China Insider | Xi Jinping Purges Top Weapons Scientists, Western Intellectuals as China’s Proxies, Militant ROK Labor Union Affects Geopolitics

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.

People in this episode

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

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CCP, PLA

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