China Erupts, Elites Side with Regime – In The Tank Podcast #374

The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 374 of the In The Tank Podcast. The ITT crew starts off talking about a new analysis from the Socialism Research Center showing how 90% of candidates endorsed by various socialists groups won election in the 2022 midterms. Then they discuss on the ongoing protests that are boiling over in China due, in large part, to the country's strict zero-COVID policies. Also, why is Apple threatening Twitter while seemingly providing cover the Chinese Communist Party?

 

 

OPENING CHIT CHAT

 

Socialism Watch: 2022 Midterms

https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/an-analysis-of-socialist-candidates-in-the-2022-midterm-election

 

 

MAIN TOPIC – CHINA PROTESTS WHILE ELITES PROVIDE COVER

 

BBC - China plans 'crackdown' after Covid protests

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63796135

 

WSJ - China’s Failed Covid Vaccine Nationalism

https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-failed-vaccine-nationalism-sinovac-sinopharm-zero-covid-pfizer-moderna-xi-jinping-11669759952

 

NYT - ‘Breach of the Big Silence’: Protests Stretch China’s Censorship to Its Limits

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/business/china-protests-censorship-video.html

 

NYT - China’s Dramatic Dissent

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/briefing/china-protests-covid.html

 

The Hill - Biden treads lightly in response to COVID protests in China

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3755371-biden-treads-lightly-in-response-to-covid-protests-in-china/

 

CNBC - Apple limited a crucial AirDrop function in China just weeks before protests

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/30/apple-limited-a-crucial-airdrop-function-in-china-just-weeks-before-protests.html

 

CNBC - Elon Musk claims Apple has threatened to remove the Twitter app

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/28/elon-musk-claims-apple-has-threatened-to-remove-the-twitter-app-.html

 

Michael Tracey – Twitter Policy in 2015

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1597392181341589504