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Xi Jinping’s drunk fight in the late 1980s offers a glimpse of his personality.The two leaders also face different domestic pressures. In addition, Xi has an extreme option he could use in the battle.Read the original report:With Tariff Escalations, US and China Enter a New Era—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.

Experts say U.S.–China relations have crossed a key threshold. A showdown between the world’s largest and second-largest economies has begun.Read the original reports:With Tariff Escalations, US and China Enter a New EraWhy US Has Upper Hand Over Beijing in Tariff Standoff—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.

A lot is going on in China, aside from tariffs. In this episode, we present a unique analysis of Xi Jinping’s grey hair, the serial disappearances of Chinese generals, and how they are connected to a well-known Chinese prophecy.Show Notes:Poem No. 46有一軍人身帶弓　只言我是白頭翁東邊門裡伏金劍　勇士後門入帝宮There is a soldier carrying a bow,A voice says, I’m just an old, white-haired man.A golden sword is hidden in the east gate.A warrior enters the palace through the back door.—From “Tui Bei Tu” 推背图, a collection of prophecies from 7th century China.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.—Icon Art courtesy of Library of Congress Online Catalog. It’s a slightly different version from the text quoted in the episode. Similar to many ancient books, “Tui Bei Tu” went through variations.

President Donald Trump has imposed an additional 20 percent tariff on all goods made in China, citing a national emergency on the continued trafficking of fentanyl—a deadly opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine—into the United States.To this day, China remains the primary source of fentanyl precursors, which are shipped to Mexico, where they’re manufactured into the illicit drug. It is then smuggled into the United States mainly via the southern border.The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has called the fentanyl epidemic the United States’ “own problem” and has cast the U.S. tariffs as “blackmail.”However, Yuan Hongbing, a former law professor at Peking University in China who now lives in Australia, said the American opioid epidemic is far from the self-inflicted wound the CCP has suggested it is.The China expert, who has insider access to senior CCP leaders, further stated that fentanyl is at the core of Xi Jinping’s bid to “take revenge” on the West.Read the Original Report:China’s Role in US Fentanyl Crisis Directed by Regime Leadership, Expert SaysClips Played:President Trump Addresses House Republican Issues Conference via C-SPAN—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.