About this episode

This episode discusses Xi Jinping's purges of top weapons scientists, China's influence campaigns, and South Korea's geopolitical challenges under President Lee Jae-myung.

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Host: Miles Yu

Topics covered

• Xi Jinping purges
• China's military operations
• global influence campaign
• South Korea geopolitics
• North Korea policy

Keywords

• Xi Jinping
• weapons scientists
• PLA
• CCP
• South Korea
• Lee Jae-myung
• geopolitics
• North Korea
• influence campaign

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Organizations: CCP, PLA

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