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🗓️ 26 February 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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In this episode, we dive into China’s influence and the communist regime’s propaganda efforts worldwide. Joining us is Piero Tozzi, a longtime China expert and staff director of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
What are some key misconceptions we have about China and the Chinese regime? And are we finally seeing a real “pivot to Asia” as the Trump administration signals a dramatic reduction in U.S. military presence in Europe and demands that NATO allies pitch in more for Europe’s defense?
Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
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0:00.0 | On the one hand, while they will present a friendly face to us, |
0:04.0 | and they'll send us cute panda bears to the Washington National Zoo, |
0:08.0 | they're telling their people that America is the enemy. |
0:11.0 | I think one thing we can be very grateful to Xi Jinping about is that the mask is off, |
0:16.0 | whether it's the wolf warrior diplomacy, the aggression towards Taiwan, |
0:20.0 | towards the Philippines, and we call it the South China Sea, |
0:22.8 | maybe we should start calling it the West Philippine Sea. |
0:25.2 | Are we finally seeing a real pivot to Asia, as the Trump administration signals a dramatic |
0:29.9 | reduction in the U.S. military presence in Europe, and demands NATO allies pitch in more for |
0:35.3 | Europe's defense. |
0:36.8 | Joining me today is longtime China expert, Piero Totsi, |
0:40.3 | staff director of the Congressional Executive Commission on China, the CECC. |
0:44.3 | There's forced labor in the fishing, but there's also forced labor in the fish processing. |
0:48.3 | Well, this enters the U.S. supply chain, including our procurement by our Defense Department, served on military bases, |
0:57.0 | but also U.S. Department of Agriculture purchases for federal prisons and school lunch programs. |
1:01.6 | The U.S. government should be setting the example in cleansing our supply chain of products that are tainted by forced labor. |
1:08.6 | It should be a no-brainer. |
1:09.9 | This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Yankee Kelek. |
1:12.6 | Piero Tatsi, such a pleasure to have you on American Thought Leaders. |
1:18.6 | Well, very good to be here, Jan. Thank you for inviting me. |
1:21.6 | Vice President J.D. Vance recently at the Munich Security Conference gave a speech. Some people hailed it, others |
1:30.4 | find it incredibly controversial and criticized it, a lot of focus on free speech, |
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