Alice Guo flees the Philippines America’s nuclear strategy takes aim at China And new plans for a war in Asia That and more on this week’s
China news headlines. Welcome to China Uncensored, I’m Chris Chappell. Let’s ease into today’s headlines
with something nice and light: the threat of nuclear war. President Biden has approved a
new nuclear strategy for America to focus it more on China. The new strategy was actually
approved back in March and successfully kept under
wraps for several months, which is perhaps the most
surprising thing about this story, Since military leaks on video game
forums have apparently become the norm. The White House is denying that
there were any major changes and claims the new strategy isn’t
aimed at any particular country. However, the acting Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, at the time, said in a speech
earlier this month that the new strategy was aimed at “multiple nuclear-armed
adversaries, and, in particular, the significant increase in the size and
diversity of the PRC’s nuclear arsenal.” Which sounds pretty aimed at
a particular country to me. China’s nuclear arsenal has grown rapidly. And the Pentagon believes
that Beijing’s nuclear arsenal will triple by 2035! Because who needs solid
infrastructure and a booming economy when you can have countless nukes! Speaking of people endangered by China: The Philippines. Once again, the Chinese Communist
Party has threatened the Philippines, this time by firing flares from an
artificial island base at a fisheries plane. The latest incident happened near
Subi Reef in the South China Sea. China has transformed much of the
area into a militarized island base. Because while most people see a
reef, and think, “How pretty!” when China sees a reef, they think, “What a great place for guns!” Not many other details on the
incident have been revealed, but the same plane was also
harassed on August 19th by a Chinese fighter jet in the region. Both the United States and the
Philippines have condemned the incident, with Philippine Military Chief
General Romeo Brawner Jr. saying, “If the flames came into
contact with our aircraft, these could have blown into the propeller
or the intake or burned our plane. It was very dangerous.” Luckily, nobody was hurt, but the
CCP blamed the Philippines for you guessed it “illegally” entering its territory. Which has joined China’s greatest hits of excuses, right alongside, “We didn’t do that,”
“this is just western propaganda,” and “the dog did it.” You leave Biscuits out of
this, CCP! He’s a good boy! Because of this latest incident, the US Air Force is considering
its missile defense options for defending dispersed bases
should it go to war with China. The US has long feared that if war broke out, its traditional bases in Guam or Japan
would be hit by long-range Chinese missiles. That would degrade the military capabilities of the US throughout the region. So the Air Force developed something called ACE–the Agile Combat Employment. This would spread out aerial operations to a number of smaller operating
locations in the region, thus making it harder to target. As an avid horror movie fan, this may be the first time I’ve
ever heard of a plan to split up that actually resulted in
fewer people getting killed. The US is currently practicing drills to
test out how such a system would work, although many details remain
classified for the time being. What we do know is that
some of those ACE locations could be local civilian airports, or austere bases set up in the
field with rough airfields, which could be run by smaller
teams of multi-capable airmen who know how to do numerous jobs,
instead of just one specialty. In addition, the Air Force would have to deploy even more air defense
systems and increase reliance on cyber capabilities to defend these bases. So far, the training seems to be going well, with many airmen quickly adapting
to these multi-role jobs. But it’s clear there’s a lot of work left to do. Especially if any of these are Boeing planes. And after the break, the Alice Guo saga continues! Welcome back. So, as we’ve seen, things are pretty
rocky between the US and China, but rest assured, the US hasn’t given
up on diplomacy with the CCP yet! For the first time since
the Obama Administration, a national security advisor–Jake Sullivan –is headed to mainland China to address concerns about China’s ties with Russia and
tensions in the South China Sea. Sullivan is scheduled to be in
China from August 27th to 29th, amid concerns about Chinese interference
in the 2024 presidential election and restoring lines of communication
between the two countries. Because lack of communication has
been the problem this whole time. Sullivan will meet with Wang Yi, China’s
Foreign Minister. The two are scheduled to discuss the wars in Ukraine and the Middle
East alongside South China Sea tensions. It’s unknown if Beijing and Washington
will actually agree on any of these issues, but an anonymous official said that
the hours-long discussions are about “clearing up misperceptions and avoiding
this competition from veering into conflict.” Yes, the best case scenario is, “We disagree
with all your opinions and think you’re a terrible person… but we just don’t have the
energy to do anything about it right now.” Indeed, a phone call between Biden and Xi might
even be in the offing in the coming weeks after “candid discussions,”
according to the White House. I’m sure interpreters will
be needed for that call, since Biden doesn’t speak Mandarin, and Xi doesn’t speak (Error 404 Not Found) Whatever that is. Alice Guo, the former Philippines
mayor accused of being a chinese spy and deeply embedded with Chinese crime syndicates has disappeared from the Philippines. We’ve done a few videos on Alice Guo. I’ll link them below. Guo escaped the Philippines by
boat in July with her siblings undetected by bribing Bureau
of Immigration officials and other authorities with
200 million Philippine Pesos! This is doubly shocking because this
is one of the only Filipino boats to enter water and not immediately
be harassed by China in some way. Philippine President Ferdinand
Marcos, Jr. warned that “heads will roll” over the corruption that “undermines our justice system
and erodes public trust.” Winston Casio, the spokesperson of the Presidential Anti-Organized
Crime Commission (PAOCC) believes that Guo is currently in
Indonesia with her brother, Wesley. But it appears that Guo is headed to an area of Southeast Asia called the Golden Triangle, which sits on the Mekong River delta
area of Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. It’s an area known for porous
borders–making it perfect for drug production and
trafficking, among other crimes. Basically, the most obvious
place a clearly innocent woman would flee when she’s being framed for...reasons. Casio also pointed out that
she cannot go to China, since “she is already a person of
interest as far as China is concerned because she’s accused of a
serious crime in the Philippines in relation to illegal gambling... we know how strict China is in relation
to gambling in their own territories, so definitely she will not come
to any of those territories.” And as Casio also mentioned, the Guo family has business
interests in nearby Cambodia, so that’s probably her safest bet. It’s believed that Guo remains in Indonesia
and isn’t trying to leave just yet, but Indonesian authorities
did detain her sister, Shiela. After being deported back to the Philippines and facing a hearing from government officials, Shiela admitted that she’s a Chinese citizen who isn’t even related by blood to Alice Guo. Is anything about Alice Guo real?! Is that even her hair, or
is she wearing extensions? Everything is a lie! Jaime Santiago, the head of the National
Bureau of Investigation, or NBI, said that the fingerprints of Shiela
match those of a certain Zhang Mier. That name also matches her Chinese passport. In the hearing, Shiela admitted that
she was actually a Chinese citizen who came to the Philippines when she was 16 or 17 to work in the embroidery business on the orders of a man she called her “father”. That would be Alice Guo’s father, Jian Zhong Guo, who Shiela admitted was her
foster dad in the island country and provided her with all
of her Philippine documents. Shiela also admitted that she
was born in China and that her mother still lives there. According to Shiela, she was told
upon her arrival to the Philippines that Alice was her sister, and
she decided to just go with it. She also said the reason that Alice fled was because she was “sad” due to the hearing. Which makes sense. I also get really sad when I’m caught
in a lie and could be tried for treason. Such a bummer. Shiela Guo is currently in the custody of the NBI along with a Philippine Offshore
Gaming Operator named Cassandra Li Ong, who was arrested and deported with her. But Ong has a Philippine passport,
so she hasn’t yet been charged. The NBI did confirm that
Shiela Guo will be charged with violating the Philippine Passport Act, and it will file additional
charges for immigration violations, since she fraudulently
acquired a Philippine passport and misrepresented herself
as a citizen of the country. The NBI hasn’t issued an arrest
warrant for Alice Guo yet. When they do, the Philippine authorities
will be able to issue a red notice and work with Interpol to have her
detained and returned to the Philippines. The case and hearings are ongoing, so we’ll likely know even more
information in the coming weeks. Now here’s a video I want to share with you. It’s called Can you have good without God? It’s from my new show Deep
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