The Biggest Financial Scandal in History—And You May Be Part of It: Roger Robinson

American Thought Leaders

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🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Tens of millions of Americans are unwittingly investing in Chinese companies involved in military weapon production, surveillance technologies, and egregious human rights abuses, says former Reagan adviser Roger Robinson.

Through a complex web of investment vehicles and regulatory loopholes, Americans are pouring trillions of dollars into companies that directly threaten American national security, including ones blacklisted by the U.S. government—often without even knowing. Chinese companies often make up the bulk of index funds like emerging markets funds that many Americans invest in.

“You have ... companies that are responsible for manufacturing China’s most advanced weapon systems,” Robinson says. “We’re funding, in some ways, our own demise.”

During the Reagan administration, Robinson served as senior director of international economic affairs at the National Security Council, where he played a linchpin role in Reagan’s economic strategy against the Soviet Union. He’s the co-founder of the Prague Security Studies Institute.

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0:00.0	The Chinese have come into our capital markets with as many as 5,000 companies.
0:07.0	Without any particular screening, oversight, due diligence, you have companies that are, for example,
0:15.0	equipping concentration camps, companies that are responsible for manufacturing China's most advanced weapon systems.
0:23.6	The last two aircraft carriers come to mind, hypersonic glide vehicles, new generations of ICBMs
0:30.6	targeting American families, new six-generation fighter aircraft. We're funding in some ways our own demise.
0:39.3	Tens of millions of Americans are funding problematic Chinese companies,
0:44.3	often without even knowing.
0:46.3	These aren't individual names that you can see on a list of your holdings.
0:51.3	When you get into the index funds, into this kind of world, then you are
0:57.0	lost.
0:58.0	During the Reagan administration, Roger Robinson served as Senior Director of International Economic
1:03.0	Affairs at the National Security Council, where he played a linchpin role in Reagan's
1:08.5	economic strategy against the Soviet Union.
1:11.2	He's the co-founder of the Prague Security Studies Institute.
1:14.4	Nazi Germany.
1:15.5	We were buying the sovereign bonds of the Third Reich like crazy.
1:19.7	This is a matter of record.
1:21.6	Isn't this eerily similar?
1:24.0	Do we buy Chinese sovereign bonds where the cash goes directly into the coffers of the Chinese Communist Party?
1:31.3	Yes, every year.
1:33.3	This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Yanya Kellogg.
1:36.3	You may have noticed it's Shen Yun's season again, but I wanted to tell you a little bit personally about why I love this show and go see it every year.
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