A scientist who helped lead a group collaborating with coronavirus research at a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan vouches for the theory that COVID-19 was genetically engineered and leaked from the facility.
Dr. Andrew Huff, the former vice president of EcoHealth Alliance who has written a new book, claims grant funding from the United States government for research in China led to the &#8220;biggest US intelligence failure since 9/11,&#8221; <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20543847/wuhan-lab-warning-covid-lab-leak/">according to The Sun</a>.
&#8220;EcoHealth Alliance and foreign laboratories did not have the adequate control measures in place for ensuring proper biosafety, biosecurity, and risk management, ultimately resulting in the lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology,&#8221; he writes in his book, The Truth About Wuhan.
More than <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html">6.5 million people diagnosed with COVID-19 have died</a> since the earliest cases were reported in Wuhan in late December 2019. The origin of the pandemic has become a topic of fierce debate, with two leading theories being there was a natural emergence or a lab leak. China and the lab in Wuhan <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/world/asia/china-covid-wuhan-lab-leak.html">denied being to blame</a>, but the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-health-world-organization-government-and-politics-8662c2bc1784d3dea33f61caa6089ac2">World Health Organization recommended</a> further study into the lab leak theory over the summer.
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EcoHealth Alliance has worked on coronavirus research with the Wuhan Institute of Virology <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/science/bats-covid-lab-leak-nih.html">supported by millions of dollars in grants</a> from the National Institutes of Health. Last year, as scrutiny of their work intensified, the group denied claims by the NIH that it <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3154232/ecohealth-alliance-defends-us-funded-bat-coronavirus-research">failed to properly report its findings</a>.
Dr. Francis Collins, who was the director of the NIH, rejected the notion that federal funding led to the pandemic. &#8220;Analysis of published genomic data and other documents from the grantee demonstrate that the naturally occurring bat coronaviruses studied under the NIH grant are genetically far distant from SARS-CoV-2 and could not possibly have caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Any claims to the contrary are demonstrably false,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/statement-misinformation-about-sars-cov-2-origins">he said</a>.
Huff worked at EcoHealth Alliance from 2014 to 2016 and has since become a whistleblower. He says the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nih-unearth-more-grant-violations-by-wuhan-lab-collaborator-ecohealth-alliance">U.S. taxpayer-funded nonprofit group</a> instructed the Wuhan lab in the &#8220;best existing methods to engineer bat coronaviruses to attack other species&#8221; for years and claims &#8220;China knew from day one that this was a genetically engineered agent.&#8221;
Huff says he quit EcoHealth &#8220;due to a large number of ethical concerns with the scientific work and EcoHealth Alliance as a whole.&#8221; He is suing the group in New York, according to The Sun.
Huff indicated that he had seen no evidence to show China deliberately released the virus, The Sun reported. But he says the U.S. government is &#8220;to blame for the transfer of dangerous biotechnology to the Chinese&#8221; and accuses Dr. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dr-anthony-fauci-repeatedly-defends-communist-china-from-covid-cover-up-accusations">Anthony Fauci of being involved in a cover-up</a>.
After President Joe Biden ordered a 90-day U.S. intelligence review into the virus origin last year, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/16/politics/biden-intel-review-covid-origins/index.html">it was reported</a> that officials in his administration found the lab leak theory as credible as the natural emergence theory. After the inquiry, Biden criticized China for a lack of transparency and <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/27/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-the-investigation-into-the-origins-of-covid-%E2%81%A019/">pledged a further investigation</a>.
Huff claims he was offered a role with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in 2019, though he suspects that if he had accepted the position, the agency &#8220;would have disclosed restricted information to me, which would have consequently prevented me from discussing any of this information publicly, like I have been and am doing now.&#8221;
The Truth About Wuhan, published by Skyhorse and distributed by Simon &amp; Schuster, is <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Truth-about-Wuhan/Andrew-G-Huff/9781510773882">due to be released on Tuesday</a>.

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Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nba" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBA</a> guard <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-nba-is-investigating-after-g-league-player-jeremy-lin-says-he-was-called-coronavirus-on-court/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeremy Lin</a>, who now plays professional basketball in China, was fined Friday for criticizing quarantine conditions amid widespread demonstrations against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protesters-call-for-xi-jinping-to-step-down-over-chinas-extreme-covid-lockdowns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beijing’s draconian COVID lockdowns</a>, according to news reports.
Lin, who played for eight different NBA teams during a nine-year career that began after he went undrafted out of Harvard, now plays for the Loong Lions Basketball Club. The 6-foot-3 point guard was hit with a $1,400 fine for his comments.
“[Lin made] inappropriate remarks about quarantine hotel-related facilities” where his team stayed Wednesday before a game, the Chinese Basketball Association said in a statement Friday. The comments “caused adverse effects on the league and the competition area,” according to the league.
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The league gave no further details about Lin’s comments, and they were not visible on his Sina Weibo social media account. But a Shanghai news outlet reported that Lin posted a since-deleted video in which he complained about hotel workout facilities ahead of games next week in Zhuji, a city in Zhejiang province.
“Can you believe this is a weight room?” Lin was quoted as saying. “What kind of garbage is this?”
Lin, who grew up in California, the son of Taiwanese parents, is the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA. During his NBA career, he averaged 11.6 points per game. When he cracked the starting lineup of the New York Knicks in 2012, he quickly became a fan favorite and sparked a phenomenon known as “Linsanity” with his hustle and overachieving style. As one of the few Asians to play in the NBA, he appeared on the covers of Sports Illustrated and Time magazine and was named ESPN’s “Breakthrough Athlete of the Year.”
In 2019, Lin played for the NBA champion Toronto Raptors.
The fine comes as Beijing is under pressure from restive citizens for its “zero COVID” policy. Huge crowds have taken to the streets in major cities to protest the government’s crackdown, which requires constant testing, business shutdowns, and quarantining millions of infected citizens in their homes or in special camps. Protests in Shanghai have seen crowds calling for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protests-against-covid-lockdowns-erupt-across-china-some-turn-violent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Xi Jinping</a> to resign.
Demonstrations began Nov. 25 when a fire in an apartment building in Urumqi killed at least 10 people. Angry citizens said the victims were unable to escape because they had been locked inside the building as part of the COVID containment strategy.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a> has built up its nuclear arsenal at a rate that has far outpaced U.S. estimates and is projected to have 1,000 nuclear warheads by the end of the decade, according to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-defense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Defense</a> (DOD).
The Pentagon <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3230682/china-military-power-report-examines-changes-in-beijings-strategy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a report on China’s military on Tuesday stating that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has accelerated its nuclear program. China’s current purpose in building up its nuclear arsenal appears to be deterrence and retaliation, if necessary, according to information collected by the U.S. government.
“In 2020, the DoD estimated China’s operational nuclear warhead stockpile was in the low-200s and expected to at least double by 2030. However, Beijing probably accelerated its nuclear expansion, and DoD estimates this stockpile has now surpassed 400 operational nuclear warheads,” the <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2022/Nov/29/2003122279/-1/-1/1/2022-MILITARY-AND-SECURITY-DEVELOPMENTS-INVOLVING-THE-PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA.PDF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> states.
“By 2030, DoD estimates that the PRC will have about 1,000 operational nuclear warheads, most of which will be fielded on systems capable of ranging the continental United States,” it continued.
The Pentagon estimates that by 2035, China’s People’s Liberation Army could have as many as 1,500 operational nuclear warheads at its disposal.
“The PRC probably intends to develop new nuclear warheads and delivery platforms that at least equal the effectiveness, reliability, and/or survivability of some of the warheads and delivery platforms currently under development by the United States and/or Russia,” the report says. “Developing robust nuclear strike options is likely intended to provide deterrence predominantly against a ‘strong enemy,’ as well as ensure China can inflict unacceptable damage with both proportionate and overwhelming retaliatory capabilities, and thus denying an adversary victory if a war escalates to the nuclear domain.”
The Pentagon estimates that China’s military has the largest navy and the third largest air force in the world. Defense officials are also skeptical of Beijing’s claims that it is adhering to agreements to limit the construction of biological and chemical weapons.
Chinese labs and factories, as well as its missile technology is advanced enough that it could weaponize biological and chemical agents or toxins and attach them to missiles, U.S. officials estimate.
“The PRC’s chemical and biotechnology infrastructures are sufficient to research, develop, and produce some chemical and biological agents or toxins on a large scale,” the report says. “China probably has the technical expertise to weaponize chemical and biological warfare (CBW) agents, and China’s robust armaments industry and numerous conventional weapon systems, including missiles, rockets, and artillery, probably could be adapted to deliver CBW agents.”
U.S.-China relations have grown more tense recent years along with the outbreak of COVID-19 and China’s increasingly aggressive moves in its region, such as taking control of Hong Kong and threatening Taiwan. U.S. President Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House in November. Among other topics, the leaders discussed the use of nuclear weapons.
“President Biden raised Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine and Russia’s irresponsible threats of nuclear use. President Biden and President Xi reiterated their agreement that a nuclear war should never be fought and can never be won and underscored their opposition to the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine,” a White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/14/readout-of-president-joe-bidens-meeting-with-president-xi-jinping-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">readout</a> of the meeting says.

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/india" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India</a> is projected to surpass <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/japan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Japan</a> and <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/germany" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Germany</a> as the world’s third-largest economy in the next decade, according to a <a href="https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/research-analysis/outlook-for-indias-economic-growth-and-policy-platforms.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">forecast</a> from ratings agency S&amp;P Global.
The real gross domestic product of India will average 6.3% yearly growth between fiscal years 2021 and 2030, enabling the country to surpass Japan and Germany in nominal terms. Real GDP per capita will grow at a 5.3% rate as the population of India continues to expand.
“These projections assume continued structural reforms, including trade and financial liberalization, infrastructure and human capital investment, and labor market reform,” wrote the S&amp;P Global analysts. “Although the current government has a parliamentary majority to pass legislation, trade unions are strong, comprise millions of members in sectors highlighted for liberalization, and have routinely opposed policies that they claim threaten job security and increase the influence of big business.”
India had a real GDP of $3.2 trillion as of last year, according to <a href="https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?most_recent_value_desc=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the World Bank, while the value of finished goods and services in Japan and Germany respectively amounted to $4.9 trillion and $4.2 trillion. The United States and China are the world’s first and second largest economies, with real output of $23 trillion and $17.7 trillion respectively.
After India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, widespread refugee travel between India and Pakistan provided continued economic strain. India has experienced robust growth since the nation pivoted away from socialism and liberalized trade policy.
The Indian government introduced the Production Linked Incentive Schemes two years ago, a policy regime that encourages foreign and domestic investors to achieve higher manufacturing output through tax rebates, project-specific land acquisition, and license clearance. “A greater share in global value chains would also contribute to India&#8217;s goals of improving leverage in multilateral negotiations and gaining advantage in its competition with mainland China,” the S&amp;P Global analysts continued.
India is also slated to eclipse longtime geopolitical rival China as the world’s most populous country next year. The former nation presently maintains a fertility rate of 2.2 children per woman, while the latter has a fertility rate of 1.7 children per woman, according to <a href="https://data.oecd.org/pop/fertility-rates.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
India currently boasts a trade surplus with the United States and a trade deficit with China, the latter of which is viewed as a vulnerability among Indian officials. The dynamic “encourages policymakers to seek alternatives, particularly in pharmaceuticals, automobiles, and electronics, where the aim is to make India a major exporter itself,” according to S&amp;P Global.
India had been experiencing benefits from “small but steady annual increases in economic freedom” before the lockdown-induced recession two years ago, according to a <a href="https://www.heritage.org/index/country/india">report</a> from the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, which ranks the country “mostly unfree.” The nation still has lackluster court systems, investment freedom, and government integrity.
“India’s diverse economy encompasses traditional village farming, industrial-scale agriculture, handicrafts, and a wide range of modern industries,” the conservative think tank remarked, noting the importance of internationalization for the nation’s future. “Capitalizing on its well-educated English-speaking population, India has become a major exporter of information technology services, business outsourcing services, and software workers.”

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This week, the Chinese government activated its vast censorship apparatus to prevent dissemination of news regarding thousands of citizens taking to the streets to protest the CCP’s zero covid lockdowns. China has developed the world’s most sophisticated and invasive surveillance scheme: according to The Wall Street Journal, police have been dispersing to the site of protests ahead of time thanks to their monitoring of internet traffic, cellphone data, and messaging apps. China also has access to data from hundreds of millions of cameras, “some equipped with facial-recognition software…The government has enhanced these capabilities over the past two years as part of contact-tracing efforts to control the spread of the virus.”
Such compulsion becomes necessary when a tyrannical government presides over an increasingly unhappy population. Chinese dictator Xi Jinping despises capitalism – in fact, he despises it so much that he has undercut the durability of his own economy in a bizarre quest to pursue a form of authoritarian mercantilism. The result has been slower economic growth, shoddy product innovation, and extraordinary levels of debt, all piled atop an aging demographic time bomb. He has sought to make up for this through higher levels of compulsion domestically, combined with stealing technology from the West and utilizing military power to simply take over areas like Hong Kong. Chinese tech companies have been brought to heel: as The New York Times reported in July 2021, Chinese “companies and entrepreneurs are effectively telling the government that they know who the master is.” 
But Xi hasn’t stopped there.
Xi has taken advantage of the weak underbelly of capitalism – the reality that profit-seeking enterprises will allow themselves to be coopted by malevolent actors in order to maintain their profitability, that corporations are not predominantly concerned with American national security but with economic efficiency. This is why Apple is now reportedly doing the bidding of the Chinese government.
Apple bases its manufacture of the iPhone, among other devices, in China – to the point where 25 percent of the value of the iPhone apparently comes from Chinese companies – is completely subject to Chinese whim, and they know it. That’s undoubtedly why Apple cut off its Airdrop feature in its latest Chinese update, just before the anti-lockdown protests broke out: Airdrop allows users to transfer data using wireless connections rather than the internet, which avoids governmental scrutiny.
Apple isn’t a rarity. Multiple major companies have had to make the choice between access to China’s markets and labor resources and standing against Chinese autocracy. Some companies have withstood the test – but not enough of them.
Meanwhile, the West is focused laser-like on Elon Musk’s Twitter as the supposed threat to democracy. This week, the EU announced that Twitter could be in violation of the Digital Services Act, which forces social media platforms to police “hate speech.” The White House has also announced that it has its eye on Musk’s Twitter, which it says has now become a font for “misinformation.” Musk has dedicated Twitter to opening up standards of speech, allowing those with non-lawbreaking activity to tweet.
This has raised the hackles of our thoughtleaders – not Apple actively doing the work of suppressing sharing of information in authoritarian China.
All of this bodes ill for the future of the digital age in the West. If the West is perfectly sanguine about tyrannical regimes weaponizing capitalism and technology while fretting over capitalists who own technology companies broadening the use of their platforms, the West will be contributing to its own defeat. And China will celebrate.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/south-korea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South Korea</a> scrambled jets as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russian</a> war aircraft arrived unannounced in its air defense identification zone (KADIZ) on Wednesday morning. 
Two Chinese warplanes <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/south-korea-scrambles-jets-china-russia-warplanes-enter-air-defense-zone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">classified</a> as H-6 bombers entered the air defense area around 5:50 a.m. local time, Seoul&#8217;s Joint Chiefs of Staff <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-russia-warplanes-temporarily-entered-south-korea-air-defence-zone-yonhap-2022-11-30/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>.
The two warplanes left the area around 7 a.m. but returned about five hours later with six Russian warplanes. Around 12:20 p.m. the eight aircraft flew into the air defense zone via the Sea of Japan, departing the area eighteen minutes later. The Russian planes included Tu-95 bombers and Su-35 fighter jets.
South Korea sent out an unknown number of airplanes, including F-15K jets. 
“Our military dispatched air force fighter jets ahead of the Chinese and Russian aircraft’s entry of the Kadiz to implement tactical measures in preparation for a potential contingency,” the JCS said in a statement.
Japan’s Joint Staff <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-korea-scrambles-jets-chinese-russian-warplanes-enter-air-defense-zone/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> two Chinese H-6 bomber warplanes &#8220;entered the Sea of Japan and then flew north&#8221; early Wednesday, resulting in Japan <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/30/south-korea-scrambles-jets-after-chinese-and-russian-warplanes-enter-air-defence-zone">scrambling</a> fighter jets.
&#8220;Around the same time, what appears to be two Russian aircraft flew south over the Sea of Japan and then turned around,&#8221; it said.
Seoul also noted that the war aircraft departed the area and did not breach South Korea’s airspace. 
Air defense identification zones are regions separate from a country’s airspace, and nations insist that foreign aircraft take additional identification measures when operating in them. The zones, however, are not under international rules and the idea is not <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/chinese-russian-planes-enter-south-korean-air-defense-zone/a-63939138" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clarified</a> in international treaties. 
Yonhap, a news outlet out of South Korea, <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/chinese-russian-planes-enter-south-korean-air-defense-zone/a-63939138" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Russia and China seemed to have &#8220;engaged in a combined air exercise.” 
Russia said its planes and the Chinese aircraft ”carried out air patrols over the waters of the Japanese and East China Seas.&#8221; It claimed that the planes &#8220;acted strictly in accordance with the provisions of international law&#8221; without breaching foreign airspace.
Russia and China have previously deployed war aircraft into the KADIZ.
In the past, China and Russia have claimed their war aircraft were engaging in regular joint exercises. Russia does not acknowledge South Korea’s air defense identification zone, while China claims the area is not territorial and all nations should be able to fly there.

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Fox News host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/watch-former-dnc-head-donna-brazile-freaks-out-on-fox-friends-brian-kilmeade-cuts-away/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Kilmeade</a> made it clear that he wasn&#8217;t buying the spin when <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/ludicrous-john-kirby-laughs-off-suggestion-that-the-country-behind-9-11-might-have-infected-biden-on-purpose/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Kirby</a> claimed that Russia and China were likely in awe of the United States after watching how quickly the exit from Afghanistan took place.
Kirby, who previously served as the Pentagon&#8217;s press secretary and is currently the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, argued that the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/you-saw-superman-bleed-special-forces-veteran-says-botched-afghanistan-exit-broadcasted-weakness/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Afghanistan withdrawal</a> was so successful and well-executed that it probably caused China and Russia to &#8220;marvel&#8221; over the efficiency with which it was carried out.
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Fox News: “the Defense Department’s annual report&#8230;is saying that Biden’s fumbled withdrawal from Afghanistan was a propaganda gift to China.”
Biden Spokesman John Kirby: “If anything, nations like China and Russia take a look at what we did in Afghanistan…and had to marvel.” <a href="https://t.co/9AZSMouVdq">pic.twitter.com/9AZSMouVdq</a>
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&#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; host Ainsley Earhardt opened the segment with a question about Afghanistan and whether or not foreign actors like Russia and China might have seen the botched withdrawal and taken notes for possible later action.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s talk about the Defense Department’s annual report, because it is saying that Biden’s fumbled withdrawal from Afghanistan was a propaganda gift to China,&#8221; she said, asking, &#8220;Do you agree with that?&#8221;
&#8220;No, I do not,&#8221; Kirby responded. &#8220;And I don&#8217;t know that that&#8217;s the Pentagon&#8217;s assessment that it was a propaganda gift to China.&#8221;
Kirby went on to assert that the American efforts to evacuate Afghanistan — amid the collapse of its government and the resurgence of the Taliban — should be held up as an example of success.
&#8220;If anything, nations like China and Russia took a look at what we did in Afghanistan, and we&#8217;ve talked about this many many times over the last year, and had to marvel at the speed, the efficiency, and effectiveness that a very small number —&#8221; Kirby continued, but Kilmeade interrupted.
&#8220;Oh, please,&#8221; the Fox News host responded, clearly exasperated.
&#8220;— A very small number of troops, Brian, you listen to me now, hear me out,&#8221; Kirby pressed on, adding, &#8220;A small number of troops were able to move that many Afghans safely out of that country. No other nation in the world can do that.&#8221;
But as Army veteran Alex Plitsas explained to The Daily Wire, the question was not whether or not a small number of American troops were capable of executing impossible missions — and quickly. The issue, rather, was whether a hasty withdrawal would have been necessary if different strategic choices — such as keeping Bagram Air Base open or attempting to evacuate allies prior to abandoning all military strongholds — had been made earlier by the Biden administration.
Plitsas has worked for months on an operation known as &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/we-are-not-done-digital-dunkirk-organizer-blasts-trevor-noah-over-afghan-evacuation-joke-while-people-are-still-stranded/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Digital Dunkirk</a>,&#8221; using military and civilian connections to help evacuate Americans and Afghan allies from the country as more and more of them are threatened by the Taliban.
&#8220;The evacuation operation in Kabul was a tactical success and a strategic failure,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Yes, the military was able to rapidly deploy and move people. The problem was that it largely wasn’t the people that we intended to evacuate and we left nearly 200,000 people who we made promises to as a nation. That was a strategic failure and yes, our adversaries see that.&#8221;

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Former <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese</a> President Jiang Zemin died on Wednesday at the age of 96 as the nation endures mounting economic and social turmoil.
Jiang, who served from 1993 to 2003, succumbed to leukemia and multiple organ failure, according to a <a href="https://english.news.cn/20221130/20584fc586bd4f258e3876f35041934e/c.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from government-run outlet Xinhua News. A letter addressing the entirety of the Chinese Communist Party, over which Jiang presided as general secretary from 1989 to 2002, announced the news of his death.
According to Xinhua News, the letter described Jiang as “an outstanding leader enjoying high prestige acknowledged by the whole Party, the entire military and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, a great Marxist, a great proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist and diplomat, a long-tested communist fighter, and an outstanding leader of the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.”
Under the tenure of Jiang, China continued market reforms that produced decades of rapid economic growth. The nation also regained control of Hong Kong and Macau, which were respectively managed by the United Kingdom and Portugal. Jiang initially emerged to power following the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, during which students participating in democracy demonstrations were massacred by soldiers.
The death of Jiang occurs weeks after former Chinese President Hu Jintao, who succeeded Jiang in 2003, was unexpectedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-chinas-xi-has-his-predecessor-forcibly-hauled-away-from-ccp-ceremony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hauled away</a> in the middle of the most recent Communist Party Congress, during which current Chinese President Xi Jinping consolidated his power and secured an unprecedented third term. Hu was visibly confused, appearing to exchange words with Xi before officials removed him from the chamber.
During the twice-per-decade meeting of top Chinese Communist Party legislative officials, Xi spoke of a vision to grow his country’s middle class in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/xi-jinping-vows-to-grow-chinas-middle-class-at-key-communist-party-meeting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a> that opened with a discussion of his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinas-xi-issues-dark-warning-on-taiwan-as-he-consolidates-power-over-ccp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">geopolitical ambitions</a>, including the defeat of democratic aspirations in Hong Kong and the imminent conquest of Taiwan. Xi has largely staked his reputation as a leader on the zero-COVID policy over the past two years.
The death of Jiang also comes as China experiences a renewed wave of protests stemming from the harsh enforcement of the nation’s zero-COVID policy. Footage of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-chinese-protesters-destroy-covid-testing-site-as-police-in-hazmat-suits-deploy-to-city-streets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demonstrations</a> in Beijing and Shanghai has circulated on social media as residents balk at the restrictions. Many have held blank sheets of paper, a symbol representing draconian censorship efforts from the Chinese Communist Party, in photos shared online.
Beyond their human rights implications, public health mandates have weighed upon the Chinese economy, which is expected to grow 3.2% this year and 4.4% over the next two years. The nation averaged nearly 10% annual output growth over the past four decades since free-market reforms were implemented, according to <a href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/china/overview#1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the World Bank. A number of manufacturers have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/apple-shifts-ipad-manufacturing-away-from-china-due-to-harsh-covid-lockdowns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moved operations</a> away from China even as longer-term factors such as low labor force growth and slowing productivity continue to dampen the Chinese economy.
“We will steadfastly push for common prosperity. We will improve the system of income distribution,” Xi remarked during his speech. “We will ensure more pay for more work and encourage people to achieve prosperity through hard work. We will promote equality of opportunity, increase the income of low income earners and expand the size of the middle income group. We will keep income distribution and the means of accumulating wealth well regulated.”

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Former Chinese President Dead At 96 Amid Nationwide Protests

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin Dead At 96

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Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis slammed Apple during an interview Tuesday evening for its role in hindering widespread protests against China&#8217;s severe pandemic restrictions and for allegedly threatening to boot Twitter from its App Store.
&#8220;If you look what&#8217;s going on in China now, the CCP, they have been imposing these zero COVID lockdown policies. They have been doing it on and off for three years,&#8221; DeSantis told Fox News host Tucker Carlson. &#8220;And you have people in China that are really engaged in a noble effort to protest which is basically Leninist rule. So, what is Apple doing with that? They are limiting the AirDrop function of the protesters. So they are serving basically as a vassal to the Chinese Communist Party.&#8221;
&#8220;Then, on the other hand, here in the United States, what are they doing? They are trying to get Elon Musk&#8217;s Twitter off the App Store, potentially, which would be a huge blow for free speech,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And so this is maybe the most powerful company in the entire world, certainly one of the most powerful companies in American history. They exercise more authority in some respects than even some governments do. And they&#8217;re using their authority to protect the CCP while also try to limit speech here in the United States.&#8221;
DeSantis said that federal lawmakers needed to break up companies like Apple using anti-trust laws because &#8220;they are exercising massive amounts of power over our society.&#8221;
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Gov. Ron DeSantis slams Apple for &quot;using their authority to protect the CCP, while also try[ing] to limit speech here in the United States.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Z0pWmj3nbK">pic.twitter.com/Z0pWmj3nbK</a>
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<blockquote>TUCKER CARLSON, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: So, apparently, Apple is considering, according to Elon Musk, removing Twitter from its App Store, which would, of course, shut down Twitter.
And almost nobody in office has noticed this or decided to comment on it, except for Ron DeSantis. He&#8217;s the governor of the state of Florida.
He joins us tonight.
Governor, thanks for coming on.
So, of all the news going on in the world &#8212; and there&#8217;s a lot of it &#8212; you stopped on this story, and you commented on it. Why? Why did this catch your attention?
GOV. RON DESANTIS (R-FL): Well, Tucker, if you look what&#8217;s going on in China now, the CCP, they have been imposing these zero COVID lockdown policies. They have been doing it on and off for three years.
And you have people in China that are really engaged in a noble effort to protest which is basically Leninist rule. So, what is Apple doing with that? They are limiting the AirDrop function of the protesters. So they are serving basically as a vassal to the Chinese Communist Party.
Then, on the other hand, here in the United States, what are they doing? They are trying to get Elon Musk&#8217;s Twitter off the App Store, potentially, which would be a huge blow for free speech.
And so this is maybe the most powerful company in the entire world, certainly one of the most powerful companies in American history. They exercise more authority in some respects than even some governments do. And they&#8217;re using their authority to protect the CCP, while also try to limit speech here in the United States.
CARLSON: While existing as an American &#8212; supposedly American company, using our copyright protections, our rule of law to their own advantage. They&#8217;re benefiting from America, but working against our most basic value, which is free speech.
What can be done about that?
DESANTIS: Well, Tucker, in the states, we did big tech censorship bill two years ago. It&#8217;s gotten caught up in the courts. I think the U.S. Supreme Court is going to accept that case for this term. Texas has a similar case. There&#8217;s a conflict in the circuits.
And so, whatever the states can do to protect people&#8217;s rights to engage in free expression &#8212; and, you know, what some of these companies do, they get a lot of benefits from the government, as you said, patent, things like that.
CARLSON: Yes.
DESANTIS: The social media companies get liability protection.
And yet they turn around and they use that protection to marginalize voices they disagree with. So, I think, from the congressional perspective, though, they need to look at antitrust with these massive companies, because they are exercising massive amounts of power over our society.</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fox-news-democrat-analyst-juan-williams-names-desantis-2022s-top-u-s-political-player-he-scares-me">Fox News Democrat Analyst Juan Williams Names DeSantis 2022’s Top U.S. Political Player: ‘He Scares Me’</a>

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DeSantis Hammers Apple For Helping Communist China Squash Protesters

DeSantis Hammers Apple For Move To 'Protect' Communist China From Protesters

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South Dakota Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kristi-noem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kristi Noem</a> ordered state government employees to stop using TikTok.
Noem signed an Executive Order Tuesday to ban government officials in the state from using the Chinese social media app over growing security concerns. The order takes effect immediately, and bans all state government employees and contractors from downloading the app on government devices. TikTok has been the subject of growing concerns in recent months about data privacy and security risks it poses, particularly to government officials.
“South Dakota will have no part in the intelligence gathering operations of nations who hate us,” Noem said in a <a href="https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=31872" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> Tuesday. “The Chinese Communist Party uses information that it gathers on TikTok to manipulate the American people, and they gather data off the devices that access the platform.”
“Because of our serious duty to protect the private data of South Dakota citizens, we must take this action immediately,&#8221; Noem added. &#8220;I hope other states will follow South Dakota’s lead, and Congress should take broader action, as well.”
Other officials in South Dakota have previously sounded the alarm about the harm the app inflicts on American children and students.
&#8220;TikTok delivers garbage content to American students and educational content to Chinese students,&#8221; Congressman <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDustyJohnson/status/1589645758240010241?s=20&amp;t=mC8DTGqcmH0c9uJOSN8jPA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dusty Johnson</a> (R-SD) wrote on Twitter, reacting to a “60 Minutes” segment on the differences between content the app promotes in the U.S. vs. in China. &#8220;We cannot trust this company.&#8221;
In August, Johnson introduced a bill to <a href="https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/dustyjohnson.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Block%20the%20Tok%20Act.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ban TikTok</a> from collecting user data from American users from within the People&#8217;s Republic of China. The bill would also have banned TikTok from being downloaded on federal government devices, including military installations and federal agencies.
&#8220;A great clip from a recent ⁦@60Minutes piece on why TikTok is not as harmless as many believe,&#8221; Sioux Falls mayor <a href="https://twitter.com/paultenhaken/status/1597250698202255368?s=20&amp;t=mC8DTGqcmH0c9uJOSN8jPA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paul TenHaken</a> said in reaction to the clip. &#8220;This app needs more federal scrutiny to ensure our kids (and national security) are protected.&#8221;
At the federal level, TikTok has faced severe and continuous scrutiny about the security risks it poses, not just to the data privacy of individual users, but to national security as well.
“We do have national security concerns — at least from the FBI’s end — about TikTok,” FBI Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-do-have-national-security-concerns-fbi-director-warns-chinese-community-party-uses-tiktok-to-compromise-american-privacy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christopher Wray</a> told the House Homeland Security Committee at a hearing earlier this month. “They include the possibility that the Chinese government could use it to control data collection on millions of users. Or control the recommendation algorithm, which could be used for influence operations if they so chose. Or to control software on millions of devices, which gives it opportunity to potentially technically compromise personal devices.”
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-chief-administrative-officer-warns-members-of-congress-not-to-use-tiktok-over-potential-security-risks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chief Administrative Officer</a> (CAO) of the House of Representatives has also warned members of Congress against downloading the app, citing security concerns. A memo from the office warned members that the app harvests data, including possibly sensitive information; it also cited the app’s excessive permissions requests and its lack of transparency in how it protects user data.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-government-urged-to-ban-tiktok-by-fcc-commissioner-warning-user-data-allegedly-flow-back-to-chinese-communist-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FCC Commissioner</a> Brendan Carr has asked Congress to ban TikTok, and earlier this month, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) introduced legislation to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-lawmakers-to-introduce-legislation-banning-tiktok-in-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ban the app</a> in the U.S. outright.

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South Dakota Governor Noem Blocks State Employees From Downloading TikTok

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Signs Executive Order To Block State Employees From Downloading TikTok

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This article is a companion piece to today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Biden Calls On Congress
On Tuesday, Congressional Democrats and Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/union-allies-turn-on-pro-labor-biden-for-trying-to-prevent-looming-rail-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a> to pass legislation to avoid a nationwide rail strike at the behest of President Biden. A strike would disrupt shipping and would likely lead to delays in Christmas gift delivery. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) vowed to move quickly, saying, “Tomorrow morning we will have a bill on the floor.&#8221;
McCarthy Makes Demands
President Biden met with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday at the White House to discuss his plans for the remainder of the year, as well as to go over upcoming government funding legislation. McCarthy explained to the press what was discussed.
&#8220;What I explained to all of them is that I can work with anyone who&#8217;s willing to work to get our spending under control, to work to make America energy independent, to secure our borders&#8230;&#8221; McCarthy said.
&#8220;If they don&#8217;t want to work with us, we can get this work done in January,&#8221; he added.
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&mdash; The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1597700930274631680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Chinese Protests Continue
As an update to our Tuesday Morning Wire podcast, Chinese universities sent students home and police took preventative steps to curb protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti-virus restrictions called for leader Xi Jinping to resign.
A new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pornography-escort-service-advertisement-bots-flood-twitter-feeds-preventing-chinese-citizens-from-accessing-covid-protest-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> indicates that search results of current widespread protests opposing oppressive COVID lockdown measures in major cities across China have been drowned out by Chinese bots advertising pornography, escort services, and gambling.
Record Voting In Georgia Continues
Georgia broke another voting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/georgia-sets-new-single-day-early-voting-record-in-senate-runoff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record Monday</a>, as more than 239,000 early voters came out to the polls in a single day to cast their ballots in the 2022 Senate runoff election between incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and GOP challenger Herschel Walker. The previous early voting record was just over 233,000 votes in 2018.
“Father Stu” Returns To Theaters
Hollywood actor and producer Mark Wahlberg and Sony studios <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-wahlberg-sony-re-releasing-pg-13-version-of-father-stu-in-theaters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are re-releasing in theaters a new PG-13 version</a> of Father Stu, a film about an ex-boxer turned Catholic priest after a horrendous auto injury. The film premiered earlier this year with an R-rating. Wahlberg recently explained why it will be re-released.
&#8220;Well, given the nature of the R-Rated movie, lots of families didn’t feel comfortable with their children seeing it, but they really wanted them to get the message,&#8221; Wahlberg told Fox News. &#8220;So because the Archbishop Thomas of Nevada — who actually ordained Father Stu in Helena, Montana, came to me and said, &#8216;Mark, I understand why the language is there but it would be a sin and a shame for young people not to see this movie and to really understand the importance of this story.’”
&#8220;So we wanted to make sure that we would share that with children of all ages,&#8221; he added.
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The Netherlands Plan To Buy And Shut Down Farms 
In international news, the government of The Netherlands <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/netherlands-buy-out-and-close-farms-meet-climate-goals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> it could soon buy and close down nearly 3,000 farms in Holland in order to comply with European environmental regulations. The Netherlands is attempting to cut down its nitrogen pollution and will push ahead with compulsory purchases if not enough farms take up the offer voluntarily.
Biden&#8217;s Non-Binary Nuke Officer Charged With Felony Theft
Sam Brinton, a Deputy Assistant Secretary for a division of the U.S. Department of Energy, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gender-fluid-biden-admin-employee-charged-with-stealing-womans-luggage-at-minneapolis-airport-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly charged</a> with a felony last month after allegedly stealing a woman’s suitcase from the baggage claim area at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Surveillance video shows Brinton removing the luggage tag from a navy blue Vera Bradley suitcase bag, dropping it into a handbag, and then leaving the area “at a quick pace” on September 16, 2022, according to a criminal complaint. Brinton made headlines for being one of the Energy Department’s first self-identified non-binary employees.
Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) Dies
Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) died Monday night after battling cancer for many years, according to a statement from his office. He was 61.
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TUESDAY

Tuesday Afternoon Update: Biden Calls On Congress To Prevent Rail Strike, ‘Father Stu’ Returns, And More

Tuesday Afternoon Update: Biden Calls On Congress To Prevent Rail Strike, 'Father Stu' Returns, And More

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Anti-government <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-protesters-in-china-are-cleverly-defying-their-communist-government">protesters in communist China</a> flipped over and destroyed a COVID testing tent in the city of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guangzhou</a> on Monday, prompting police in hazmat suits to flood the streets and disperse the crowds. 
Videos on Twitter — <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamYang120/status/1597376001126072322" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> by journalist William Yang of the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents’ Club — showed protesters flipping over a COVID testing center while others looked on and recorded the show of defiance. The demonstrators also <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/29/chinese-protesters-overturn-vehicle-and-trash-covid-site/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> flipped over a vehicle before dozens of police officers swarmed the scene in riot gear and hazmat suits.
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Witnesses said police forcefully checked people’s phones, looking for footage of protests to stop the videos from spreading on social media, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/29/chinese-protesters-overturn-vehicle-and-trash-covid-site/">reported</a>. Authorities have also reportedly used cell phone videos as proof to take people into custody for attending a demonstration. 
Most of the protests remained quiet as protesters held up white sheets of paper, a subtle but symbolic challenge that has taken hold among dissidents throughout the country, but some protesters have become bolder in their anti-government demonstrations. In Shanghai, some have openly shouted for President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/xi-jinping" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Xi Jinping</a> to step down, while others have <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/28/china/china-lockdown-protests-covid-explainer-intl-hnk">chanted</a> “Need human rights, need freedom.” In 2018, China’s puppet legislature eliminated the president’s term limits, and Xi began his third term in October. 
Police hit the streets in full force in Shanghai and Beijing on Monday and Tuesday, attempting to prevent people from gathering again. Universities in the cities sent students home amid the unrest. While the schools said students were being sent away due to COVID precautions, fewer students in the cities also reduces the number of possible protesters, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/health-beijing-xi-jinping-shanghai-covid-5e6340710ba8b273b3be88d8844feed0">reported</a>. 
The protests that have spread to at least 16 cities across China began after 10 people died in an apartment fire in China’s western Xinjiang province. Many blame the communist regime’s draconian “zero COVID” lockdown policy for why first responders did not reach the blaze in time to save those who perished. Nearly three years since the onset of the COVID pandemic, the Chinese people are still subjected to extreme restrictions that lock them in their homes for as long as 100 days at a time.

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Video: Chinese Protesters Destroy COVID Testing Site As Police In Hazmat Suits Deploy To City Streets

Chinese Protesters Destroy COVID Testing Site As Police In Hazmat Suits Deploy To City Streets

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