LEE SMITH
Does Washington Know We’re in a Cold War With China?
July 5, 2023
Congress and the White House talk tough on the Chinese Communist Party—but there’s little evidence U.S. officials are doing anything about what they say is America’s chief strategic threat. Veteran China watcher Michael Pillsbury has an action plan to change that. and he’s keeping score to make sure the U.S. government is keeping its word to keep China in check. In this eye-opening, fact-filled episode of Over the Target, Lee Smith speaks with Pillsbury, the Heritage Foundation’s senior fellow for China Strategy. 6:00 “Winning the New Cold War: A Plan for Countering China” 9:50 Washington doesn't believe we are in a Cold War 10:00 US govt is still deeply involved in assisting China 10:00 Are Fed agencies detailed to help China? 14:00 Lack of munitions limits US ability to defend Taiwan 22:00 Wall Street still investing in CCP high-tech sector 22:00 China has grown from 10% to 80% of US economy 22:00 Time to monitor US investment in CCP 29:00 Forget “Peak China” talk — CCP is still a threat to US interests
About the show
Over the Target is a weekly show where one of America’s leading investigative reporters takes you behind the headlines to show you how the news is made and what it really means.
About Lee Smith
Lee Smith is a New York Times-bestselling author with more than thirty years’ experience in journalism, covering a wide range of subjects from US foreign policy to crimes and corruption at the highest levels of the American government. A columnist for Epoch Times, Smith has written several books, including The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations, a post-9/11 political travelogue through the Middle East; The Plot Against the President: The True Story of How Congressman Devin Nunes Uncovered the Biggest Political Scandal in US History, which was made into an Academy Award-nominated documentary movie; and most recently The Permanent Coup: How Enemies Foreign and Domestic Targeted the American President.
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