Global Shock!
Trump sanctioned a Chinese port for accepting Iranian oil. China put a tax on U.S. ships.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qri0lqnvmAY&t=628s
Tag: China
TikTok’s (Sorta) American Owners
“A coalition of investors from Oracle, MGX, and Silver Lake has agreed to buy TikTok and run an American version of the company, separate from ByteDance’s ownership.
“The deal is aimed at helping TikTok comply with a federal law, which banned the app in the United States in January out of concern that Beijing could use it to gain access to Americans’ sensitive data or to spread propaganda,” reports The New York Times. President Donald Trump “has delayed enforcement of the ban repeatedly. The Thursday order gives negotiators until mid-January to finalize the deal.”
MGX is technically not American; it’s an investment firm that was established by the government of Abu Dhabi in 2024. Emiratis tend to have very strong ties with China.
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it’s not clear that part-Emirati owners will be all that much better, or that the Trump administration’s frequent insistence on meddling in private business affairs sets a good precedent.”
https://reason.com/2025/09/26/tiktoks-sorta-american-owners/
Drowning in Debt: Is China’s Economy the Walking Dead?
Drowning in Debt: Is China’s Economy the Walking Dead?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdeZcOAj2fo
China’s Secret Fighter Jet Was Just Captured on the Tarmac. Here’s What We Know.
China may have the most advanced jet in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb73ujYs2m8
How China Became a Tech Beacon | China Decode
China has been trying to attract top intellectual talent for years. Trump is discouraging such talent from working in the U.S. and China is encouraging them to live in China. This is hugely dumb policy that could make China the clear leader in world technology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvuymfuJx9Y
Your Tax Dollars Are Funding the DUMBEST Bailout Ever!
Some of the taxes you pay are going to bailout farmers who only need to be bailed out because of Trump’s tariff policies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYVPQRK-gF0
The Space Race Never Ended
The Space Race Never Ended
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy_H2BeE_Nk
Don’t Be Fooled by a Trump-Xi Deal on TikTok
“Over the last eight months, the Trump administration has run roughshod over Congress and its constitutional prerogatives. Trump’s decision to ignore the TikTok ban on his first day in office may seem minor in the grand scheme of things, but it foreshadowed a series of far more aggressive moves to usurp much of lawmakers’ constitutional authority: dismantling congressionally-created agencies, redirecting congressionally appropriated funds and implementing a massive tax hike on the American public in the form of Trump’s chaotic tariff regime.
The vast majority of this was made possible by congressional Republicans, who have largely turned a blind eye to all of Trump’s gambits, and by the Republican appointees on the Supreme Court, who have handed Trump a series of victories this year in his wide-ranging efforts to both unilaterally slash the federal government while dramatically expanding the powers of the presidency.
The acquiescence to Trump’s TikTok reprieve this year has been a far more bipartisan affair, but it has been a constitutional farce all the same, and it is not over yet.”
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/09/19/tiktok-trump-xi-deal-law-column-00571832
USA Hits India & China
Trump’s H1b Visa 100k fee will increase the cost of doing business in America, which means a smaller economy and less jobs. It also incentivizes companies to offshore labor rather than use people in the U.S. who spend some of their salaries in-country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOpw1nTJzxI
China’s New Military Equipment Revealed – The PLA Parade and its Modernisation Speed Run
China is modernizing their military, including their nuclear weapons. Their military is getting very high tech very quickly. China is no longer just copying other people’s technology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRts6IVMelA