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

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 the ongoing protests that are boiling over in China due, in large part, to the country's strict zero-COVID policies.

Show Notes

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

Creators and Guests

Host

Chris Talgo

Chris Talgo is the Editorial Director at The Heartland Institute and a research fellow for Heartland’s Socialism Research Center.

Host

Donald Kendal

Donald Kendal is a research fellow for The Heartland's Socialism Research Center, host of Heartland's In the Tank Podcast and Stopping Socialism TV, and a talented graphic designer.

Host

Jim Lakely

Jim Lakely is the Vice President and Director of Communications of The Heartland Institute.

Guest

Justin T. Haskins

Justin Haskins is the director of the Socialism Research Center at The Heartland Institute.

What is In The Tank?

The weekly flagship podcast from The Heartland Institute features in-depth policy discussions connected to current news. Host Donald Kendal leads the discussion with the usual crew of Heartland Institute Vice President Jim Lakely, Socialism Research Center “Commissar” Justin Haskins, Editorial Director Chris Talgo, and others at this national free-market think tank. The entertaining and informative discussions often hit topics such as the environment, energy policy, Big Tech censorship, the troubling rise of socialism, globalism, health care, education, that state of freedom in America and around the world, and much more.

This podcast is also available as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast, the “firehose” of all the organization’s podcasts that take deep and entertaining dives into public policy.