A U.S. sailor admitting guilt in spying for China. The operation tied to nearly $15,000 in bribes, and the handling of secret U.S. military plans. A tearful reunion. Australian journalist Cheng Lei finally able to hold her children’s hands again, after three years in a Chinese prison. A new lawsuit against TikTok. Utah coming after the Chinese-owned app. Buying sanctioned imports to cut costs? China reportedly saving billions of dollars this year, by purchasing oil from Russia, Iran, and Venezuela. Topics in this episode: U.S. Sailor Pleads Guilty to Spying for China Utah Sues TikTok Over Child Addiction Concerns The CCP Is on the Palestinian Side in Israel War: Gordon Chang China Releases Australian Reporter Cheng Lei Americans Currently Detained in China China Saved Billions from Buying Sanctioned Oil: Report Former Australian Prime Minister Calls for More Taiwan Protection Beijing to Expand Space Station for Foreign Visitors ‘Ultimate Beneficiary’: Copley on China’s Stake in Israel-Hamas War ...Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/us-sailor-pleads-guilty-to-spying-for-china-5508527
“I was enlightened very late in life. I spent the most precious years of my life as a chess piece for the communist party,” Bai Liusu, a demobilized female soldier, shared her experience from a “little pink” to recognizing the lies of the communist regime. Ms. Bai graduated from high school in 2005. Learning that one could be assigned to an official job after being demobilized; her family spent a lot of money sending her to the army. “We had to find someone who had the resources. We couldn’t transfer money but had to pay cash… We spent over 200,000 yuan (about US$30,000),” she said.... 
China purged a number of senior bankers who allegedly misused power to grant loans and business contracts in exchange for money. Analysts say these were scapegoats of the collapsing Chinese economy which the upper echelon is heavily involved in but cannot be dealt with. On Oct. 9, China announced that Li Xiaopeng, former party chief and chairman of China Everbright Group, was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and his post for severe violations of party discipline and Chinese laws including accepting bribery, illegally holding stakes in non-listed companies, and power abuse. China Everbright Group is one of China’s biggest financial conglomerates and owns listed units including China Everbright Bank, Everbright Securities, and China Everbright....
A slowing economy, crackdowns on shadow financing, and plummeting earnings from land sales are crimping China’s local governments’ spending power that could likely force them to slash their infrastructure spending, experts fear. But worse, after the property sector, investments in China’s infrastructure are seen as a potential second domino to fall, they say. “[China’s] local governments are running increasingly higher deficits that will limit their ability to spend their way into growth,” Andrew Colliers, a China analyst and managing director at the Hong Kong-based Orient Capital Research, told The Epoch Times. The central government, he added, has been cracking down on off-balance sheet or “shadow” financing due to concerns about financial risk, and the fact that that the property market is unlikely to rebound strongly (in near future), their revenue from land sales will be limited....