Call all you want,

but there’s no one home.

And you’re not gonna reach my thousand dollar iPhone.

Speaking of, not using your phone?

Then its reeducation camp for you!

And finally,

China comes up with a great way

to make money off saving the environment.

This is China Uncensored.

Hi.

Welcome to China Uncensored.

I’m your host Chris Chappell.

Breaking news, everyone:

The CCP may be spying on people.

We recently aired a 10-minute segment

focused exclusively on how the WeChat app

has helped the CCP monitor Chinese citizens

by collecting data on every aspect of their lives—

like where they travel,

who their friends are,

the content of their messages,

even what food they like—

and then sharing that WeChat data

with the Chinese government.

Well it turns out,

there’s an even better way

to monitor everyone’s phones.

It was recently revealed that

Trojan horse malware called xRAT

was going around WeChat

and another Chinese messaging app

owned by the same company

during the 2014 Hong Kong Umbrella Movement.

It basically allows the perpetrator

full admin access to your phone.

In other words,

it’s like if you handed your phone to a stranger

and told them all your passwords.

“All of your phone is exposed.

Photos stored, downloads, documents,

any Apps to other services installed,

chat logs, phone records,

contact lists, and of course,

your browser and its entire browsing history,

which may include credit card

and password and login information.”

But before you jump to blame the CCP,

there’s no evidence that this app

was created or spread by the CCP.

It might just be a coincidence that xRAT

happened to target Chinese dissidents,

and was found on the mobile phones

of a lot of pro-democracy protesters

in Hong Kong.

Just like it’s a coincidence

that Bruce Wayne and Batman

are never seen in the same room

at the same time.

Speaking of monitoring people,

WeChat users are freaking out about

a new law that will go into effect this October.

It makes, “creators of online groups responsible

for managing information within their forums

and the behavior of members.”

Not just “responsible.”

The creators of those chat groups

could be criminally liable

and face both administrative detention

and political consequences

if their group members

discuss one of nine prohibited topics.

Topics include:

news from Hong Kong or Macau

that has not been officially reported

by Chinese state-run media.

So for example,

if you create a WeChat group,

and someone in your chat group

that you don’t even know

pastes a direct quote from a Hong Kong newspaper,

you could go to jail.

And if you’ve ever been on the Internet,

you know you don’t want to be responsible

for the crazy stuff other people say online.

I mean, what if I were responsible

for all the stuff people say in the comments

to our YouTube videos?”

Um...Shelley?

The CCP can’t see our comments section, right?

’Cause YouTube is blocked in China?

Anyway, chat groups scare the Chinese regime

because they’re a way for a lot of people

to share information, organize,

and mobilize if they ever felt so inclined.

Oh, and did you know that

if you say something bad online,

the Chinese government can lower your credit score?

There is a silver lining to this though.

It probably won’t be happening

to the latest iPhone model sold in China.

Not because it’s more secure in any way.

No.

It’s because Chinese people may not buy it.

“With the iPhone 8 set to sell at a higher price,

Chinese shoppers may skip this year’s model.

Lots of supply chain experts expect that

this phone to be over a thousand dollars,

and that’s double the average Chinese salary.”

If true, this would be a big blow to Apple.

I mean, the whole reason

Apple has been bowing to Chinese censorship demands

is so they can keep selling iPhones in China!

But frankly,

I don’t think the high price tag

will stop sales.

People are going still going to buy iPhones.

Not everyone.

I mean, nearly a billion people in China

live on less than $10 a day.

But fortunately,

China also has a huge wealth gap,

so there’s lots of rich people, too!

And how will their friends know they’re rich

if they don’t have the latest gold iPhone?

But with the thousand-dollar price tag,

even the wealthy may have to make sacrifices.

Like the son-of-a-billionaire

who bought eight iPhone 7s for his dog last year.

Well he’s going to have to cut back

for the iPhone 8.

But really,

what kind of dog needs

more than four iPhones?

Speaking of phones,

I told you a couple months ago

about how the Communist Party

is forcing people in the Xinjiang region

to install surveillance apps

on their mobile phones.

Well a lot of people have been resisting.

So what can the poor CCP do?

The answer is,

send them to reeducation camps!

They’ve sent about 2,000 people so far.

At first the reeducation camps were branded as

“Counter-Extremism Training Schools”

because they were for Muslims.

After all,

you’ve got to counter that extreme behavior,

like feeling uncomfortable being monitored

at all times.

So the CCP imprisoned people

and cut off their contact with their families.

It’s only logical that when you round people up,

isolate them, and abuse them,

they become less extreme.

But the name “Counter-Extremism Training Schools”

didn’t sound so good.

So the CCP re-branded these camps as

“Socialism Training Schools.”

Hmm...still kind of suspicious.

But then they re-re-branded them as

“Professional Education Schools.”

Who could be opposed to that?

It’s like the Auschwitz School for Manual Labor and Chemical Engineering.

What?

Too soon?

Now it’s hard to find a place

as terrible as the Auschwitz School.

But there are lots of places

I wouldn’t want to be stuck in

even for one night.

Like the 2017 Alibaba Annual Party.

When your boss is the richest man in China,

you put up with some eccentricities.

It’s what you do.

Well at this year’s event,

a mysterious masked figure appeared.

Kind of dressed like Michael Jackson.

And kind of dancing like Michael Jackson.

Who could it be?!

Jack Ma.

It was the Alibaba CEO.

Then, all the other slightly out of shape bosses

joined him on stage for...

an even lamer dance.

This wasn’t really a first for Ma.

In the past he’s appeared on stage as a princess!

And, well there’s a lot to process here.

At least Alibaba events aren’t boring.

Unlike that two-hour long iPhone announcement.

I mean, I don’t even know who this guy is!

And speaking of billionaires

who do things in an unusual way,

Donald Trump.

rump is likely to make his first

presidential trip to China in November,

according to a US official.

Trump will be in Asia anyway,

to attend acronym-based summits

like ASEAN, APEC and EAS.

So it would be rude if he didn’t drop by China

and check out Xi Jinping’s cool digs.

Maybe he can also check out

that flattering Trump statue in Taiyuan.

Hopefully Trump won’t stay long, though,

because a new study claims

the pollution in China is so bad,

it’ll take three and a half years off your life.

Chinese premier Li Keqiang

has promised a war on pollution.

So I guess casualties are to be expected.

Now, China is looking into a plan

to ban gasoline and diesel cars.

It’s unclear when the ban would go into effect,

but I agree,

it’s a great idea.

Switching to electric vehicles

will make big difference

in reducing pollution.

Now, cars can run on clean electricity...

from China’s growing number of coal-fired power plants.

Speaking of pollution,

China is cleaning up the countryside.

And the latest project:

Cleaning up 300 tons of dead pigs

that had been buried in a hillside,

rotting away for four years.

It turns out they were dumped there

by a medical waste treatment company.

Tragically, the manager responsible

probably won’t be indicted for this—

since apparently he’s already in prison

for a separate,

unrelated crime.

Speaking of tragedy,

the price of Tungsten has doubled, thanks to China.

Tungsten is used as filament

in old fashioned lightbulbs,

also known as...

regular light bulbs.

Tungsten is a hard metal

that’s also used to strengthen industrial tools.

Tungsten is hard on the environment, too.

That’s the reason China gave

for putting a quota on the output of Tungsten.

Technically, China already had a quota,

but in June they announced that this time,

they’re going to be enforcing that quota,

for realsies.

This was a smart move by China,

because China mines 80% of the world’s Tungsten,

and the restrictions have made the price of Tungsten

double in the last three months.

Of course, this move is all about

protecting the environment.

Those mines are so polluting,

they just had to be shut down.

Cha-ching!

China has us by the precious metals.

And coming up after the break,

we’ll take a look at a fair and open trial in China.

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