State of Mankind

Hitler And Life Behind The Berlin Wall, With Dr. Rainer Zitelman



The Beau Show

Dr. Rainer Zitelman is a sociologist author, and creator of the new documentary “Life Behind the Berlin Wall,” which profiles the stark differences between socialist East Germany and capitalist West Germany. It was Hitler’s National Socialism, he argues, that was far more nefarious than we could have imagined, which created atrocious living conditions ...

Analysis: China Can’t Afford to Go to War Over Pelosi Visit; Frank Gaffney: China Is a Voting Issue



China Insider

Pelosi touches down in Taiwan. Her trip sparked aggression from the Chinese military, but fortunately, the White House didn’t cave in, and the speaker will meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. But how has the trip been blown out of proportion? The White House may be to blame, due to its ambiguity and appeasement. ...

Pelosi to Visit Taiwan on Tuesday: Sources; Japanese Minister: China Uses ‘Logic of Brute Force’



China in Focus

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to land in Taiwan on Tuesday. The potential trip is igniting tensions between the United States and China to a historical high—with Beijing threatening to take action. After passing both chambers of Congress, an over $200 billion spending bill is heading to President Joe Biden’s ...

‘We Would Find Ourselves Actually Defending America, From Hawaii’: Newsham on China’s Pacific Threat



China in focus

In this special episode, we sat down with Alex Gray, senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and former director for Oceania and Indo-Pacific security at the U.S. National Security Council during the Trump administration; and Grant Newsham, retired Marine colonel and director of the One Korea Network. ...

Documentary | Xi Jinping’s Plan of Dominating the World Using Big Data and Artificial Intelligence



Zooming In with Simone Gao

The General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping declared in 2015 that big data and AI are China’s most important national resources. He predicted China would catch up with America by 2025 in AI and lead the world by 2030. China might be reaching that goal earlier. What does this ...