Reflections on Podcast Engagement and Sensitive Topics

@BadChinaTake, an anonymous twitter account that combined vicious takedowns of, well, bad china takes with a blog https://wokeglobaltimes.com/ that does deep dives into everything from tankie subcultures to China’s xinjiang policy, is one of the best things to hit China twitter. BadChinaTake was recently unmasked as Jake Eberts, a young DC-based China analyst. He joins us today to talk about his journey to twitter infamy. We get into

• Whether the CIA, Chinese government, or George Soros fund him
• Crisis, danger and opportunity
• Whether you should argue with children online
• The DC think tank complex and China Twitter’s redeemable qualities

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Outro music: 不再是少年 by 猛虎巧克力

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