US Could Become 'Thing of the Past': Hamas Hints at Diplomatic Efforts for Anti-US Alliance 2023-11-07 02:46

working with Hamas against America the terrorist groups official hinting at a possible anti-us Coalition with Iran Russia and China the day may come when they join the way together and turn America into a thing of the past Australia's prime minister stepping foot in China for the first time in seven years what's on the agenda for his meeting with Xi Jinping foreign money is fleeing China and now foreign direct investment has hit a new low China just clocked deficit in the measure for the first time since records began and 2024 presidential candidates taking a hard stance on China with some calling the country an enemy of the United States what do you think of the remarks let us know below and subscribe if you haven't already welcome to China in Focus I'm Don ma in for Tiffany Meer today is China a neutral player in the ongoing Israel Hamas War here's what a Hamas official is saying about China's ties to the terrorist group following the bloody attack on Israel the Chinese sent envoys to Doha and China and Russia met with the leaders of Hamas the senior Hamas member made the remarks during an interview with the Lebanese News Channel last Thursday back in October Hamas Representatives met with Russia's special Envoy and Iranian Deputy foreign minister in Moscow China's special Envoy to the Middle East also traveled to qari Capital Doha on October 19th Doha is home to hamas's leader and other members of the group's leadership Beijing has provided no details on the trip as for what's behind the alleged diplomatic moves the Hamas official made a bold statement alleging a potential anti-us Alliance among quote all of America's enemies uh American the day may come when they join the way together and turn America into a thing of the past the officials claims comes amid at the ongoing Israel Hamas War there's also a growing movement to push back on the western Le Global Order and rule of law involving countries like Iran Russia and China plus Hamas now has another potential ally North Korea in the interview the Hamas official praised pangang for its alleged ability to strike us oil referring to the regime as quote part of our alliance Israel earlier said the terrorist group used North Korean weapons in their October 7th attack killing over 1,400 Israelis pongyang denied the allegation as of now neither Russia nor China have condemned the Hamas terrorist attack China has refrained from describing Hamas as terrorists and has put pressure on Israel to stop bombing Gaza a former Hamas leader earlier claimed that Beijing is taking notes on their terrorist attack and could replicate it for Taiwan are young people supporting Hamas because of Tik Tok that's the case a congressman is making saying the US should completely ban the Chinese platform entities's Aryan Pasdar spoke with an expert on Chinese propaganda Congressman Mike Gallagher wrote an up ad for the Free Press saying many Young Americans support because of Tik Tok he cited a poll which says that over half of college aged Americans say Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7th were Justified Gallagher wrote that a growing number of Americans rely on Tik Tok for their news today Tik Tok is the top surge engine for more than half of gen Z official numbers from Tik Tok show that posts with the hash free Palestine are getting around 17 times more views than posts with the hash stand with Israel this may come to No Surprise as former leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization yaser Arafat visited China 14 times before he died he met with CCP leaders including ma Zedong and Jang zamin Congressman Gallagher wrote we know for a fact that the CCP uses Tik Tock to push its propaganda and send reviews that diverge from the party line and he concludes by saying that completely Banning Tik Tok in the US protects our Public Square from the surveillance malign influence censorship and propaganda of a for an adversary now to learn more about China's online propaganda campaign surrounding the Israel Hamas War I spoke with Jake Denton he's a research associate in the tech policy center with the Heritage Foundation Denton tells me China is using this war to emerge as a more influential power than the United States take a look so when they have the ability to either diminish uh the role of the United States or to you know Target Another Western Country it's to their advantage to push uh content that promotes the alternative view one that makes China look more respected and Denton says he agrees with the congressman that Tik Tok should be banned completely he also warns if Congress doesn't take the necessary steps it could have a long- lasting impact on the United States being shaped by information coming from the Chinese Communist party what that results in is a generation that doesn't value the United States that really doesn't like our own way of government and so what you have is potentially a generation of citizens who identify closer with China worldview than our own and there's no telling of how that ends for us he says the United States is already seeing the impact of this among Young Americans and that it will only get worse if things don't change Aran pastar NTD news China has become a Hot Topic among presidential hopefuls Florida Governor Ron disantis on Friday criticized former United Nations Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley for her record on China he accused her of rolling out the red carpet for Beijing her record is writing the Chinese Ambassador love letter saying like how great a friend China is no they're not a friend but former Governor Nikki hilly denies those accusations she says she views China as an enemy and that China has been practically preparing for war with the US for years other than DeSantis and Haley presidential candidate Vic ramaswami is also taking a tough stance on China I see a lot of other candidates many of them will be on that de baate stage dancing around the really difficult issues we need to answer how do we advance American interests how do we focus on our real adversary communist China and declare independence from them while staying out of World War II which we are closer to any time in my lifetime than we've ever been the third Republican presidential primary debate is scheduled for Wednesday in Miami a California congresswoman asking entities worldwide to pull support from a Chinese Logistics platform in a recent letter Congress member Michelle steel argued the platform could give the CCP a road map to gain a strangle hold on the arteries of global trade she added that its data could help Beijing identify Transportation paths to control the movement of goods and that using it is actively risking our national security and the security of our allies she's calling attention to log Inc it was constructed and put into use by several Chinese State Ministries and is used by shipping ports around the world the platform linked with International Port Community Systems Association in 2017 and later it joined the world B's network of trusted networks in 2022 according to the US China economic and Security review log in has cooperation agreements with at least 24 ports free ports and Port operations outside of China including including nine in Europe instead she's introducing a bill that would direct US Departments to work with international government organizations to develop an alternative secure platform Australia's prime minister is meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping it's the first time for albanes to visit China after he took office in 2022 what is Australia's expecting to get out of the visit and what does it mean for China let's dive in that's the good stuff as the West swings from decoupling to drisking with China a close us Ally Australia is attempting to take one step closer toward Beijing prime minister Anthony albanesi met with Chinese leader xiin ping on Monday in Beijing he zeroed in on increasing trade with China uh China is our most important trading partner it uh represents more than 25% of our exports and Ming four of our jobs relies Upon Our trade uh so it's an important relationship China also said a positive tone during the meeting she said the two countries now share a sound and stable relationship signs of a thaw between them started showing weeks ahead of the meeting Beijing released an Australian reporter last month after 3 years in detention while canra opted to keep leasing a significant port to Beijing despite us protests over security concerns looking back on the China Australia relationship ship it plunged to a record low 3 years ago amid the pandemic at the time Australia's then prime minister called for an international probe into the origins of the virus in retaliation Beijing imposed a series of penalties on Australian Imports worth roughly $14 billion they covered goods from wine to Coal a few Australian reporters were also arrested in China for investigating the pandemic and one was thrown into Chinese prison for 4 years and a first for China's Financial Market a quarterly deficit in foreign direct investment based on balance of payments data the country saw an 11.8 billion deficit from July to September it's the first ever quarterly shortfall since China's foreign exchange regulator started recording the data in 1998 China has seen Capital outflow surge in recent months experts point to the country's large interest rate disadvantage as well as a wave of Western countries looking to De risk from China and shift toward other countries the plunge comes alongside a record low for China's currency in October with trading volume for the Yuan against the dollar falling over 70% since August an American consultancy is waving goodbye to its China operations after 30 years why let's take a look washington-based consultancy Gallup is the latest in a growing trend of Western businesses to flee the country according to a Financial Times report the company is shuttering three offices inside China it also notified clients that it would shut down some of its china-based projects while relocating others Gallup launched its China business back in 1993 opening offices in Beijing Shanghai and Shenzhen it offers Research Services to help companies grow their brands the announcement comes as investment manager G Vanguard closes out its own exit from China with reports saying Shanghai office and most remaining staff there will leave by early next year on the other hand us officials are talking up the potential for agricultural trade with China That's while attending a Trade Fair in Shanghai here's more US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns cut a ribbon to open the event this was the first time the US has participated since it began in 2018 Burns reiterated that Washington was not seeking to decouple from China we seek to move forward in two-way trade between the United States and China now we are drisking altering Supply chains in critical materials and minerals in some cases but that's because that's the smart thing to do Post pandemic and of course China has been drisking as well visitors sampled food products sourced from the US a senior trade and agriculture official said China is a top market for us agricultural products oil seeds and grains are the top us export to China accounting for over $25 billion last year but Brazil has been eating into the US share of the Chinese market following bumper soybean and corn harvests and that's all for today's China INF focus on YouTube we're now sharing a shorten version of our program here after being demonetized for more than 2 years last month you YouTube removed our demonetization status but reimposed it within days China in focus makes no revenue on YouTube something that has continued since the beginning of 2021 despite these challenges we are devoted to Bringing truthful news about China to our audience if you would like to support us subscribe to our partner platform Epoch TV where you can watch our full episodes to sign up click the link down below or consider donating find us at donorbox.org chinin - Focus or just follow the link in the description box below here's what to look out for in our second half on Epoch TV the FBI director with an alarming message to US senators all about cyber threats from China that's as the Biden Administration strives to take the lead on artificial intelligence regulation with a new order will the directive be enough to address the Chinese AI threat and how does the Chinese Communist Party use AI to influence and weaken of free Society we sat down with Rex Lee cyber security adviser at my smart privacy for details imagine that we're already allowing Chinese companies to do this much surveillance and data mining on US citizens and then you overlay AI to it and then the threats become even larger to the end user thank you for watching China and focus I'm Don Ma and for Tiffany Meyer have a great day [Music]