DR Congo detained about 300 Chinese nationals near Kolwezi, Lualaba (western Katanga) for allegedly mining illegally on others’ concessions. Some were released after Chinese embassy intervention. This targets unauthorised operators, not Chinese mining investment.

A 28-year-old Russian researcher dies under mysterious circumstances at a plague research institute. Was it a laboratory accident, a deadly pathogen, or something more sinister?

Meanwhile, China conducted eight plague-related emergency drills in the months leading up to her death, including one involving Russian researchers. Coincidence—or was China anticipating something?

Joining me is Dr. Sean Lin, a former U.S. Army officer and microbiologist, who served nine years in the military, specializing in preventive medicine, infectious disease surveillance, and vaccine development. He holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a master's degree in International Relations from Syracuse University's Maxwell School.

We discuss Russia's mysterious plague death, China-Russia biological research cooperation, the Soviet bioweapons legacy, and the growing threat of AI-powered biological warfare. Plague or bioweapon? What do Russia and China know that the rest of the world doesn't?

"This three-part series traces Mao Zedong's journey from peasants' son to revolutionary and architect of modern China — from his rural childhood to the founding of the People's Republic to the devastating impact of the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, which claimed millions of lives.

Archival footage, as well as interviews with historians and eyewitnesses, tell the story of the man who changed China forever."

Part 2: Founding of PRC

https://youtu.be/kml_5jNV0j8?si=EMoLcpzEAAEjPWyP

Part 3: Mao and Cultural Revolution

https://youtu.be/cyWdTB3CT4o?si=HnTPpVzwVkJOnZKL