Free China Pod: Pig Meat (and Squeals)
Abe Shinzo to step down as Prime Minister of Japan, what do we mean by hawkish and how far should that go?, Chadwick Boseman sadly passed away (RIP), and a potential Continue Reading
Free China Pod: We Want More Now (Allegedly)
Shocking allegations about the detainment and possible extermination of Uygurs in China (article referenced here), is the New Power Party (NPP) collapsing?, Taiwan setting up a new representative office (read Continue Reading
Free China Pod: Water Water Everywhere
Tensions rise between the Philippines and China, Democratic Party establishment trying to destroy challenges to incumbents, a Wuhan pool party and coronavirus reinfections, Chengdu (and much of China) experiencing horrific Continue Reading
Kissinger and Realism
A response to the recent article in National Interest, The Case for Kissinger by Jacob Heilbrunn, as well as the paper by Waltz, Kenneth N. (2000). Structural Realism after the Cold War. Continue Reading
Free China Pod: Apologetics for Monsters
An update on Bannon, Han Guo-yu (韓國瑜) might try to run to be the mayor of Taipei or Taoyuan, Alexei Navalny allegedly poisoned, Putin offers to send troops into Belarus, Continue Reading
Free China Pod: Gym Miner
Ari has some words for the DNC, Jeremy Shu-How Lin and Taiwanese passports, Kamala Devi Harris roasted by her father, controversy in Changhua (彰化), Steve Kevin Bannon arrested, and turn off msm. Thanks for Continue Reading
Free China Pod: A Wildcard With Values
(Sigh) we once again broach the subject of WAP, a discussion about the Democratic National Convention, the problem with prosecutors (and Kamala Harris), pontificating on regime change in China, messaging and Continue Reading
Free China Pod: Mmmmm, Big Donor Ice Cream
US weapon sales to Taiwan, China attempting to double its nuclear arsenal, Trump’s younger brother passed away, both parties are failing the US (Ari’s article here), both parties have failed Continue Reading
Free China Pod: Cardi Milk Tea
Huge protests in Thailand and Belarus, the Milk Tea Alliance, Kaohsiung has a new mayor, we dive back into WAP cause Ari read the lyrics, A trope-filled hatchet job on Alex Continue Reading
Is a Vote for Biden a Vote Against Fascism?
There is a strong narrative within the “left,” itself a nebulous and largely fraudulent concept that now simply includes anyone opposed to Donald Trump, that the United States is moving Continue Reading