State of Mankind

Special Live Q&A: Fear In China’s Leadership As Xi Demands Loyalty; Audit Update with Roman Balmakov


Chinese leader Xi Jinping recently required top members of the Party to state loyalty oaths, and is claiming there have been traitors within the ranks of the regime. And in other news, a new study from the University of Southern California and the RAND Corporation found that lockdown policies not only didn’t appear to reduce COVID deaths, but ...

Many in Scientific Community Fell Into Communist China’s Trap—Laura Harth on Wuhan Lab Leak Theory



Much of Europe and North America has become dependent on China for critical products, from rare earths to pharmaceuticals. Europe’s “green transition” is intimately linked to human rights atrocities in China, says human rights advocate Laura Harth. How could the Chinese regime exploit these strategic dependencies? And if the lab leak theory ...

Northeast China enters flood season 1 month early; Pro-democracy newspaper forced to shut after raid



#AppleDaily is one of the few independent media outlets in Hong Kong. But they will stop operations by midnight tonight. The chairman of the city’s journalist union is warning, it ”will create a chilling effect” in the city. Northeast China enters #FloodSeason one month earlier than usual. At least in the basin of one major river, it marks ...

How China violated the WTO and made free markets less free: Clyde Prestowitz | China in Focus



How did the Chinese regime become a world player? In what ways did the Chinese Communist Party flip the rules under the World Trade Organization (WTO) and make free markets less free? In this episode, we sat down with Clyde Prestowitz, president and founder of the Economic Strategy Institute and author of “The World Turned Upside Down: America, ...

South Chinese city hit by flooding, virus spread; China to keep border limits for another year



Beijing furthers its narratives in the West, with help from Western faces. A Chinese state-owned media is recruiting overseas internet personalities to do it. A Chinese city dubbed “the World’s factory” struggles to control the pandemic and flooding. A state of emergency announced on Tuesday. While schools, kindergartens, and nurseries are shuttered. ...