China’s Take on Trump Shooting, Scissor Robbers in Guangdong (Canton)

Welcome to the China Compass Podcast (from Lima, Peru)! Today, I start by looking at China's "take" on the assassination attempt on former president Trump, and how the Commies use the news for their own propaganda purposes... A nation under strain: What the Trump assassination attempt reveals about America https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202407/16/WS669660aea31095c51c50e67b.html Trump T-shirts that flooded Chinese retail sites after the shooting have disappeared https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-assassination-attempt-shooting-china-t-shirts-disappear-online-rcna162042 *China Compass is brought to you by Pray for China: www.PrayforChina.us --- Follow @chinaadventures for daily prayer updates! Today's featured province is Guangdong (aka, Canton). After a quick overview of this heavily populated region, it's story time. I talk about the time I was almost robbed with a pair of scissors while taking a midnight nap, my first experience with Chinese beggars, and my first encounter with the Chinese police, that almost stopped my career in China even before it got started.  *Unbeaten is my story of being arrested, interrogated and deported from China in 2018: www.Unbeaten.vip Finally, we tackle some new China Compass Q&A, followed by William Borden's account of the Guangdong "boat people" in 1904. *Borden of Yale is a classic missionary biography written by Hudson Taylor's DIL: www.BordenofYale.com