Why U.S. Strategy on China Misses the Real Battlefield

Does Washington really understand China—and the Chinese community it’s trying to influence? As the U.S. moves to break Beijing’s censorship and roll out tools like Freedom.gov, the real battlefield may not be inside China at all, but within the Chinese diaspora. This episode unpacks America’s two most cost-effective strategies against the CCP: tearing down the Great Firewall and engaging Chinese American communities—using the stark contrast between Eileen Gu and Alysa Liu to reveal how influence, pressure, and loyalty actually work in real life.

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