A stabbing in Hong Kong

And China sets its sights on Taiwan

That and more on this week's China Uncensored.

This is China Uncensored.

I'm Chris Chappell.

This week's China news headlines!

In Hong Kong, protesters once again

took to the streets last weekend.

Organizers say 350,000 marched,

but because police did not give permission,

it was technically an illegal rally.

“...That means anyone who comes out

will inherently be breaking the law.

So that's the tactic the Hong Kong government is using.

So don't think that the movement is slowing down.

In fact, it is growing stronger and stronger.

And if you pan your camera around,

every single one of the protesters today

standing around here today,

are literally breaking the law.”

The march happened just days after

a brutal attack on Jimmy Sham,

head of the Civil Human Rights Front.

They're an umbrella group that's organized

some of the biggest rallies over the past few months.

They also originally organized this Sunday's march,

but backed out after police said no.

But that didn't stop protesters from marching anyway.

And that didn't stop police from responding with tear gas

And water cannons shooting blue dye laced with pepper spray.

However, protesters did light a fire.

And some did throw petrol bombs.

But as for the barricades protesters erected,

police now just drive through them.

And they also decided to spray this mosque with water cannons,

even though there weren't any protesters there.

Creating a mess that protesters then helped clean up.

Hong Kong police later said that spraying the mosque

with a water cannon was an accident.

The kind of accident where they stopped the water cannon.

Carefully took aim.

And then sprayed it several times.

Hong Kong police:

successfully alienating every part of Hong Kong society.

But it's not just police Hong Kong protesters need to worry about.

On Saturday, a man stabbed a teenage protester

in the neck and stomach.

The protester had been handing out flyers.

Ok, no one likes flyers, but that's taking it too far.

It was so bad that the protester's intestines were exposed.

He was taken to a hospital,

where he is in serious condition.

So who was this guy?

Apparently a cook from mainland China.

After stabbing the protester,

he threatened others,

yelling that Hong Kong was part of China.

That's really not how a chef

should be putting his knife skills to use.

Speaking of someone who's job performance hasn't been great,

the Financial Times is reporting that Beijing

might replace Carrie Lam as Hong Kong's Chief Executive.

That might have been enough to stop the protests...

four months ago.

At this point, it's kind of like when a teacher you hate

is replaced by a substitute teacher who's even worse.

What I'm saying is, Carrie Lam's replacement

is going to be Miss Viola Swamp.

But one thing that the Hong Kong government

did finally do this week:

the Legislative Council formally withdrew the extradition bill

that sparked the protests.

Which might have been enough to stop the protests...

four months ago.

I'm seeing a theme here.

But for Hong Kong protesters,

the NBA is a gift that keeps on giving.

At a Nets vs Raptors preseason game over the weekend,

hundreds showed up wearing Stand with Hong Kong t-shirts.

A group of Tibetan activists also showed up.

As did a group of pro-honey protesters

dressed as Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

And during the season opener between the Lakers and the Clippers,

protesters passed out thousands of Stand With Hong Kong t-shirts.

Which led to this magical moment.

It brought a tear to my eye.

The NBA of course has been criticized for selling out to China

after controversy over a pro-Hong Kong tweet

sent out by Daryl Morey,

the general manager of the Houston Rockets.

According to NBA commissioner Adam Silver,

the Chinese Communist Party asked him to fire Morey,

but he refused.

Of course, Chinese state-run television says that's a dirty lie,

the Party would never do that

and he should really watch his back

because retribution is coming!

Not only is the Chinese Communist Party

spreading censorship in America,

it's also threatening Americans who don't bow before it.

And that's why I've spent the past 7 years of my life

making a show warning people

about the Chinese Communist Party.

On Monday, China's defense minister said

conquering Taiwan is a national priority.

Of course he didn't say conquer.

That sounds bad.

The Chinese Communist party calls it reunification.

You know, when the Communist Party

seizes control with military force,

kills a bunch of people,

and replaces the rule of law with authoritarianism.

Re-unification.

With an island that was never part of

the People's Republic of China to begin with.

Of course, taking over Taiwan will be expensive.

Fortunately, the Chinese regime

has a brilliant money making scheme.

Sue the US!

China is seeking billions in penalties against the US

at the World Trade Organization.

Ironically, the suit relates to

“a case dating to before the Trump administration,

and unrelated to the tariffs it has slapped on Chinese goods.”

“China is seeking US$2.4 billion

in retaliatory sanctions against the United States

after it failed to comply with a WTO ruling

in a tariffs case dating to Barack Obama's presidency.”

There's a problem with this money making scheme though.

If the WTO could actually enforce its rules,

and stop countries from cheating,

China would have a lot more to answer for than the US.

The Yang gang is in trouble!

No, not Andrew Yang.

Navy Lt. Fan Yang

and his wife, Yang Yang.

“Yang had top secret clearance with the P8 squadron,

an anti-submarine unit.

The Federal Government accuses him

of working with two Chinese nationals

to get them military equipment

which would ultimately be funneled

to the Communist government.”

Great.

So if China ever invades Taiwan,

the US will have had a helping hand in it.

Now while selling weapons to a Communist regime

at odds with the United States

may sound distinctly unAmerican,

Yang makes up for it

by doing the most American thing possible.

Spreading America's love of guns.

“He's also accused of taking a Chinese national

to a local gun range

and selling at least one gun illegally.”

Guns are banned in China for civilians,

so many Chinese nationals come to the US

to experience guns for the first time.

That probably still doesn't make up for selling US weapons

to the Communist government of China.

But he isn't the only one!

According to this press release from the Department of Justice,

“Li Tao, 39, sought to export “highly sensitive” military

and space technology from the United States to China.”

I believe we have footage of that interrogation.

Have you ever stolen from an employer?

Yes.

And where were you employed?

NASA.

What'd you steal, a rocket ship?

No, just some pens.

And some plans.

Plans?

Space plans.

And that, kids, is Mr. Show.

I've now educated you on the truly important things in life.

Some good news for once.

Uighur activist Ilham Tohti

has been awarded the Sakharov Prize for Human Rights.

In not as good news,

Tohti was imprisoned for life back in 2014

for doing radical things like encouraging dialogue

and reconciliation between Uighurs and Han Chinese.

The European Union gave the prestigious award to Tohti.

In response, the Chinese regime

announced that Europe was cancelled.

And finally, YouTube star Pewdiepie has been banned in China!

Now at first you might think,

oh that's because YouTube is banned in China,

so even the world's biggest YouTuber would be banned.

But that's not the reason.

Apparently the Hong Kong protests

have even entered the world of YouTube let's plays.

Behold, analysis of the Hong Kong situation from Pewdiepie.

The next meme needs a little bit of context.

It involves Hong Kong and China.

For those of you who don't know,

Hong Kong is a semi autonomous state,

it has its own laws,

or law system or jurisdiction, I don't know.

Then outta nowhere, someone from NBA tweets I support Hong Kong,

and then NBA is like,

"Oh God, we need Chinese money."

“China is like that one person on Twitter

that can't take any criticism and just blocks everyone”

Deep.

What's that Shelley?

With 100 million subscribers,

Pewdiepie managed to let more people

know about China and Hong Kong

than I have in 7 years on this show?!

I knew I should have started a let's play channel instead!

Now I'm questioning all my life choices.

But before I go down that rabbit hole,

it's time for me to answer a question from one of you—

a fan who support China Uncensored

with a dollar or more per episode,

by contributing through the crowdfunding website Patreon.

Michael Sun asks,

“Are there those in mainland China

who are sympathetic to the protestors' cause?”

That's a really interesting question.

Unfortunately it's very difficult to know

what people inside Mainland China

think about the Hong Kong protests.

Since everything is so censored inside China,

it's difficult to tell how much people actually know.

Plus, the Chinese state-run media

have been pushing constant propaganda

accusing Hong Kong protesters

of being violent rioting separatists

bent on splitting apart the motherland.

When we were in Hong Kong in June,

we did interview some Mainland tourists.

Check it out, it's called

What Chinese People Really Think about Hong Kong Protests.

Most were pretty reluctant to say anything.

If someone in Mainland China has managed to

hear about the protests and develop some sympathy,

it would be very dangerous for them to express it.

Often, we hear stories like this,

where Mainland Chinese viciously defend the Party line even abroad.

That said, I wouldn't be surprised if China had plenty of people

who hold cynical views of the Communist Party,

even if they keep those views to themselves.

Thanks for your question, Michael.

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Once again I'm your host Chris Chappell.

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