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Petr Svab retweeted
EXACTLY RIGHT: "I regularly get asked 'what book should I read to understand China?' and I always say watch mob movies."
Remember, the CCP is a regime that enjoys a large scale murder-for-organs-from-prisoners-of-conscience enterprise, for profit and elite longevity.
Talk means little. The only language they understand is expression of power, i.e. being leveraged into a position, or a horse's head in a bed. I wish it weren't true, but it is. We need to be realists.
Because the China "experts" are out in force let's go over this and make simple for our intellectual superiors.
I regularly get asked "what book should I read to understand China?" and I always say watch mob movies. They look very puzzled and then I explain:
China and the CCP don't operate under a system most normal people can relate to. You want to send a message? You put a horse head in the bed, put one between the eyes, make them an offer they can't refuse. Have I made myself clear?
Why do I mention this in light of geopolitical events?
Taiwan arm sales don't matter because everybody knows if the PLA moves on Taiwan, Taiwan won't be the deciding factor.
So when Trump lands in Beijing he will be able to scroll through pictures on his phone of the Ayatollah, Maduro, and others in his group chat with Xi. Trump doesn't even need to say anything the message is very clear. I guarantee, the PLA is studying everything in Iran and Venezuela very closely.
Trump has totally flipped the board and sent a very clear message to Xi. The words literally don't matter. This is the geopolitical equivalent of the horsehead in the bed.
Petr Svab retweeted
.@SecretaryBurgum reveals what the Trump administration is doing to end America’s rare earth minerals dependency on China in a recent interview with me.
China has a stranglehold on rare earths and critical minerals, controlling at least 85 percent of the refining of the 20 most important rare earth minerals.
“President Trump talks about ‘drill, baby, drill.’ We’ve also got to mine, baby, mine. We’ve got to get back into this business,” Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum says.
CHAPTERS
0:00:00 China’s Control of Critical Minerals
0:07:43 America’s Mineral & Energy Resources
0:13:20 National Security Vulnerabilities
0:15:39 China’s Economic Challenges
0:17:44 US Government Shutdown
0:23:54 The AI Revolution & Energy Security
Petr Svab retweeted
🚨At The @EpochTimes we received an envelope with a suspicious WHITE POWDER amid an escalating threats (including impersonations and threats of violence) from the CCP and aligned actors.
The package, marked with Chinese postal markings, contained a newspaper and a ziplock bag of powder. NYPD is testing it as we speak. [1/2]
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FULL STORY: UN Denies Epoch Times Press Access Amid Growing CCP Pressure Campaign on US Soil
"It is unacceptable that the United Nations caves to the Chinese Communist Party’s censorship efforts on American soil," Epoch chief editor @JasperFakkert said👇
ept.ms/UNdeniesEpoch
Petr Svab retweeted
"Two days after the election in 2016, I was called up on the NSA phone. The person said I had to be on the intelligence community assessment that was assembling to finalize the Russia narrative. because we were going to prove that Trump was a Russian asset, and we were going to delay or block the inauguration of Donald J. Trump for the first term.
I just couldn't believe it. This is what I was told on the phone.
So, this was a deep state coup from the beginning that actually started in early 2016. We went through the process in November, December.
The final product came out in the first few days of January, 2017. But bottom line - [in] the supposed Top Secret Review, there was nothing there to show that Russia was trying to manipulate the campaign or the outcome of the election in the favor of Donald J Trump, that the Trump campaign was somehow colluding with Russia.
There was no evidence of anything," says Col. (Ret.) John Mills.
He served as the Director for Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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Principal dancer Ellie Rao shares her heart wrenching personal account of the persecution in China @TheHill.
"There are few places in the world where someone can share a story so traumatic and find others who truly understand. But at Shen Yun, many of us have lived through similar horrors. What brought us together isn’t just a love for art, but a shared mission to give voice to those who cannot speak for themselves."
Read her story: thehill.com/opinion/national…
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Far from home, many Shen Yun performers carry the weight of the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong—etched in the lived experiences of their own families.
Their stories of resilience and hope deserve to be heard.
Read their stories: shenyun.org/news/view/articl…
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We don’t often share our personal stories—but today is a day history cannot forget.
On July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist regime launched a brutal campaign to wipe out Falun Gong—a peaceful practice that brought us and millions around the world health, joy, and inner strength.
Overnight, it was vilified. Our loved ones were forced into labor camps and tortured for refusing to abandon their faith.
It’s been 26 years. But our belief remains unwavering.
Through our art, we continue to share light, beauty, and truth—with the hope that one day, this injustice will end.
Read more about our story: sypa.us/whyweperform
Petr Svab retweeted
🔥I sat down with @EricTrump and asked him about crypto, cancel culture and China.
He told me what @realDonaldTrump made him do every summer and why that's the hope of America's future.
01:51 - How to Bring Back American Manufacturing
04:30 - Small Business Innovation & Entrepreneurship
07:59 - Economic Growth & Skilled Labor Shortage
11:13 - Personal Skills & Trade Education
16:09 - Tech Initiatives: Truth Social & Free Speech
20:34 - Media Landscape & Unintended Consequences
26:36 - Overcoming Media Challenges & Narrative
29:30 - Crypto & Financial Innovation
34:02 - Closing Thoughts on Epoch Times & Journalism
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Qatar offers a $400 million jet to the U.S.—but can we ever be sure it's not bugged?
Meanwhile, Canada's gun buyback program is falling apart, with almost no citizen compliance. Catch all this and more in today's episode.
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Stanford's newspaper is accusing the CCP of inserting spies on campus, tasked with coercing students and stealing the school's intellectual property.
Petr Svab retweeted
Forced organ harvesting in China follows an on-demand system. This raises the issue of complicity. Are transplant tourists complicit in a crime when they go to China?
Learn some insights about the Nuremberg Trials.
Joshua Philips.
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Over 1,500 Shen Yun performers and family members have signed a petition calling for an investigation into CCP influence on Shen Yun Performing Arts.
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Between 1987 and 2021, at least 162 Chinese scientists who worked at Los Alamos on critical technologies went back to China to support R&D there.
"We have been able to identify some of the areas—including nuclear submarines and weapon systems—that they've worked on back in China.
Because they publish on it.
Is this illegal?
No.
We're paralyzed as a bureaucracy in doing anything about this."
@neftimiades, author of "Chinese Espionage: Operations and Tactics"
Petr Svab retweeted
🚨BREAKING: China's Secret Military Network in the Pacific EXPOSED
You know about the artificial islands in the South China Sea. But you probably don't know about THIS...
A Thread 🧵
Petr Svab retweeted
"A Johns Hopkins trained physician walked into the Mayo Clinic one night - the emergency department - because he had some known problem that he self-diagnosed. It's very common, it wasn't a big deal, a healthy guy in his 40s, and they said, 'Well, why don't you stay overnight and we'll work you up tomorrow? Then you can drive back home' - because he was a far distance from home.
Within 24 hours, he was in multiple organ failure and the doctors had no idea what was happening. The next week, his heart was removed, put on a machine, and three or four months later, he died a horrific death.
And it was traced back and went through multi-district litigation, along with hundreds of other cases. It was contaminated blood thinner. The API was made in China. It was a highly sophisticated fake substitute for the real active ingredient and at high levels, it could cause death.
So, the implications of poorly performing drugs - things that are not made properly - is profound. And by the way, this process by which this fake substitute was made? The Chinese government patented it, and it also flew under the radar of testing.
So, another point: testing can get us only so far. Eventually we have to have our medicines made by people who are trustworthy, ethical, and in places where the FDA can do its job and protect the public." @Rosemary100, author of “China Rx”
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Experts also said the #CCP cannot and does not want to give the #UnitedStates what it wants ... theepochtimes.com/china/why-…
Petr Svab retweeted
🚨Why the U.S. Has the Upper Hand Over Beijing in Tariff Standoff
According to U.S.-based economist Davy J. Wong, the United States and China are not in a trade war, but a battle for resetting the international trade protocol and even the world order.
“If [China] want[s] to draw this out for years and years—go ahead,” @BaldingsWorld said, describing Trump’s approach. “We’re going to impose enormous amounts of pain very early on so that if you want to draw it out, you’re drawing out your pain.”
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“As a child, we never heard the phrase food allergy, celiac disease, gluten intolerance, listeria, pfiesteria, campylobacter, E. coli, salmonella.
…[It's] nature’s lexicon on its knees, begging us: ‘Enough, please!’
…The question is: Are we willing to listen?” - Joel Salatin














