In this week’s episode, while Loren cleans out her office, Radha and Erin dig into an array of China-related topics: Huawei! India! Hong Kong! And last, but certainly not least, the World Health Organization. The ladies then turn to White House/American mayhem and try to be analytical while lamenting ongoing violence against black Americans and the potential deployment of U.S. troops in American cities. And finally, an awkward transition to a discussion of pop-culture yields some gems.
Links
Huawei
India Border
Hong Kong
- Sergei Klebnikov, “Trump Announces New Sanctions On Chinese Officials, But Won’t Scrap Phase One Trade Deal,” Forbes, May 29, 2020
- “Trump Targets China Over Hong Kong Security Law,” BBC News, May 30, 2020
- Kenneth Rapoza, “Imaging Hong Kong Without Its US Special Status Deal,” Forbes, May 29, 2020
- Jack Caporal, “The US-China Mini Deal (That Never Was?)” CSIS, October 17, 2019
WHO
Protests in US
- Dan Lamothe, “Trump Administration Offers Active-Duty Military Forces and Intelligence to Help Quell Minnesota Unrest,” Washington Post, May 30, 2020
- Samuel Sinyangwe, Tweet, October 5, 2019
- Jennifer Doleac, Tweet, May 31, 2020
- Megan Ming Francis, Tweet, May 30, 2020
- Audrey McNamara, “ Paul Mayor Says Earlier Comments About Arrested Protesters Being Out of State Were Not Correct,” CBS News, May 30, 2020
- “Pentagon Puts Military Police on Alert to Go to Minneapolis,” CNBC, May 30, 2020
George Floyd