The days of cheap prices from Chinese e-commerce companies are likely coming to an end. The White House is moving to close a trade loophole being used by Chinese online marketplaces like Shein and Temu, which will eliminate the ability of these companies to sell at significantly reduced prices. We’ll discuss in this episode of Crossroads. Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guests, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times. ⭕️ 🇺🇸Josh's Special Offer👉 h...
Sep 18, 2024•21 min
U.S. companies working in China are now watching their profits plummet to record lows. And this is not just limited to those from the United States—even European ones are watching the downturn of their businesses in China. The latest development is dashing beliefs that the market could improve. But new Chinese Communist Party policies that favor domestic companies, a tumbling economy, and an expanding global trade war now appear to be taking their toll. The development could also accelerate the ...
Sep 17, 2024•28 min
China’s communist regime is launching a new program to train 3,000 law enforcement officials in other countries. This is part of a push by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to extend its influence over policing and global security, with all of this tying into the CCP’s push for a so-called Multipolar World Order. We’ll discuss the development in this episode of Crossroads. *Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Tim...
Sep 13, 2024•24 min
It appears that relations between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and North Korea have run into problems. This started after Russia and North Korea begun developing closer ties, and CCP leaders seem concerned the warmer relationship could impact their own interests. We’ll discuss in this episode of Crossroads. *Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times. ⭕️ 🇺🇸Josh's Special Offer👉 https://ept.ms/JoshSpeicalOf...
Sep 12, 2024•23 min
It’s now “China Week” on the House floor. Republicans and Democrats are uniting behind policies to rein in the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). House lawmakers are pushing a new series of bills that seek to take on issues from biotech to farmland to drones. These bills are at the forefront this week as the House of Representatives comes back from summer break. In this episode of Crossroads, we’ll discuss these bills, what they hope to achieve, and what else the United States is do...
Sep 11, 2024•37 min
The Chinese regime has turned to an unconventional source for propaganda: travel vloggers. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been using its state-run news outlets and other entities to promote the channels of propagandists. And while the pro-CCP travel vloggers have become the face of this program, the regime is also extending this into a broader propaganda network of reporters, podcasters, presenters, and influencers. These operations have been allowed to take place largely in the open, but...
Sep 10, 2024•32 min
The United States and other countries are looking to break the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) monopoly on rare earth minerals. The CCP has demonstrated its willingness to cut off supplies of key resources to other countries, needed in everything from smartphones to high-tech weapons. Yet, as the United States and others look to establish new mining operations, the CCP doesn’t seem willing to give up its monopoly so easily. Now, the regime is looking beyond China’s borders to bolster its supplie...
Sep 09, 2024•26 min
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is pushing for plans to mine the moon. A new proposal from Chinese scientists is to construct a magnetic launcher that would work as a transport system in order to establish an Earth-moon economy. And if they were to build systems like this, they would also need to establish new infrastructure in other locations. This ties into the broader concerns of the CCP trying to control the so-called cislunar system—the space between Earth and the moon. The issue with the...
Sep 06, 2024•26 min
A former top aide to two New York governors has been charged with working as an illegal agent of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Linda Sun, who was deputy chief of staff for Gov. Kathy Hochul and deputy diversity officer for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was accused by federal prosecutors of being an undeclared agent for the Chinese regime while working for the politicians during her tenure in the New York government. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Sun had engaged in political activities that ...
Sep 05, 2024•31 min
The Chinese regime is looking into various tactics to take Taiwan by force. Among the methods now being proposed within China is the creation of a so-called shadow government, which can be used to seize control of the country from within. The tactic would be used to make a smooth regime change within Taiwan were the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to attempt a takeover. This plan was proposed in a now-deleted document titled “Start Taiwan Takeover Preparations as Soon as Possible” written by unnam...
Sep 04, 2024•35 min
The first known survivor of forced organ harvesting by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has stepped forward. The man, who had parts of his lung and liver removed, escaped a Chinese prison and recently revealed his story during a press conference in Washington. The case highlights one of the more brutal atrocities carried out by the CCP against religious believers in China. We’ll discuss the horrors of China’s state-sanctioned organ harvesting practice, and how the U.S. Congress is moving to hol...
Sep 03, 2024•23 min
A Chinese video game has jumped to the top of sales charts. The game, “Black Myth: Wukong,” sold over 10 million copies within a few days of release. And while the game caused a number of controversies, those are the least of the problems with Chinese video games overall. The real problem with video games coming out of China actually has to do with the anti-cheat software that gets installed on players’ devices. We’ll discuss all this and more in this episode of Crossroads. *Views expressed in t...
Aug 30, 2024•32 min
The United States is expanding missile defense systems in countries around China. This is taking place as the newly revised nuclear defense strategy has shifted from recognizing Russia as the main nuclear threat to now saying the Chinese regime is the main threat. And while the United States has now issued additional sanctions on Chinese companies for their support of Russia in its war in Ukraine, the Chinese Communist Party is doubling down on its military ties to challenge the West. We’ll disc...
Aug 29, 2024•34 min
The United States has followed through on its warnings that more sanctions against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were coming. Last Friday, it imposed sanctions on nearly 400 entities and individuals, including many in China, for their support of Russia’s war in Ukraine. This comes after NATO determined the CCP is the “decisive enabler” of Russia’s ability to keep the war going. And now, rather than backing off its support for Russia, CCP leaders are doubling down. We’ll discuss this in this ...
Aug 28, 2024•24 min
The Chinese Communist Party claims it has made new breakthroughs in its push to develop fusion energy. The reactors are envisioned as the next generation of nuclear technology. But at the same time, the new developments may not be what they seem, and China is currently outspending the United States on the race to develop fusion energy. But some of the money is coming from an unlikely source. We’ll discuss all this in this episode of “Crossroads.” *Views expressed in this video are opinions of th...
Aug 27, 2024•28 min
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has folded on its fentanyl production. The CCP has agreed to control and restrict the production of key ingredients used to manufacture the deadly drug. This could cut the fentanyl supply to the United States. For the CCP, however, this move is just the tip of a very large iceberg. The communist regime doesn’t just control the market to supply key ingredients for illicit drugs throughout Latin America and the United States: Criminal organizations with ties to th...
Aug 26, 2024•27 min
A new moon race is brewing. The Chinese communist regime has now declared that it found water and minerals in soil samples Chinese scientists had been analyzing from a previous lunar probe. The recent discovery is now spurring a competition over who will build the first moon base, and possibly who can establish a functioning system on the moon to begin taking advantage of the purported water supply and minerals. Alongside these motives, however, is a corresponding military ambition, and a race t...
Aug 23, 2024•26 min
The steel industry is facing too much supply and tumbling prices. Much of the problem is coming from China, where Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policies have led to overcapacity. Faced with this issue, the United States placed tariffs on Chinese goods, including steel and aluminum, which the CCP has in turn tried getting around by using Mexico as a waypoint to the U.S. market. This loophole is now being closed as well. We’ll discuss in this episode of Crossroads. Views expressed in this video ar...
Aug 22, 2024•21 min
The Chinese communist party’s (CCP’s) monopoly over rare earth minerals could soon be broken. The CCP has been expanding government control over its rare earth industry, effectively bringing the entire sector under state control. Yet as the CCP has tried restricting the availability of the precious materials to other countries, they have become the new focus of a global trade war. We’ll discuss all this and more in this episode of Crossroads. Views expressed in this video are opinions of the hos...
Aug 21, 2024•30 min
The Chinese Communist Party is expanding China’s production of robots. These are designed for a wide array of uses, from working in warehouses to carrying out basic household tasks. However, concerns are now being raised that the CCP could potentially weaponize these robots as a kind of “stealth army” inside other countries. Similar disquiet is being expressed regarding Chinese-made vehicles—and not just concerning artificial intelligence for automated driving, but also with the software used in...
Aug 20, 2024•30 min
American ammo supplies could be at risk. One of the key metals used to manufacture ammunition and other weaponry is antimony, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is now restricting the supply of that key material. This takes place on the heels of a U.S. report saying that the United States may not be prepared for a large-scale war with China, and amid growing concerns over dependence on Chinese materials in the supply chain. We’ll discuss in this episode of Crossroads. Views expressed in this ...
Aug 19, 2024•32 min
Rebellion takes many forms. Counterculture movements tend to try to go against social norms and household values that teens especially might see as restrictive. But in China, a new type of rebellion is taking place. People are simply giving up and embracing a low-pressure lifestyle. This is part of the “lie flat” movement, where young people are refusing to compete, refusing to push themselves, and oftentimes refusing to work or study. And for the Chinese Communist Party, this represents a type ...
Aug 16, 2024•32 min
The Chinese economy is becoming even less transparent. In what’s being deemed a highly unusual move, some Chinese banks were just told to not settle recent purchases of government bonds. And as the market in China is becoming more opaque and less predictable, investors are now pulling their money out of China in record numbers. We’ll discuss in this episode of Crossroads. Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guests, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Time...
Aug 15, 2024•32 min
The trade loophole used by Chinese e-commerce giants, including Temu and Shein, could soon be closed. A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is proposing a new law that would restrict the ability of Chinese retailers to ship goods while bypassing normal standards and not paying duties. Similar moves against Chinese e-commerce companies are being looked into globally, amid findings of toxic products, knock-off goods, and concerns over consumer safety. We’ll discuss in this episode of Crossroads. Vi...
Aug 14, 2024•28 min
The Trump campaign says it has been hacked. It’s alleging that an Iranian hacker group stole internal memos, including a 270-page dossier on Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance. Then, the alleged Iranian hackers leaked these documents to Politico. The breach follows recent warnings from the Director of National Intelligence, as well as Microsoft, that Iran was trying to tamper with U.S. elections. This recent breach is much broader than just campaign interference, as global confli...
Aug 13, 2024•38 min
A new Chinese Communist Party (CCP) plot has been revealed through leaked documents and by whistleblowers. The CCP plan involves giving orders to activate segments of its overseas sleeper agents and also using its intel agencies to feed false information to news outlets and influencers. The goal of this new campaign is to “eliminate” the spiritual practice Falun Gong, which the CCP has been brutally persecuting for over 25 years. The target of this campaign is global, but with a particular focus...
Aug 12, 2024•29 min
A New York resident has been convicted of spying for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The individual, who was known as a pro-democracy activist, was found to be providing information on Chinese dissidents to the CCP. Similar cases are being increasingly uncovered, where the regime is finding ways to extend its surveillance and abuses abroad. Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guests, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times. ⭕️ 🇺🇸Josh's Special Offe...
Aug 09, 2024•40 min
Bangladesh is currently undergoing a change in power. After 15 years in office, the country’s prime minister resigned and fled the country. Its parliament was dissolved. And now, there are allegations from India that the change in power is being orchestrated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Local media report that Indian intelligence officials allege that the CCP and Pakistan are behind the student movement currently protesting on the streets, and that the goal is to install a new regime in...
Aug 08, 2024•31 min
It’s said that when something is about to collapse, it’s slow at first, then all at once. We may now be watching the start of a new economic crisis, as markets are now hit with the largest decline since the “Black Monday” crash in 1987. Back then, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW) dropped 508 points, or about 22.61 percent, and wiped out around $500 billion in market value. Well, the new crash, which just started this week, saw the DOW drop about 954 points, or about 2.4 percent, by Monday ...
Aug 07, 2024•38 min
A recently released congressional report alleges the United States would lose a war against the Chinese Communist Party, were it to happen right now. The July 30 report from the Commission on the National Defense Strategy says that the U.S. defense industrial base wouldn’t be able to produce what the United States would need to win this type of conflict. Is this really the case? We’ll discuss this issue and others in this episode of Crossroads. Views expressed in this video are opinions of the h...
Aug 06, 2024•46 min
