In this week’s episode, while Loren cleans out her office, Radha and Erin dig into an array of China-related topics: Huawei! India! Hong Kong! And last, but certainly not least, the World Health Organization. The ladies then turn to White House/American mayhem and try to be analytical while lamenting ongoing violence against black Americans and the potential deployment of U.S. troops in American cities. And finally, an awkward transition to a discussion of pop-culture yields some gems.

Links

Huawei

• Scott Bade, “Huawei’s Terrible Week,” Tech Crunch, May 30, 2020
• Emily Feng, “The Latest US Blow to China’s Huawei Could Knock Out Its Global 5G Plans,” NPR, May 28, 2020

India Border

• Jeffrey Gettleman and Steven Lee Myers, “China and India at 14,000 Feet Along the Border,” New York Times, May 30, 2020

Hong Kong

• Sergei Klebnikov, “Trump Announces New Sanctions On Chinese Officials, But Won’t Scrap Phase One Trade Deal,” Forbes, May 29, 2020
• “Trump Targets China Over Hong Kong Security Law,” BBC News, May 30, 2020
• Kenneth Rapoza, “Imaging Hong Kong Without Its US Special Status Deal,” Forbes, May 29, 2020
• Jack Caporal, “The US-China Mini Deal (That Never Was?)” CSIS, October 17, 2019

WHO

• Brianna Ehley and Alice Miranda Ollstein, “Trump Announces US Withdrawal from the World Health Organization,” Politico, May 29, 2020
• “Coronavirus: Backlash After Trump Signals US Exit from WHO,” BBC News, May 30, 2020

Protests in US

• Dan Lamothe, “Trump Administration Offers Active-Duty Military Forces and Intelligence to Help Quell Minnesota Unrest,” Washington Post, May 30, 2020
• Samuel Sinyangwe, Tweet, October 5, 2019
• Jennifer Doleac, Tweet, May 31, 2020
• Megan Ming Francis, Tweet, May 30, 2020
• Audrey McNamara, “ Paul Mayor Says Earlier Comments About Arrested Protesters Being Out of State Were Not Correct,” CBS News, May 30, 2020
• “Pentagon Puts Military Police on Alert to Go to Minneapolis,” CNBC, May 30, 2020

George Floyd

• Kate Shellnutt, “George Floy Left a Gospel Legacy in Houston,” Chrsitanity Today, May 28, 2020