us, now, tiktok absolutely denies that, chinese estate spokespeople have been saying they deny that as well. but it has raised broader questions about what china hopes to achieve with its media strategy around the world. how is it trying to create narratives that suit its goals? how is it, on occasions, trying to put this information into the information ecosystem? let s information ecosystem ? let s start information ecosystem? let s start by understanding these broad ambitions of president xi jinping and everyone else within the chinese state. i am joined by howard zhang, editor of bbc news chinese, but first, nguyen, how would you outline china s media strategy and its ambitions? ambitions? yes, thanks for havin: ambitions? yes, thanks for having me ambitions? yes, thanks for having me on. ambitions? yes, thanks for having me on. there - ambitions? yes, thanks for having me on. there has i ambitions? yes, thanks for. having me on. there has been ambitions? yes, thanks
would expend the political capital here. washington lost its collective mind on this yesterday. the chinese do spy on us. this goes back to maybe some cold war worry about something tangible looking up at us. the joke i had in my household is that they are getting a preview of the next season of yellowstone. laura: yellowstone? what a riot sent around the comedy circuit. the chinese are laughing at us, that s for sure. the role of the pentagon under biden seems clear. unless we are talking about sending billions in weapons to ukraine, of the american aerospace defense command continues to monitor it closely. who s controlling this balloon right now? is the chinese government controlling the movement of the balloon or is it just loading with air strengths. we are monitoring the situation closely. we ll continue to monitor. will continue to review our options and provide information and updates. since we are in the observation and monitoring business, norad i
they re being the party s media belonging to the party s family. so it is tightknit, the same thing. and control over an essentially private company like bytedance. i think it is a bit of a red herring that leads to an instant arrived and disconnect between the uses of tick tock you are predominantly gen z and millennials and the politicians who are discussing the tiktok van and as you pointed out, i m not are not really seeing what is on the platform. really seeing what is on the platform- really seeing what is on the latform. .. , platform. and i knew i see ou platform. and i knew i see you are platform. and i knew i see you are sitting platform. and i knew i see you are sitting in platform. and i knew i see you are sitting in new - you are sitting in new broadcasting house with your bbc news chinese colleagues or two hearing. what we are making of the level of concern from the americans? of the level of concern from the americans? for me, the tro an the ame
a lab! a bat to a pangolin of course we need to enforce this tiktok van. laura: looking forward to this latest legislation. here s something you weren t aware of. 18 months ago the cdc held a secret meeting to discuss tracking americans who had not gotten the covid vaccine. we got our hands on the tape providing the plan in their own words. we are going to play it to you next. stay with us.