Chinese Officials Discourage People Poisoned with Lead From Seeking Medical Help, Xi's Response to Trump Bombing Beijing

Alright, next, let’s continue to update everyone on the latest developments in the lead poisoning case in Tianshui, Gansu, which was still being discussed yesterday. The most notable update today is actually about the attitude of the Tianshui authorities in Gansu, and they've taken two actions that are really quite strange. The first is that the Tianshui authorities actually refused to let the teacher who was suffering from lead poisoning be admitted to the hospital for treatment. So now, a video has surfaced, and in this video, the teacher in question is visibly angry. He says that they actually won't let him be hospitalized or receive treatment, and instead, they’re making him go back to live at the kindergarten. He questioned them, asking,’What are your intentions? What exactly is your purpose? and so on. According to what this teacher revealed in the video, he said he went for the test on July 4th, but they actually delayed giving him the results until the 7th. That’ s a full four days where they wouldn’ t let him see the results. So after the results came out, this teacher went straight to a hospital in Xi an to get another test done. And what was the result of the test in Xi an? His blood lead concentration reached 518 micrograms per liter—518! For a normal person, it should be below 100, right? In other words, with this kind of result, it’ s way over the limit—five times the standard. So basically, you could say it meets the criteria for lead poisoning. In this situation, the authorities from Gansu Tiantian Water wouldn’ t let the teacher be admitted to the hospital, right? They put pressure on him. That’ s why the teacher was especially angry. And also, isn’ t this just playing with my life? That’ s the first really strange thing. The second odd thing is that the local officials in Tianshui actually went to the hospital in Xi an to persuade the parents. Why don’ t you just bring all the children back to Tianshui for treatment? The parents were all very puzzled and also extremely angry. They said,’Are you kidding me? The test results in Tianshui and the ones I got in Xi’ an are so different—there’ s a difference of more than twenty times! How can I possibly trust your local hospitals? If we go to your place, are you actually going to cure us, or are you just going to let us die and keep quiet about it? That would be unbearable, wouldn’ t it? To put it bluntly, how could I possibly risk my own child’ s life as a joke with you? So as you can see, if this case really is just as the official report says, purely the responsibility of the kindergarten chef—of course, since the leadership is also responsible, it was indeed with the leaders’ approval that they went and bought that paint. They used the paint as an ingredient for painting, then mixed the paint into the flour to make things like steamed cakes and other pastries for the kids to eat, which then led to the lead poisoning. If it really happened like this, then why are these leaders so nervous? Why do they insist that these parents and children must return to the local hospital in Tianshui for treatment, and even go so far as to not allow the teachers to go to Xi an for hospitalization? Why are they doing this? In my opinion, what this really reveals is that these leaders are actually very clear about what’s going on So, what is the real truth behind this case and these poisonings? In other words, this is something we need to share with everyone here. First of all, my personal opinion—the first conclusion—is that the pollution from the Baiyin lead-zinc mine, which we actually discussed with everyone in yesterday 's program, right? The real source of the lead poisoning is very likely to be that nearby Baiyin lead-zinc mine, which caused the contamination of the groundwater. But this brings up a problem—what about the Baiyin lead-zinc mine? What about the Baiyin Group? It’s a very large state-owned enterprise in the local area. If it turns out that this company is seriously polluting the groundwater and has caused such a major public health incident , then the entire leadership team of Tianshui City might have to step down and be held accountable. So, in other words, on this side, the leadership team might have to step down collectively and be held accountable. On the other side, it’s just that two leaders from the kindergarten and a few cooks—eight people in total—are being held responsible. Let them be sentenced, let them go to jail, let them take the fall and shoulder the blame. It’s basically a choice between the two. So what we’re seeing now is exactly this kind of situation. From this perspective, we ca n't even rule out the possibility that the local officials— the investigation report that came out was deliberately trying to frame these kindergartens. That is, the leaders and the chef. There’s also a second key piece of information, which just came out today: a local insider posted online, saying that actually in Tianshui, there are two separate water supply systems. For regular residential communities, they all use tap water. However, the water fees there are quite expensive, probably because Gansu is a relatively arid place. So, these kindergartens actually use water from their own wells instead. In other words, this situation—the whistleblower’s explanation—makes sense. It reasonably explains why this is the case. This parent is fine, but all these students, right? They were all poisoned, and even the teachers at the kindergarten were poisoned as well. Because, you see, these students go home and, oh my, they live with their parents, eat together, drink water together, and so on. The parents are completely fine, which means the home environment is normal. So, it must be that the environment where the staff member lives is abnormal, which is why all the teachers and students at the kindergarten got poisoned. So if it turns out that the groundwater has been seriously contaminated, then not only will the leaders in Tianshui be in trouble. If you keep tracing responsibility upwards, holding the leaders accountable, even officials at the Gansu provincial level might end up in trouble as well. So, as we can see, these officials are trying to protect themselves by building up this whole story about the staff member, uh. This is the kind of case we’re talking about. Today, we saw a newly released video from a Douyin creator, who actually did a test himself—what kind of test you ask? He went and bought that paint, bought the paint and, right in front of the camera, ate it to see if it would really cause such a high level of lead in the blood, right? As for the issue of lead concentration in the paint, we actually already analyzed this for everyone yesterday didn’ t we? First of all, the manufacturer of the paint in question has already issued an official statement, saying that the raw materials they use in production do not contain lead. So that’s the first point. I think this is something the local authorities in Gansu ca n't really explain. How are you supposed to deal with this? After all, you can test those products produced by others at any time. So was it signed or not? The second point is what we analyzed with everyone: according to the official statement, those two so-called 'high points' had such a high lead content, exceeding the normal standard by more than 2,700 times. To reach such a high concentration ... How much lead would the pigment have to contain? That pigment is mixed into the dough for making pastries, right? How much would you have to add, how many times the amount would you need to mix in? Like I said, for one jin of flour, you might have to add more than ten jin of pigment. Only then could you reach that kind of concentration, which is absolutely ridiculous. So now we see that some people have even posted clips from a Stephen Chow movie, and the scenes are almost exactly the same—what was once acted out in a film is now actually happening in real life. Of course, this matter is still continuing to ferment. In the end, whether the responsibility will actually fall on those officials, or if it will just be a few scapegoats who are brought out and sentenced, we’ ll have to wait and see. But, this is just my personal opinion. Uh, honestly, I’ m not too optimistic. If you expect these officials to ultimately overturn this situation themselves, it would directly touch on many issues within the CCP. This is exactly the kind of evil mechanism the CCP has . This is an inevitable result of it. Alright, next, let’ s share something else with everyone—about Trump. He once made a harsh statement, saying he would bomb Beijing to smithereens, right? Blow it to pieces, right? That was a very tough statement. Actually, this comes from a scoop by CNN yesterday. CNN got hold of a recording from 2024—actually, last year—when Trump ... Back when he was still campaigning, he was holding fundraising events in New York and Florida. During those events, he said some things, and now CNN has obtained a recording of his speech. According to what was revealed in this recording, at this fundraising dinner, Trump said that in order to stop Russia from attacking Ukraine, he had once personally warned Putin. He said, um, it should have been over the phone that he warned Putin, saying,’If you dare to attack Ukraine I will bomb Moscow to smithereens. And he really said,' I have no other choice. Then, of course, Putin was very surprised and replied, I do n't believe you. But Trump said that actually, Putin did believe him about 10 %. And then Trump was n't done yet. He said that in order to warn the Chinese Communist Party not to attack Taiwan, he had also said something similar to Xi Jinping. He said that the United States would respond by bombing Beijing, right? He said,’We’ll bomb you, we’ll bomb Beijing to smithereens as well. Then he said, Xi Jinping thought I was crazy. At the time, Xi Jinping stammered a bit and replied with just six words, basically meaning,’You want to bomb Beijing? '—something like that, just those six words. And Trump, without holding back, shot back at Xi Jinping, saying,' I have no choice. I have to bomb you. And in this recording, Trump also explained that Xi Jinping did n't really believe it at the time, but as long as he believed even 10 %, or even just 5 %, Trump said, that was enough for him. Of course, even though this news has only just been revealed by CNN, if we look back and check, we’ll find that it’s actually an old story. Because actually, last year and even earlier, Trump himself had already mentioned this before. He said,' I once told Xi Jinping that I would bomb Beijing, right? Xi Jinping was really shocked at the time, and then Trump said,’He knows I’m a, I’m a damn madman. Right? Sometimes Trump is a man of temperament, and when he gets excited talking about something like this, he’ll blurt out a couple of expletives. This is old news. But this time, it’s a bit different. Why? Because the original recording was exposed by CNN, and from this recording, we can hear that Xi Jinping actually reacted to it. That was the first time it was exposed. Before, Trump himself would just say,' I told Xi Jinping this and that,' right? But he never mentioned what Xi Jinping said in response . But this time? Xi Jinping’s reaction was revealed by the media for the first time, showing how Xi Jinping reacted when he heard Trump say that. He was clearly very surprised, extremely shocked, and he simply could n't believe it. That’s the first point. The second point is that through this recording, you can see the tough side of Trump. Trump definitely has this side to him, especially before he bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities. And if you listen to this recording after the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities, your feelings might be very different. Before the bombing, many people might have thought, 'Trump, you’re just bragging, right? You’re just talking tough, are n't you? You would n't really dare to take action. But after this bombing of Iran—? A lot of people, when they listen to this recording again, will probably think,’Hey, maybe some of the things Trump says are n't just empty threats, right? Sometimes, if you really piss him off, he might actually do it, right? In other words, in this situation, should Xi Jinping believe the percentage of Trump’s threats against him? Trump himself said before,’He only believed me 10 % or 5 %. I think now, for Xi Jinping, the percentage he believes is probably going to be a bit higher. Thirdly, you’ll actually find this very interesting, because Trump, on the contrary, has talked about the Taiwan Strait issue in public. After all, many people have asked him about this, right ? Many reporters have asked whether, if the Chinese Communist Party attacks Taiwan, will the U.S. send troops or not? Trump has always maintained strategic ambiguity. He says,' I’m not going to tell you the answer. He always sticks to one line:' I have a great relationship with Xi Jinping, he respects me a lot, and he would n't do anything reckless, right? That’s what he always says, but he always avoids giving a direct answer. However, you’ll notice that while he’s very vague in public, he’s actually very clear in private. In private conversations with Xi Jinping, he reportedly said,’If you dare attack, I’ll bomb Beijing to smithereens. You could say that this level of clarity probably exceeded Xi Jinping’s expectations. Because if you think about it, there’s an issue here. Trump said,' I’m going to bomb Beijing directly, even blow Zhongnanhai to pieces. That means a direct war between the US and China. That’s what it means. It’s not just the US saying,' I’m helping Taiwan,' nor is it saying,' I’m going to have a conflict with the CCP in the Taiwan Strait or the South China Sea to support Taiwan. No, it’s saying,' I’m going straight for your capital . To carry out bombings, I’m going to launch a full-scale war against you directly. This is no longer a local war. If you really bomb Beijing, bomb Zhongnanhai, that’s the concept of all-out war, not just some kind of local conflict, right? The nature of this is completely different. In other words, Trump—at least based on his statement—shows that he would go all the way in one move. If you dare to attack Taiwan, I’ ll take you out in one go. This is definitely not part of Xi Jinping’ s contingency plans. We know that the CCP has always had contingency plans for a Taiwan Strait war. What’ s at the core of this? It’ s what they call anti-access operations in the South China Sea. The core idea of anti-access operations is to use the navy, air force, and missiles in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea to keep the U.S. military and its forces at a certain distance, making the U.S. hesitant to intervene in our annexation of Taiwan. This has always been the plan behind all of the CCP’ s preparations—what’ s called an anti-access operation They have never made any plans for a full-scale war between China and the U.S. breaking out on Chinese soil, or for an all-out war. There are no such contingency plans. So, Trump’s kind of intimidation—whether you call it a warning, a threat, or whatever—is not just something he says casually. I think it’s actually something he has thought through carefully; it’s a strategy of catching the other side off guard. It’ s possible that he knows Xi Jinping didn’ t expect him to be this tough. The more unexpected it is for you, the more directly I ’ ll say it to your face. By doing this, he’ s trying to create the greatest possible deterrent effect on Xi Jinping. This way, Xi might really have to think twice—okay, if I start a war, I might end up facing consequences that are even worse than I expected. You’ ll notice that Trump’ s stance here is actually similar to how he dealt with Kim Jong-un before. Remember when Kim Jong-un tried to pull nuclear blackmail on Trump? He basically said,' I’ ve got a nuclear button on my desk, you know? If you try anything with me ...' But Trump didn’ t buy into that at all, right? He immediately shot back with a response. He said,’The nuclear button on my desk is even bigger than yours, right? You want to compare with me? Actually, you’ ll notice that this is the same way of thinking, the same logic as what Xi Jinping is saying now. I think this is Trump’ s usual style of speaking—you could see it as just a kind of verbal bombardment. But, in my opinion, if it really came to that day—personally, I think if the CCP really got so arrogant as to directly invade Taiwan, because the Taiwan issue is of core importance to the U.S.— The stakes involved are actually a bit different from those in Ukraine. I really think it’ s possible that if you really piss Trump off—because that’ s just the kind of person he is—if you really get on his nerves, he’ s the type who can throw caution to the wind and hit you with the harshest response, going all in right from the start. Just look at how he bombed Iran’ s nuclear facilities this time—wasn’ t it exactly like that? Right? Before, everyone thought that if he were to bomb nuclear facilities, it would probably just be Fordow, basically just that one site, right? Drop a few bunker-buster bombs and that would be it. Trump, he’ s the type that if he decides to do something, he goes all the way—he doesn’ t hold back. Not only did he send a whole bunch of B-2s, right? He bombed all three nuclear sites at once, and he even deployed nuclear submarines to launch over a hundred Tomahawk missiles. He completely leveled that place. So that’s why he either does n't act, or if he does, he goes all out. With these concrete facts backing it up, if you look back at what Trump said, I think for the Chinese Communist Party, especially their feelings and understanding, it’ s probably going to be a bit different now right? Compared to before. Alright, thank you all so very much for your continued support. Now, we’ ll quickly move on to today’ s exciting and interactive segment. 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