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This week, John and Misha talk with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the Trump Administration’s China policy. What were their successes? What more did he wish he could have done? Most importantly, where does America go from here? After visiting with the Secretary, Misha and John talk about China’s latest repression in Hong Kong, about threats to Taiwan, and about whether the US intelligence community is accurately analyzing China.
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