A scheduled Trump–Xi summit is drawing closer, but Washington’s sanctions arrived sooner than the U.S. president. A Chinese oil refiner has been targeted for allegedly bankrolling Iran. Beijing responded.
China is pulling the plug on Meta’s two-billion-dollar Manus deal, sending a strong signal that cross-border AI partnerships now face much higher scrutiny.
A Chinese coffee chain in New York City is raising national security concerns. It appears to be a simple business decision—cashless payments only, requiring customers to download an app to pay. But a watchdog group says there could be more to it.
A Chinese national has been charged in a years-long scheme targeting NASA employees. Officials say he posed as a trusted colleague, gaining access to sensitive data.
And could China’s social credit system see a global rollout in the form of digital IDs? And why is the World Health Organization pushing for a Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system? Reggie Littlejohn joins us to unpack it all.
00:00 Intro
01:04 U.S. Sanctions Strain Ties Ahead of Trump’s China Trip
02:57 China Blocks Meta’s $2B Manus Deal After Acquisition
04:53 Chinese Coffee Shops Go Cashless-Only in NY
05:20 FBI Warns Americans to Keep Data From Chinese Firms
06:01 Chinese Firms Must Comply With Beijing Intelligence
07:59 Luckin Coffee Fined for Not Accepting Cash Payments
08:14 Luckin Coffee Says It Must Comply With Chinese Laws
9:13 Chinese National Charged in NASA Phishing Scheme
10:49 2 Americans Killed in Clashes in the Philippines
12:22 Tensions Rise Between China, EU Over New Sanctions
13:47 Digital IDs and the WHO to Gain More Power?
14:20 Digital IDs Raise Global Privacy Concerns: Littlejohn
16:52 Critics Warn Digital IDs Could Enable Social Control
18:26 W.H.O. Pathogen System Raises Lab Leak Fears: Littlejohn
21:07 Critics Warn WHO Pact Could Limit National Power
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