Chinese Communist Party

also referred to as: ccp

11 statements across 6 episodes · 0 bullish · 9 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Aug 18, 2021 by Niall Ferguson · said 88 times in 14 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by Joe Lonsdale (30), Congressman Mike Gallagher (16), Balaji Sr i n i v a s a n (15), Dmitri Alperovitch (7), Tom Cotton (5), Niall Ferguson (5), Mike Pompeo (4), Wilbur Ross (1)

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2023 27 mentions in 2 episodes 14 per episode
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2021 21 mentions in 3 episodes 7 per episode

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Everything said about Chinese Communist Party, oldest first

Aug 18, 2021 bearish
Insight
Ferguson: CCP Cannot Survive Political Competition and Rule of Law
“Once the Chinese figured that out, they downloaded at least four of those killer apps. They didn't really want political competition, and they definitely don't want the rule of law, because the Chinese Communist Party can't survive with those things.”
Niall Ferguson Aug 18, 2021 ▶ 7:56 Niall Ferguson: Why Great Civilizations Rise and Fall · Joe Lonsdale
Aug 18, 2021 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ferguson: China's authoritarian system will lose legitimacy as economic growth slows
“And the reason why I think ultimately this system will lose legitimacy, especially as the growth rate comes down.”
Niall Ferguson Aug 18, 2021 ▶ 27:22 Niall Ferguson: Why Great Civilizations Rise and Fall · Joe Lonsdale
Aug 18, 2021 bearish
Opinion
Ferguson: Xi Jinping is deeply Marxist-Leninist and restricting Chinese market elements
“Well, I actually think Marxism-Leninism is much more important to Xi Jinping than most Western observers realize. I mean, they are still reading Marx and Engels on the Politburo Standing Committee. I had That was explained to me recently by the head of researc…”
Niall Ferguson Aug 18, 2021 ▶ 25:26 Niall Ferguson: Why Great Civilizations Rise and Fall · Joe Lonsdale
Feb 22, 2023
Disclosure
Pompeo: Trump administration foreign policy prioritized exiting Afghanistan and deterring Russian European invasion
“In Afghanistan, we wanted to get out. In Russia, we wanted to make sure their thousand nuclear warheads were contained, and we didn't want them to invade Europe, and a longer list for the Chinese Communist Party, but we were pretty clear about our expectations…”
Mike Pompeo Feb 22, 2023 ▶ 8:30 Mike Pompeo: Negotiating with Tyrants, Spy Balloons (or UFOs?) & Why Trump Didn't Ban TikTok · Joe Lonsdale
Nov 30, 2023 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Gallagher: CCP operated an undeclared police station in Manhattan
“The CCP via an innocuous sounding nonprofit that was basically a United Front Work Department entity set up on a police station in the heart of Manhattan that was being used to surveil, harass, and in some cases physically assault people on American soil.”
Congressman Mike Gallagher Nov 30, 2023 ▶ 13:38 Ep 72: Illegal Chinese Bio Labs & Secret Police Inside America! Congressman Mike Gallagher · Joe Lonsdale
Nov 30, 2023 negative
Opinion
Gallagher: The Lancet covered up COVID origins, aiding the CCP
“You've had basic, you know, So-called scientific journals, peer-reviewed scientific journals like Lancet completely beclown themselves during the pandemic and continue to beclown themselves in large part by covering up for the origins of COVID and thereby witt…”
Congressman Mike Gallagher Nov 30, 2023 ▶ 18:26 Ep 72: Illegal Chinese Bio Labs & Secret Police Inside America! Congressman Mike Gallagher · Joe Lonsdale
Nov 30, 2023
Disclosure
Gallagher: Asked McCarthy to Name House Committee CCP to Separate Regime From People
“The reason I actually asked speaker McCarthy to change the name of the committee to say Chinese communist party and not China or PRC was to point out the distinction between the regime, the party, this is a party state, right?”
Congressman Mike Gallagher Nov 30, 2023 ▶ 39:31 Ep 72: Illegal Chinese Bio Labs & Secret Police Inside America! Congressman Mike Gallagher · Joe Lonsdale
Aug 30, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ross: CCP party secretaries are the most powerful figures in Chinese companies
“Well, if the state owned enterprises, especially, but even a lot of private ones, The party secretary appointed by the communist party is the most powerful person in the company. So it's, he's not under all the regulatory supervision cause it's just party secr…”
Wilbur Ross Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 23:28 A Conversation with Wall Street Legend & U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross · Joe Lonsdale
Dec 6, 2024 negative
Disclosure
Joe Lonsdale Avoids Hiring Engineers in China Due to CCP Concerns
“Originally, there was a lot of talent in China was number two. I don't really like to work with them as much right now, given the CCP issues.”
Joe Lonsdale Dec 6, 2024 ▶ 3:09 AI Vs Engineers: Will They Be Replaced? · Joe Lonsdale
Apr 3, 2025 bearish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Lonsdale: Xi Jinping will shut down TikTok rather than allow a sale
“I think because this is such a powerful tool for the CCP that Xi Jinping will not allow it to be Sold out of his control and we'll turn it off instead.”
Joe Lonsdale Apr 3, 2025 ▶ 29:26 Billionaire vs. U.S. Senator: Should TikTok Be Banned? · Joe Lonsdale
Apr 3, 2025 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Cotton: TikTok algorithms suppress content on Hong Kong, Tibet, and Tiananmen Square
“And of course, why you can't see anything on TikTok related to say Hong Kong or Tibet or to Tiananmen Square or the Falun Gong. This is a tool of Chinese communist propaganda.”
Tom Cotton Apr 3, 2025 ▶ 27:27 Billionaire vs. U.S. Senator: Should TikTok Be Banned? · Joe Lonsdale
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