Ep. 155 - TikTok, Balloons, China: What You Should Know

It has a population more than 4 times that of the United States.  It produces goods and services we use in our daily lives. In our modern economy with the free-flow of information and high levels of technology, one must wonder the impact the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has on the global economy.  Here's an interesting point to ponder as we get into today's discussion: China invents very little.  That innovation comes from abroad.  Yet the CCP has a near universal hold on the exchange of information within their country.  How does the CCP manage to maintain this control?  How did the cultural revolution in the 1960s and 1970s in China lay the groundwork for today's level of control?  How is a seemingly harmless app like TikTok used as a function of the CCP to push propaganda within China and abroad?  To answer these questions, we are thrilled to have Steve Yates, Chair of the China Policy Initiative with the America First Policy Institute, join our all-star panel for this eye-opening discussion.