias in China because they don't want it being done to them.
09:36They know it can be effective if you do it elsewhere. But this sort of down this criticism of the American system democracy that has been just ongoing for years.
09:47But you'll note that we have an illegal immigration problem. Nobody wants into into China or Russia, of course.
09:56Now, I mentioned earlier the Kremlin has made a statement directly when they were when it was asked about this Charlie Kirk assassination.
10:05Why has the Chinese regime not mentioned anything directly, but they have instead let other voices within China bubble up and not be censored to voice perhaps what could be assumed to be the regime's opinions?
10:20Well, that's how they do things. And if you just read the even the English translations, which are the actually the ones best for an English language audience, just read those for a week and you will see that there's plenty of references to Charlie Kirk.
10:34And nothing is done. Nothing is said in the People's Republic of China without the implicit and explicit approval of the Chinese Communist Party.
10:44So they're getting their word out, but they're making it look like they've had nothing to do with it.
10:49And it's always just Chinese people speaking. But no, this is all very much the Chinese state speaking to us.
10:55There is no distinction between things like Xinhua and Global Times and the Chinese Communist Party.
11:02And mid-rising tensions with China, Taiwan this week released a new civil defense handbook.
11:07It focuses on preparing citizens to defend themselves in case of a Chinese attack.
11:12A senior official at Taiwan's defense ministry explains why the handbook matters.
11:17In the case of the Chinese military invading Taiwan with force,
11:25it could be hard for civilians to distinguish between our soldiers and the Chinese soldiers due to long distance, the environment and background.
11:34The Chinese soldiers could even dress in our uniforms to mislead Taiwanese people.
11:39The handbook stresses that if an invasion occurs, any claim that the Taiwanese government has surrendered or been defeated is false.
11:52It also gives instructions on how to use the radio if the internet goes down,
11:56and where to go, like police stations or local authorities, to get verified information if radio broadcasts aren't available.
12:03The director says the handbook isn't meant to cause panic.
12:07It's designed to help people stay safe in a crisis.
12:10Taiwan plans to distribute 5,000 hard copies soon.
12:14The handbook will also be available for download online.
12:17After Taiwan released its new civil defense handbook, Beijing is signaling its own stance.
12:23This week, China is holding its top annual security summit, the Xiangshen Forum.
12:27Military experts and officials are discussing regional and global defense issues.
12:32In an interview, a retired Chinese lieutenant general said Beijing isn't seeking weapons specifically for attacking Taiwan,
12:39adding that its goal is to annex the island without using force.
12:43He also said that if a hot war cannot be avoided, an invasion of Taiwan wouldn't require advanced weapons.
12:50Regular arms would be sufficient.
12:54Coming up, Australia is making a push against China's influence in the Pacific,
12:59revealing details in its defense communique with Papua New Guinea.
13:03We've made conscious choice that Australia remains our security partner of choice.
13:10Chinese ships and jets popping up near Alaska with aircraft carriers conducting training in the Western Pacific.
13:17A closer look at Beijing's push into the Indo-Pacific.
13:21And tensions rising between China and the Philippines.
13:25Chinese vessels reportedly fired water cannons at Philippine ships near the disputed Scarborough Shoal.
13:31Coercing, threatening, carrying out unlawful behavior that is pretty much normal for the Chinese government.
13:38That and more in just a minute here on China in Focus.
13:43Welcome back to China in Focus.
13:45I'm Tiffany Meyer.
13:46A challenge for China in the Pacific, Australia and Papua New Guinea signing a defense communique on Wednesday.
13:52The deal strengthens and expands their military cooperation.
13:57We've made conscious choice that Australia remains our security partner of choice.
14:02We have no choice but to live side by side.
14:04We have been living side by side.
14:06We'll be here forever.
14:09The two countries signed the communique after a plan for a defense treaty fell through.
14:13The treaty would have required Australia and Papua New Guinea to commit to each other's defense as allies.
14:20Papua New Guinea said it didn't have enough cabinet members to approve the treaty.
14:24While Australia said it would be signed once both countries' cabinet processes were complete.
14:30We have been agreed on the words in this treaty.
14:35We have not had a new alliance in more than 70 years.
14:41This is a very significant agreement.
14:46This comes after Australia failed to secure a security deal with Vanuatu, another country in the Pacific.
14:53These nations sit along key sea lanes northeast of Australia,
14:57which are vital for keeping access open if the U.S. were to come to Australia's aid in a conflict.
15:03China has been expanding its influence in the region in recent years.
15:07Australia stepped up its diplomatic efforts after Beijing signed a security deal with the Solomon Islands.
15:14The Chinese military is pushing further into the Indo-Pacific, a region long dominated by U.S. and Western navies.
15:21Two weeks ago, two Chinese research vessels operated more than 200 miles off Alaska.
15:27The U.S. Coast Guard deployed a patrol boat to keep an eye on them.
15:30This comes just a year after four Chinese warships appeared near Alaska.
15:35The Chinese ships were in international waters, but still within America's exclusive economic zone.
15:41An exclusive economic zone is an area of sea from a country's coast where it has rights over fishing, drilling and other economic activities.
15:49The U.S. exclusive economic zone stretches 200 nautical miles from the U.S. shoreline.
15:55Months later, the U.S. and Canada intercepted four Chinese and Russian nuclear bombers near Alaska.
16:01The U.S. officials said it was the first time the two countries were intercepted while operating together.
16:07The bombers were on a joint patrol over the Chukchi and Bering Seas near Alaska.
16:12And for the first time in June, two Chinese aircraft carrier groups conducted training in the Western Pacific.
16:19This shows Beijing's growing ability to conduct large-scale operations beyond the first and second island chains.
16:26The two island chains play a key role in Washington's efforts to curb Beijing's influence.
16:31They form lines of defense that help prevent China from launching submarine-based nuclear attacks toward the U.S.
16:38Geopolitical analyst Sam Kessler told the Epoch Times that China's carrier operations could be normalizing its presence beyond the first island chain.
16:48The Philippines is accusing China's Coast Guard of unlawful behavior in the South China Sea.
16:54The comments come a day after Chinese vessels reportedly fired water cannons at Philippine vessels near the disputed Scarborough Shoal.
17:02It's common sense. They were firing water cannons both from behind and from the front.
17:08And they were maneuvering around the vessel. It was inevitable that the vessels would hit each other.
17:14But again, it was not intentional. It was actually China's lies once again hiding their unlawful and bullying activities in the Scarborough Shoal.
17:24Coercing, threatening, carrying out unlawful behavior that is pretty much normal for the Chinese government.
17:33A spokesperson for China's Coast Guard said Tuesday's encounter involved more than 10 Philippine ships.
17:39He accused the vessels of crossing into Chinese waters.
17:42The Philippine Coast Guard said it was on a mission to resupply more than 35 Philippine fishing boats at the Shoal.
17:48China claims almost the entire South China Sea, but a 2016 international arbitration ruled that claim invalid.
17:57Beijing has rejected that decision.
18:01And with President Trump said to visit South Korea next month, relations between the two countries back in the spotlight.
18:07After the recent raid in Georgia, where do things stand now, both economically and strategically, in the face of an aggressive Beijing?
18:15We bring on Morse Tan, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice and Dean of Liberty University School of Law for Insights.
18:22For the most part, historically, South Korea has been pretty strong U.S. allies, also a democracy.
18:28But there are those instances, as you're talking about, of, you know, the CCP influence, pro-North Korean influence inside of South Korea.
18:36So where do we go from here?
18:38Well, you know, the people of South Korea and the people and government of the U.S. have had good relations for a long time.
18:48It's an alliance forged in blood and steel and fire, if you will.
18:54And so that remains strong.
18:57However, the South Koreans have lost their democracy due to election fraud.
19:02So there is an illusion of democracy right now, even as the front door, the back door, the windows have all been open wide to the CCP and to North Korea.
19:13And so the present regime is involved in communizing South Korea.
19:18And so they do not reflect the people.
19:20They do not reflect the good relationship that has been there.
19:24They are anti-American.
19:25If you look at Lee Jae-myung, what he's said and done over a lifetime and what the people that he's putting in, these are anti-American people.
19:35It's very easy to find, you know, calling Trump crazy, calling the U.S. an occupying force, you know, all these sorts of things.
19:46There is a lot of background information in terms of where they actually stand.
19:53And so as the Trump administration increasingly becomes aware of this, I think for the sake of the people of Korea, there has to be an addressing of the leftist seizing of the key levers of power and influence and authority in South Korea.
20:13This is a fake, illegitimate government and one that is staunchly anti-American.
20:19And I'm glad that the Trump administration is becoming increasingly aware of this and is starting to take action along these lines.
20:29Of course, we lightly touched on the economic angle between the two, right?
20:33There's hundreds of billions of dollars so far promised in investments, including some from Hyundai itself.
20:39That was about $26 billion from Hyundai Motor.
20:42Now, in terms of more broadly, though, there's also a security angle here because currently there's actually U.S. troops alongside South Koreans and Japanese doing joint drills.
20:52That, of course, is in the face of increasing aggression and belligerence from Communist China, but also North Korea in the region.
20:59How do you see these countries working together more in the face of that growing threat?
21:05Yeah, I think the trilateral cooperation is very important and it's a very important deterrent to CCP and North Korean aggression.
21:15And so I think that is a good step that is continuing on.
21:21And I think that if anything, that needs to be nurtured, that needs to be enhanced, that needs to be increased.
21:27And so I think President Trump and the Trump administration need to try to, if anything, expand that and see what the Lee Jae-myung administration tries to do in potentially resisting that, undermining that, or even potentially at some point cutting that off.
21:47But it's very important. It's a very good thing that there is that trilateral cooperation. It should be increased, strengthened and enhanced.
21:57Ambassador Morris Tan, as always, thank you so much for joining us.
22:00Glad to join you.
22:02That's all for today's China In Focus. I'm Tiffany Meyer.
22:05If you have any feedback on the show or have something you'd like to see us cover, send us an email at ChinaInFocusNTD.com.
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