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JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
 
Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com & Daily Beast. Dr. David M. Livingston, The Space Show.
 
Hour One
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Fraser Howie, co-author of Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise, on these:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-warns-soros-against-declaring-war-on-its-currency-2016-01-26
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2016/01/24/expect-new-china-capital-controls-2015-outflow-hit-911-billion/#61451ac37072
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 1, Block B:  Kelley Currie, senior Fellow with the Project 2049 Institute, in re:  Burmese governance. Aung San Suu Kyi said that, “The president reports to me.”  Meaning: My party won the election but this bizarre and foolish temporary constitution prevents me – only me - from holding the office of president, and I won't let the military junta’s fear of me betray the country.   Mrs Clinton may have sent a congratulatory msg; Rubio has some ties to Aung San Suu Kyi.  Human rights are not improving in Burma?  True – we had certain conditions that the then-president agreed to in writing, hasn’t delivered on nine of the eleven, and the two are incomplete, and 500 new political prisoners in the last five years. Even in these final days, the military is trying to claw out and arrogate extra power.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/01/22/burma-political-prisoner-amnesty-falls-short
http://www.wsj.com/articles/aung-san-suu-kyis-role-causes-friction-with-myanmars-army-1453745125
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 1, Block C:  Hotel Mars, episode n. Haym Benaroya, PhD, PE,  Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, in re: development of technology for Mars colonization. 3D printing coupled with robotics.  Drones so far have air-breathing engines; on the Moon will use drones tethered to ground-based robotics?  Regoliths, very fine dust. . . . Space elevators!
http://haymbenaroya.com
http://mae.rutgers.edu/content/haym-benaroya
http://www.lunarbase.rutgers.edu/
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 1, Block D:  Ken Croswell, Science magazine; in re: Black clouds. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830524-100-prodigal-gas-cloud-was-born-in-milky-way-and-is-crashing-back-in/.
 
Hour Two
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 2, Block A:  David Feith, editorial page writer for The Wall Street Journal Asia in Hong Kong, in re: Ma Ying-jeou (outgoing president of Taiwan) visits the Spratleys, consonant with his apparent goal of handing he independent nation of Taiwan to the unelected tyrants of Beijing. Puzzling. 
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 2, Block B:  Alim Seytoff, president of the Uyghur American Association, in re:  SCMP article.
Xinjiang officials backed and took part in terror acts but security crackdown to go on: discipline official  Some officials in China’s far western Xinjiang have been found supporting terrorist activities in the region but the authorities’ anti-terror crackdown is still going strong, a government official says.
“Most of the party members in Xinjiang are determined and clear minded,” Xu Hairong, secretary of Xinjiang’s Commission for Discipline Inspection, said.
“However, there are party members who are being ‘double-faced’ on issues of anti-separation, anti-infiltration and anti-terrorism. Some officials have even supported, participated in and organised terror acts.”
Xu’s comments were published on Sunday in a newspaper affiliated with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
READ MORE: China’s propaganda wing puts spotlight on terror crackdown in the wake of Paris attacks [1]
He did not elaborate but said only that the battle against terrorism was a long-term mission, adding that measures would be taken against officials who were not serious about fighting the threat.
Xinjiang last year tackled 672 cases of political discipline violations, Xu said.
On Friday, security authorities warned of rising risks of terrorist attacks on the mainland.
Although serious violent crime had dropped 12.5 per cent nationwide last year, the risks of terror attacks should still be highlighted, stated a document released at the central conference on political and legal work.
According to the document, to better counter terrorism, police will promote the use of contactless detection devices for explosives as well as dynamic face and voice recognition systems.
China’s anti-terrorism law took effect on January 1. The law requires the setting up of a state-level leading group on counterterrorism.
READ MORE: Expand aid programme for China’s Xinjiang region to include anti-terrorism, says leading cadre [2]
Hundreds of Han Chinese and Uygurs have died in Xinjiang in recent years in unrest that the government has blamed on Islamist militants in the region.
Rights groups and exiles say controls on the religion and culture of the Turkic-speaking Muslim minority are to blame for the violence. Beijing denies any repression in the region.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1904773/xinjiang-officials-backed-and-took-part-terror-acts?utm_source=edm&utm_medium=edm&utm_content=20160125&utm_campaign=scmp_today
 
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 2, Block C:  Bruce Bechtol, professor at Angelo State University and author of North Korea and Regional Security in the Kim Jong-un Era, in re:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/kerry-in-asia-to-press-china-on-north-korean-nuclear-test-south-china-sea-1453655932
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2016/01/197_196360.html
 
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 2, Block D:  Charles Bausman, Russia-insider.com, in re: Russian medias coverage of Ukraine, Syria, and world events.
 
Hour Three
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 3, Block A:  Monica Crowley, Fox & Washington Examiner, in re:  Republican Debate Moderator Megyn Kelly Talks Donald Trump  Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has had lots of bad things to say about Fox News . . .
 
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 3, Block B:  Monica Crowley, Fox & Washington Examiner, in re: Cruz Allies Say Trump Win in Iowa Could Make Him Unstoppable
The steep cost of Cruz's 99-county Iowa strategy
 
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 3, Block C:  Monica Crowley, Fox & Washington Examiner, in re: Why I'm Supporting Hillary Clinton, with Joy and without Apologies
I've come to feel passion for Clinton herself, and for the movement that supports her.
 
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 3, Block D:  Monica Crowley, Fox & Washington Examiner, in re: Clinton Calls on Sanders to Join Democratic Debate
Sanders says Obama not trying to 'tip scales' for Clinton
 
 
Hour Four
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 4, Block A:  1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR--Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny
by David Pietrusza Part 3 of 3 (segment 9 of 12)
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 4, Block B:  1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR--Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny
by David Pietrusza Part 3 of 3 (segment 10 of 12)
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 4, Block C:  1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR--Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny
by David Pietrusza Part 3 of 3 (segment 11 of 12)
Wednesday   27 January 2016 / Hour 4, Block D:   1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR--Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny
by David Pietrusza Part 3 of 3 (segment 12 of 12)