How Beijing Is Positioning Taiwan and the Military Before Trump Arrives

Hello, everyone. Hi. Welcome. Welcome to Lay's Real Talk. All right. We're live. Is it Nicole or Chris tonight? I think it's Nicole, isn't it? Okay. All right. I said this weekend or maybe Tuesday that I do not believe President Trump is going to China. But I think that was just the claim I made. I want to back it up with a good analysis and facts. So tonight, let's talk about how Beijing is positioning Taiwan and the military to prepare for Trump's visit. Okay. All right. Let's get started. So Trump was originally scheduled to visit Beijing from March 31st to April 2nd. Then he postponed it. He pushed it to May, May 14th to the 15th. And that alone raised eyebrows. Some people were already questioning whether the trip should happen at all. Others say it should be canceled outright, given the situation in Iran and the fact that China is behind Iran. So when the White House confirmed the new date, a lot of people assumed maybe this is a reset. Maybe things between the US and China are about to cool down. But what happened next was the exact opposite, in my opinion. Within just a matter of days, a Chinese American planted an explosive device inside a US military base and then disappeared. And then 42 Chinese quote-unquote research vessels spread across three oceans, mapping what many believe are future underwater battlefields. Then in the Taiwan Strait, Beijing didn't stay quiet. It moved fast, inviting the chairwoman of Taiwan's opposition party to China for a high-profile visit just weeks before the summit. And then over the East China Sea, a massive airspace larger than Taiwan itself was sealed, or sealed off, for 40 days. There is no declaration of war, no official military drills, and yet every major piece on the board started moving at the same time. So the question is no longer whether tensions are easing. It is, rather, where is this invisible confrontation heading? And more importantly, when the time comes, will Trump actually get on that plane to Beijing? Or is this visit itself just part of the game? Alright, so that's what we're going to find out tonight. So let me begin by saying that Xi Jinping desperately needs Trump's visit to prop himself up politically within the party. Right after President Trump officially postponed his visit to May, Beijing moved almost immediately. On March 30th, the head of Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office, Song Tao, announced that Xi Jinping had invited the chairwoman of Taiwan's opposition party, the KMT. The woman's name is Zheng Liwen, to visit Suzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing from April 7th to the 12th. Now, think about that timing. This is the first time in 10 years that a KMT chair is leading a delegation to China, and it's happening exactly one month before Trump's visit. The new chairwoman, she was recently elected, had reportedly been pushing for a meeting with Xi Jinping, but was previously turned down, likely due to Beijing's lack of confidence in her political standing. There are sources suggesting that officials handling Taiwan affairs in Beijing did not see her as having strong enough support within her own party, especially given criticism that she has been too close to Beijing. In fact, her election as the chairwoman has caused such division within the KMT. So, for a while, Beijing ignored her repeated signals for a visit. But as soon as Trump postponed the trip, Beijing changed its position. The invitation came through. That timing is hard to ignore. It suggests this meeting needed to happen before Trump's visit. Can you guys hear me? Yeah? Loud and clear? Yes? Okay, good. I just want to see someone respond. Is my audio, am I coming through all right? Yes? Okay, very clear. Lei, you sound fine. Okay, all right, wow. All right, good. If you can excuse me for a second, I'm going to turn down this heater. Sorry, I turned on the heater because the room is getting a little chilly. This weather is unbelievably unpredictable, just like geopolitics, just like the Hamos Strait and the latest development in Iran. Anyway, I turned on the heater, but it's a little too warm. All right, where were we? Okay, audio is good. Okay, so, yeah, the timing is hard to ignore. So suddenly, Beijing went from being somewhat cold to the newly elected chairwoman to now lukewarm, I should say. All right, let's continue. So, Beijing did send the invitation, but that invitation came with strings attached. According to reporting from Taiwanese media citing Beijing-linked sources, there were three very specific expectations placed on the KMT for that visit. First, to block Taiwan's arms purchases from the U.S., or at least delay the delivery and deployment. Second, to obstruct the special defense budget proposed by the Lai Qingde administration, making it difficult for the ruling party to move forward. And third, to continue pushing back against U.S.-Taiwan supply chain cooperation, while encouraging Taiwanese businesses to signal renewed investment interest in mainland China. So put it all together, the objective becomes very clear. It's meant to stage a political performance right before Trump's visit, one that creates the impression that mainstream opinion in Taiwan opposes U.S. arms sales and supports the one-China framework. Xi Jinping's calculation is quite straightforward. Through this meeting, meeting with the opposition party leader, he wants Taiwan's opposition leader to publicly say the key phrases in front of him. What are the phrases? One-China policy, opposition to Taiwan independence. And by doing that, Beijing creates a narrative on the international stage that unification brings stability and resistance leads to risk. So it's a performance staged right before the Trump-Xi summit to show Washington that Beijing still holds influence inside Taiwan. And if that performance works, Xi Jinping can walk into negotiation with Trump holding a very specific card. What is that? Well, the claim. He could basically go into that negotiation with the claim that Taiwan is already moving toward us. With that, he can pressure Trump to soften his stance on Taiwan, or at least push the idea that opposing Taiwan independence is the more practical decision. All right, so that's the whole idea. Now, the chairwoman has already arrived in China. And from the outside, it does look like she's playing along with that script. All right, there she is. Chris has used some of the good pictures of her. And I have seen media reports showing not so pleasantly looking pictures of her. Anyways, but these are the rather nice pictures of All right, so she's in China. Here are the stories about her visit. Now, unlike her predecessors, who traveled to the mainland on Taiwanese airlines, she chose to fly on a mainland Chinese airline. It's a small detail, but one that sends a signal. But interestingly, that gesture wasn't fully reciprocated. According to underground observations, upon arrival, the Chinese side did not arrange a high-level reception. They didn't put her in a convoy of cars. Instead, the 13-person delegation, which is the smallest when compared with previous ones, was transported by bus and then transferred to high-speed rail to go to Nanjing. Now, for a system that places enormous emphasis on ceremony, protocol, and optics, that detail stands out. The use of public transportation to welcome the chairwoman of a major political party in Taiwan sent a signal. It raised a question. How much political weight is Beijing really giving this visit? Or is it done on purpose to make the Taiwanese officials feel rather provincial and inferior to the central leadership? All right, that's up for people to debate. While in Beijing, Ms. Zheng gave an emotional speech and shed tears. In her speech, she referenced Japan not once or twice, but 11 times, when talking about Japan's aggression against China during World War II. This was shocking to many observers because mentioning Japan's aggression 11 times while in mainland China, under such sensitive geopolitical circumstances involving China and Japan, can complicate Taiwan's relationship with Japan. Many people in Taiwan, I would say most of them, have very favorable views of Japan. I would say more Taiwanese like Japan more than the mainland. So, her speech is definitely problematic. Now, she's expected to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing next. I don't know which day, but it's coming up. And the question now is, what exactly will be said and how that moment will be used? And before Zheng even meets Xi Jinping, this confrontation has already turned into a scene of flashing blades and rising tension. Because while Beijing is using her visit to shape the narrative ahead of Trump's trip, Washington's response was just as fast. On the very same day Beijing announced her visit, US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who is a Democrat from New Hampshire, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I have a picture of her. Here's another picture of Ms. Zheng in China. Okay, here's Senator Shaheen. She led a bipartisan delegation straight into Taipei on the same day that Beijing announced the chairwoman's visit. Now, this US delegation didn't even wait. And they didn't start with formalities. The first stop was Taiwan's top defense R&D hub, the National Zhongshan Institute of Science and Technology. Now think about that. Why go straight there? Because this wasn't about symbolism. They went to watch a live test of Taiwan's domestically developed drone system and saw a multi-purpose warhead pierce through five centimeters of reinforced steel. That move sent a very clear signal. Even if political processes are delayed, Taiwan's defense capabilities are still moving forward. At the same time, another US delegation led by Jim Banks, a Republican from Indiana, was in Taiwan or is in Taiwan meeting President Lai just as Taiwan's opposition party leader is in China. This picture was from yesterday, April 8th. This picture was released by Taiwan's presidential office. Jim Banks met with President Lai while the opposition leader is meeting CCP officials in China. Banks was among the 37 bipartisan lawmakers who had already sent a letter back in February, warning Taiwanese officials about delays in Taiwan's defense budget. His message this time in Taiwan was very direct. He said, your legislative must do its part and pass the special budget. And once that happens, it sends a signal to China and to the world that Taiwan is serious about peace through strength. But what's even more revealing is what's happening behind the scenes. As you're probably aware, inside Taiwan, the defense budget has been blocked by the opposition multiple times and still hasn't passed. Yet the payment deadline for the first installment of the HIMARS rocket system, the deadline was originally set for March 31st. It was handled in a very unusual way. For the first time, the United States broke its standard practice and allowed flexibility under what was described as an emergency case mechanism. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency, DSCA, reportedly stepped in to keep the process moving. Think about what that means. Whether the legislature passes the budget or not, the order stays, the production line continues, and the process doesn't stop. So while the world is focused on Iran, you see there's already a full-on contest playing out across the Taiwan Strait, a battle between slowing Taiwan's defense momentum and making sure it continues. And importantly, whether these actions are centrally coordinated or simply aligned in timing, the effect is the same. The pieces are moving all at once. Now, the meeting between Ms. Zheng and Xi Jinping is a political show, a show that's carefully staged under the spotlight. There's another layer to it. Far away from land, in the depth of the ocean, a very different kind of confrontation has already been unfolding. It's intense, it's silent, and it's invisible, but very real. And this shadow war comes down to just two words, intelligence and submarines. Based on international maritime satellite tracking since the beginning of the year, China has sent—this is a report from Reuters—China has deployed as many as 42, quote-unquote, research vessels of various types operating frequently across the South China Sea, the Western Pacific, and even key routes in the Indian Ocean. This is not ordinary ocean science. In the eyes of military experts, this looks like large-scale seabed mapping. And one ship in particular, the well-known Dongfanghong-3, has displayed unusual movement patterns circling repeatedly around deep sea trenches where U.S. nuclear submarines are believed to operate. So why is Beijing so focused on mapping the deep ocean in its scientific research, or quote-unquote scientific research? Because in modern warfare, nuclear submarines remain one of America's most important strategic assets. What China is doing—mapping underwater terrain, tracking temperature layers, analyzing salinity—serves one purpose, according to military analysts. It is to prepare the future submarine warfare and try to make America's most prized nuclear submarines visible and vulnerable in wartime. And under the cover of peacetime research, Beijing appears to be preparing the battlefield in advance, building awareness, laying the groundwork long before any conflict begins. But Beijing's ambitions don't stop there. It has already pushed this confrontation. I should say the meeting with the chairwoman, the arms sales standoff, and then the deep sea mapping, have already pushed this confrontation into something visible. What happened next is what really brings the underlying logic into focus. And by now, you probably have all heard from the Wall Street Journal about China quietly designating a massive aviation warning zone off the coast of Shanghai. And the duration, not three days, not one week, 40 days. But here's the critical detail. This airspace was restricted from the surface to unlimited altitude with no exemptions. In other words, this is not a partial restriction. This is full control of the entire airspace. The zone stretches from the Yellow Sea down into the East China Sea, covering an area even larger than Taiwan itself. And you can think of it this way, without announcing any military exercise, Beijing has effectively drawn a line in the sky and said, this space is under our control. So the question is, what does the 40-day airspace lockdown actually mean? There are various experts offering their views. The three main interpretations. The first one is a moderate one. It says seasonal training scheduling. Now over the past 18 months, Beijing has issued similar airspace notices in nearby waters. But those typically lasted only about three days. This time it's 40. And that's a shift in tempo. The second interpretation is a more concerning one. It's about sustained combat readiness. Because this time no exercise was formally announced, yet the airspace is held for an extended period. It doesn't look like a single operation, but more like a continuous state of preparation. And then there's a third interpretation and the most direct strategic signal. And this may be aimed at Japan. Let me make this bigger. On March 31st, Japan began deploying upgraded Type 12 anti-ship missiles in two places, Kumamoto and Shizuoka, with a range exceeding 1,000 kilometers, now capable of striking mainland China. And the location of this restricted zone sits directly in front of Japan's southwestern direction. So that alignment is hard to ignore. But there's a fourth opinion. And I think this one is more relevant here. The real issue is not which interpretation is correct. The real question is, why are all of these developments happening at the same time? It's not about what it's trying to achieve, but it's why. You need to take a look at the bigger picture and put the pieces together. So you have Zheng Liwen visiting China, the chairwoman visiting China. And then you have the upcoming Trump-Xi Jinping meeting. You have Japan deploys long-range counter-strike missiles. You have the United States fully engaged in Iran. You have Indo-Pacific entering a temporary strategic gap. And right at that moment, Beijing draws a 40-day airspace control zone. Whether centrally coordinated or, what do we say, opportunistically aligned, the effect is the same. It sends a signal. To Japan, it's deterrence. To Taiwan, it's psychological pressure. To the US, it's leverage at the negotiation table. To its domestic audience, it's a display of readiness. So that's the message intended behind the move. And that also explains something critical, and this is aimed at the same objective. Before the Trump-Xi summit, Beijing needs to demonstrate one thing. That is, Taiwan is moving closer to Beijing. All right. So now, if these earlier military and political maneuvers were still being fought at the level of grand strategy, then what comes next shows you how quickly things can escalate and how unpredictable the situation really is. And this is something that you're already familiar with. Now, on March 25th, the US Department of Justice formally charged a pair of Chinese siblings. The 20-year-old young man, Alan Zheng, who is accused of planting a high-powered explosive device at McDill Air Force Base in Florida, home to US Central Command, one of the key command hubs overseeing US military operations in the Middle East, including the current campaign involving Iran. This was an extremely serious act of military sabotage, and the timing could not have been more sensitive. But here's where things become truly unusual. Just as US authorities were preparing to arrest him, the 20-year-old Alan Zheng disappeared. And with the assistance of his sister, I think her name is what, Anne Marie Zheng, or Anne Zheng. Anyway, so with the help of his sister, he managed to leave the country and return to China. A 20-year-old suspect under the watch of US national security agencies leaving that quickly raises a lot of questions. Now, he has become a highly sensitive issue in Beijing's hands. He is a US citizen, so is his sister. And this is crucial. I have already heard that Washington has requested extradition. So the question is simple, does Beijing hand him over or not? Because he's a US citizen, he's not a Chinese national. So for Xi Jinping, this is a dilemma with no easy answer. If Beijing hands him over, it risks opening the door to deeper scrutiny. If he is returned to the US and questioned by the FBI, what might come out? Who helped him? How did he leave? Who is behind the scheme? Even the possibility of those questions creates political risk. And domestically, this kind of case is already being framed as political persecution by the US. If Beijing reverses course and hands him over, what happens to that narrative? What happens to the sentiment that has already been stirred up? Now, if Beijing refuses, then it faces a different kind of pressure. Trump is arriving with momentum from ongoing operations in the Middle East, if he goes. If China is seen as openly shielding a suspect in a case involving a US military base, that gives Washington grounds to escalate through sanctions, through pressure, or even by walking away from talks entirely and cancelling the trip. At the same time, Beijing's propaganda machine appears to have already moved to shape the narrative. Just as the Alan Zheng case is escalating, a story has been circulating online in China, claiming that a Chinese postdoctoral student, a PhD student in the US, was driven to suicide by American police. But the details remain unclear, but the message has spread quickly. The label stays and the emotion builds. Actually, you know what, I met Chinese who... I mean, this kind of propaganda definitely changed Chinese people's view of America and American people. It has a very subtle influence on Chinese public. I've seen that firsthand. All right, so now if Beijing returns Alan Zheng, then it shifts attention away. Then it has to make 180 degree turn on that emotion, on that nationalistic emotion that has already stirred up. And then how would it justify confrontation with Beijing? So it's very difficult for Xi Jinping. It's a dilemma. So when we step back and look at the upcoming Trump and Xi Jinping summit, it's a negotiation under pressure. Both sides are trying to gain more leverage. Trump is coming in after major moves in Venezuela and ongoing operations against Iran and negotiation with Cuba. And he's not walking in blind. For Beijing, this creates a difficult balance. If they push too hard, they risk triggering a strong US response. If they appear too soft, they risk internal backlash. So that tension is already there. And there's another layer in the Middle East, one of the most volatile regions right now. China's role is drawing increasing attention. We've already heard from various media reports that China might be providing Iran with geospatial intelligence and even precursor chemical to make weapons. So in other words, China may be helping Iran's capability to attack the US. So that marks a shift from indirect positioning to something more operational. At the same time, Trump has already signaled potential economic responses, including 50% additional tariffs targeting countries seen as supporting Iran. I mean, Russia has very little trade with the US. So even at 100% tariff, it's not going to impact Russia. It's not going to impact North Korea. The very country that this 50% additional tariff will impact is China. And so that brings us back to the core point. Both sides are shaping the board. But right now, the situation is, for Beijing, the visit itself is the goal. Xi Jinping's political future depends on this summit. Everything else serves that purpose. Xi Jinping has every intention to make that visit happen, a reality. But for Trump, the visit itself is not the goal. The outcome is. So if he sees that what's waiting in Beijing is political theater, or strategic moves that work against the US, he can delay or even cancel. So whether the summit will happen as scheduled, I think is still an open question. Because Trump's style is well known to be unpredictable, and is willing to shift course. And so there's still more than a month to go. In the scheme of things, that's a lot of time. If you look at how the war in Iran has shifted in the past month, a month is a long time to go. And in that time, a lot can happen and a lot can change. But from my perspective, I think that trip will be postponed again. And after a second postponement, it's not going to happen. I do not think Trump will cancel that trip outright. But I think he will postpone it again. But after two postponements, it will not happen. So that's what I have for you. Okay. All right. Let me see. What do people say? All right. Yeah, so it's a lot of information. I kind of want to tell you about the KMT chairwoman's visit to China, as well as some because people have independently asked me questions about the 40-day airspace restriction. So I think if you put everything together, you see, I think everything is tied to the biggest event in US-China relations, which is the upcoming summit. Everything is happening around that. But whether or not that summit will happen, I think it's really hard to tell at this point. All right. That's what I have for you. And I have an announcement. We did not release the video in Lace Looking Glass tonight because I screwed up my YouTube setting for that channel. So we are going to delay, maybe delay by a day or two in releasing the next video. It's actually about how much money does the Xi family control? Actually, no. To be specific, how much money does Xi Jinping's sister or sister's family control? It's about them. But his elder sister is the leader of the family. She controls the financial matters for the Xi family. So how much money she controls, it means a lot to the broader Xi family. All right. So that video will come out in a couple of days, if not tomorrow. Excuse me. Okay. Let me see what people say. People are very quiet, I think, tonight. No? Everyone has fallen asleep? Young Macintosh, happy Thursday. Well, people are having fun. We're not getting as many views as before. I think the whole world, all the attention is on Iran and the Middle East. So China is not a top subject anymore. So all of a sudden, there aren't that much interest on China anymore. Okay. Let's see what people say. Oh, is that Chris or Nicole tonight? Oh, yeah. People can hear me. Oh, here we go. Turn the heater off. I turned it down. It was cold. Okay. No questions? Good. Oh, Chris. Yeah, we have our moderator. Someone said she's seven foot tall. She's very tall. She's 5'10". Yeah, she's a very tall woman. Yeah. Someone said she's brave. She's not seven. She's 5'10". But for Taiwanese, that's very tall. Yeah. Okay. Questions, comments? I don't see any, which is good. From Yahia Johnny C. Thank you, Lei. And again, thanks for all your diligent talk. Thank you. I like your bilingual message. All right. Oh, by the way, I created a music playlist in Lei's Real Talk. So the songs we published in Lei's Real Talk, my theme songs, the Chinese and English Wisdom and Courage songs, and also the three songs we released in Lei's Soaring Notes are all in there. So check them out. All right. Chris is helping me. Excellent. Okay. Question. Bee Yonder, V9U. KMT chairwoman had to sneak out of the country to avoid protesters at the airport. Her trip has little support in Taiwan. Yeah, she's not popular. I mean, her, I don't know. I mean, I've met a lot of Taiwanese women and politicians, and her demeanor is very mainland. Taiwanese people are very gentle and sweet, but she does not strike me as such. So she reminds me of a mainland Chinese official. Anyways, yeah. Anyway, Frank Na, that was my calling earlier. I was calling to ask you out to dinner tomorrow night. Just kidding. I love your earrings as always. Yeah, this is my favorite earring because it's easy to put on, easy to take off. Thank you. All right. No questions, which is good. No crazy umau comments, which is also excellent. And let me see. What do people say? Oh, here's a question forwarded by Chris from MercBoy111. Do you think the U.S. should use China and Russia to get a deal with Iran? No. If so, how do you think they can use this as leverage to end all wars? China is the very reason that U.S. has not been able to end this war. I mean, behind Pakistan is China. And even though we heard that China has an interest in having Iran reach some kind of ceasefire deal with the U.S., China has two goals. Goal number one is to prevent the United States from going all in to wipe out the regime entirely. And that will be a death knell that Beijing does not want to see. And from Beijing's perspective, the ideal situation is to prolong the war, to drag the U.S. in, to make it a complicated geopolitical crisis that involves many different parties with different agendas, with different goals, so that the U.S. cannot get out of this. The longer it drags on, the better it is. I think China is behind Pakistan in the ceasefire negotiation. Yeah. So, on one hand, China wants to mediate the two sides. On the other hand, it wants the war to go on indefinitely. So, I hope the Trump administration sees right through that. It should not be fooled at all. Okay. Netflix foreign. When you say is a U.S. citizen, he was born in the U.S. or China. No, he's not a native-born U.S. citizen. He's a naturalized citizen, originally from China. Yeah. But he is a U.S. citizen. He was not born in the U.S. Will Trump put 50% tariff on China for selling weapons to Iran? Well, he has said so. He needs to make it decisive on what he wants on Iran. This is the sad reality. When a gentleman is fighting with a hooligan or a ruffian, the hooligan is going to take advantage of the gentleman's sense of wanting to protect innocent lives from being lost in the war, to its advantage. So, it's an uneven war. Because one side is willing to play dirty, the other side is trying to maintain a civilized demeanor in the confrontation. So, it's very difficult. I think the world needs to come up with a better strategy in dealing with rogue regimes like Iran and China. Young McIntosh, I don't think she will attack Taiwan. The poor performance of its weapons in Venezuela and Iran and the overwhelming power displayed by the U.S. recently makes it impossible. It's hard to say because it all depends on Xi Jinping's internal political standing. Of course, he understands the risk and how inferior his hardware is. But is he in the best position to make a sane decision? Not necessarily. Is he going to be taken advantage of by his generals who believe that their only chance to take down Xi Jinping is in a war situation where they actually have a good control of weapons? So, the situation is very complex. It's not one direction. It's not one linear direction. So, there's so many moving parts. That's why it's hard to say at this point. Someone said, I think they see her as a junior varsity CCP, why they treat her like a second-class wannabe. Can you imagine putting someone on a bus and shuttle them to the high-speed rail station and force them to take the high-speed rail? They could have just fly directly to Nanjing. Nanjing is the provincial capital. It has an international airport. Why not just fly directly from Taipei to Nanjing? I think the woman is bringing humiliation upon herself and her government and her island. It's crazy being put on a bus and then being shuttled to the high-speed rail station. I don't understand. I hope the Taiwanese people see right through that. I hope people in her political party see the humiliation, the insult. Anyways, it may not be bad for Taiwan. I think her trip could be good for Taiwan because it wakes up a lot of people who still have illusions about collaborating with the CCP. So, from that perspective, it's not a bad thing. All right. Here's one from Jeffrey Stockwell. Is Alan a US citizen? Did he act alone or with China's security, do you think? I know he's a US citizen. So is his sister who helped him. But did he act alone or with China? I do not know. I think the investigation is ongoing to find that out. But it's hard to believe that a 20-year-old is able to carry that out and is able to flee the country. I mean, if so, let's say if he acted alone, that's more serious because that means that it's a serious security vulnerability of the US. Someone says Xi Jinping's sister is the only one who wears pants in the family. Is that the expression meaning someone has power? Is the really wears the pants? Wearing the pants is an idiomatic expression? Is that why? Can someone tell me? I just want some confirmation that that is actually what it means. I already answered that question. Here's one. Someone said Netflix for him. Can you do a on South Korean groups with Chinese members and whether they will go back when a conflict comes or ask for asylum? I'm going to make a video. I'm going to talk about CCP's influence in South Korea because it's very concerning. And I think US officials are now paying attention to that matter. I will talk about that in one of my upcoming live streams on US infiltration in Japan and South Korea. I will certainly discuss that. Okay, here's one from Lei's favorite heavy metal songs. I don't like heavy metal. It's noises. Any other questions? Chris copied the music playlist. People tell me my latest song, my Tibetan song is the best we've produced. I really like that song. I hope you will check it out. It doesn't have a lot of views. It only has 900 views. I hope you can check it out. Has Lei written a book? No, I'm not attached to. I don't think I need to write a book to establish myself. There are people who offer me to write a book with me or for me. I said, I need to focus on what I do. I don't need any book titles to bring more credibility to myself. I'm not attached to that. It's okay that I'm a nobody. I am a nobody. So whether people like my program or believe what I say is up to them, but I don't need a good resume to earn your respect or trust. I think it's not necessary. It is what it is. Someone asked me about Li Rui's diaries. China has tried hard to block those through lawsuits that they just lost. Have you seen them? Lots of info. It's good that they lost the case. It needs to be. I know it's a legal battle between the wife and the daughter, and the daughter won the case. It's significant. Where are we? So many questions. No more questions. Here's one. If you look at the KMT's actions, we have them going to China and the TPP, who won't give up Chinese citizenship to serve in the Taiwan legislature and ex-mayor core, all pro-CCP. I think the TPP, the Taiwan People's Party's future is not good because the founder is in jail, and then his reputation is seriously challenged or in trouble. So I think that alliance, the KMT and TPP alliance, is backed by the CCP. I really believe so. I have more questions. People say yes. She's the boss, wearing the pants. I love to wear a dress or skirts. Ever since I started my YouTube channel, I'm glued to my desk and wearing pants almost every day. So I feel very powerful now. Anyways, that's a joke. Someone said, Lei, what did you eat today? What did I eat? I forgot. It's not some cereal. What did I eat? Some random food. Oh, I ate beef for dinner. Lunch was some random food. Dinner was beef. But I didn't eat very good food today. They put together in a random fashion. All right, that's all for tonight. What kind of beef? Chinese hóngshāo ròu. Hóngshāo niú ròu. Red braised beef. It's actually very good. It's just that I ate it so fast. It's probably not good for my stomach. All right, let's end it here. Random food. Lei needs to spend time to take care of herself. She cannot eat this random food that she finds in her fridge. All right, good night. I will be back over the weekend. Okay, bye.