Valuetainment - January 28, 2026


"They’re In Big Trouble" - China’s Top General Accused of Leaking NUCLEAR Secrets


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Length

7 minutes

Words per Minute

172.1618

Word Count

1,335

Sentence Count

137

Misogynist Sentences

2

Hate Speech Sentences

3


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China's most senior general is under investigation, China's defense ministry said on Saturday in what is Beijing's highest profile purge of the top brass to date. China's top general has not been seen in public since November when he held talks with Russia's defense minister in Moscow.

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00:00:00.000 There's something going on right now that it's problematic.
00:00:03.200 This is two years in a row, back to back,
00:00:05.960 China's leaders are being accused of leaking secrets.
00:00:09.140 Did you see this one story, Tom?
00:00:10.540 Okay, so check this out.
00:00:11.540 China's top general, accused of giving nuclear secrets to the U.S.
00:00:17.100 Rob, do you have the clip on that?
00:00:18.360 Yes.
00:00:18.740 Great haircut, by the way.
00:00:21.040 China's most senior general is under investigation.
00:00:24.680 Its defense ministry said on Saturday
00:00:26.660 in what is Beijing's highest-profile purge of the top brass to date.
00:00:33.080 Zhang Youxia is being probed over suspected serious violation of discipline and law,
00:00:38.200 the ministry said.
00:00:39.320 He has not been seen in public since November
00:00:41.840 when he held talks with Russia's defense minister in Moscow.
00:00:47.440 The veteran modernizer was widely seen as President Xi Jinping's closest military ally.
00:00:54.160 The 75-year-old was Xi's second in command
00:00:57.960 as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission.
00:01:03.080 Foreign diplomats and security analysts are watching developments closely,
00:01:08.000 given Zhang's closeness to Xi.
00:01:11.540 His removal may also impact the commission's work in terms of command,
00:01:16.080 as well as the People Liberation Army's ongoing military modernization and posture.
00:01:21.320 The military was one of the main targets of a broad corruption crackdown ordered by Xi in 2012.
00:01:29.200 Eight top generals were expelled from the ruling Communist Party on graft charges in 2025.
00:01:36.140 The ministry on Saturday said Liu Jin-li,
00:01:38.740 chief of staff of the commission's Joint Staff Department,
00:01:42.360 was also under investigation.
00:01:44.100 Okay, you can pause it right there.
00:01:46.960 He's gone.
00:01:47.440 They haven't seen him since November.
00:01:49.820 He's gone.
00:01:51.200 He is not giving secrets to us.
00:01:53.600 Why is this a pattern, though?
00:01:55.480 This happened two years in a row now, Tom.
00:01:57.820 Where are you at with this?
00:01:59.000 Well, I'll tell you.
00:01:59.820 Spying works both ways, number one.
00:02:02.420 And then number two, people have said for a long time that military leaders in China
00:02:12.060 are not like the military leaders in Germany.
00:02:16.560 What was the thing?
00:02:17.420 You know, we were just following orders when they were put on trial, remember?
00:02:21.560 I was just following orders.
00:02:23.260 And they're looking at it, and there are military leaders in China that have been said
00:02:28.120 that are disgusted with how people are really being treated.
00:02:32.780 And every now and then, you know, we've got spies over there.
00:02:36.180 You know, we've got things that we do over there.
00:02:38.360 I mean, you know, they're sending, you know, honeypots over here for Eric Swalwell.
00:02:44.120 I'm sure the CIA knows how to send an OnlyFans girl or two over to China.
00:02:49.060 It's the same thing.
00:02:49.780 I'm not making a joke.
00:02:50.460 Yeah, no, you're right.
00:02:51.660 You know, it's men's weakness.
00:02:56.040 And so the combination of they actually are disgusted by what they see as treatment of
00:03:01.360 their people, number one, and number two, they're susceptible to spying into techniques
00:03:05.640 as everybody else.
00:03:06.880 And then they sit there and think, well, we're never really going to have a nuclear war.
00:03:10.140 We're not going to launch these at each other.
00:03:11.660 And I'll get a little bit of money, or I'll get a little bit of this, and I'll just go ahead
00:03:14.940 and do it.
00:03:15.400 Well, what happens is now, why does China announce it is the bigger one?
00:03:20.580 Why doesn't China just keep this under wraps?
00:03:23.540 That's a good question.
00:03:24.640 You see?
00:03:25.100 It's because what they're about to do to this guy, they want everybody else in the military
00:03:29.940 to know it went down.
00:03:31.880 That's what they want.
00:03:33.180 Otherwise, they would hide this.
00:03:35.040 China never shows weakness.
00:03:36.720 They lie about economic stats so that they don't show weakness.
00:03:39.800 The only way they do this, with this woman's voice and everything, to let everybody else
00:03:45.340 in the military know what's about to go down.
00:03:48.620 Humberto, where are you at?
00:03:49.560 Not everybody speaks Chinese.
00:03:51.080 There's different layers.
00:03:52.100 They can make an example out of someone and keep it inside of China.
00:03:56.560 I think this can be a little bit of noise.
00:03:59.200 We caught three spies in the last year, like three Chinese spies.
00:04:02.180 Agriculture, terrorist, wing spies.
00:04:04.380 Oh, the two in Minnesota with the poisons and the fungus for the crops.
00:04:08.960 That's how it works.
00:04:10.840 It's tit for tat.
00:04:11.820 It's a terrible year for Timberwolves.
00:04:13.860 Terrible year.
00:04:14.780 But what I was going to get at is that they're in big trouble.
00:04:20.900 We've been covering their aging population.
00:04:23.600 That was the biggest strength of China.
00:04:25.200 They gave the world this idea of unlimited population growth that they're going to take
00:04:31.020 over by making babies.
00:04:32.880 Then the second thing, you have a debt dividend.
00:04:34.940 They only have one.
00:04:35.800 They only have one or less than one.
00:04:38.280 Then you have an economy that is collapsing.
00:04:40.680 You know, like if you see their housing market and the debt they have taken in the last few
00:04:48.340 years and how it's exploding in their face, it's unbelievable.
00:04:51.440 Ghost cities and actually tearing down giant apartment buildings.
00:04:54.060 They call them tofu buildings.
00:04:55.240 And then you have a very rigid that Xi Jinping is doing.
00:04:58.760 He has centralized all the power into one guy.
00:05:01.060 You know what I mean?
00:05:01.640 So you have a very rigid structure and a very rigid house commanded.
00:05:06.900 So I don't know.
00:05:07.920 This is not looking good.
00:05:08.880 I think they're trying to like divert attention from something else that's going on there.
00:05:14.020 America's turning 250 this year.
00:05:15.940 And by the way, we're doing something special on the 250th, 4th of July.
00:05:22.220 Stay tuned.
00:05:22.880 I'll announce it to you when it's ready to announce.
00:05:25.480 It's going to be wild.
00:05:26.160 But we're going to do a handful of special pieces of merch limited edition numbered.
00:05:31.680 Okay.
00:05:32.200 This one's going to be out of 250 with the number 250.
00:05:36.180 So it's a number data 250 for the 250-year celebration of U.S.
00:05:40.520 It will not last long.
00:05:42.140 Rob, play this clip.
00:05:43.860 Future looks bright.
00:05:45.340 We're excited about this year with all the chaos that's happened.
00:05:48.160 And when we break down to you what is really going on or makes sense to you.
00:05:51.440 But having said that, Rob, go ahead and play this clip.
00:05:53.200 We don't just make products.
00:05:56.620 We carry a legacy built on American craftsmanship, intention, and pride.
00:06:04.520 250 years of history refined for today.
00:06:10.860 Every detail tells a story.
00:06:15.800 Every piece stands for who we are.
00:06:19.040 This is tradition.
00:06:24.500 Reimagined.
00:06:26.660 This is our 250 years limited edition collection.
00:06:32.100 The future looks bright at 250.
00:06:38.180 Guys, this is all I'll tell you.
00:06:39.980 Good luck if you sat on this one.
00:06:42.940 If you wait.
00:06:43.580 By the way, for some of you guys that unfortunately will watch this this afternoon because you wait for the clips.
00:06:47.480 You can find the items that people buy on eBay.
00:06:51.040 That's that'll be the only place you'll be able to get it.
00:06:52.740 The hat will not last a long time.
00:06:54.340 Again, it's limited merch.
00:06:56.300 So it's numbered out of 250.
00:06:58.100 If you go to eBay afterwards, you may find it because these things are not going to last but 30 minutes.
00:07:02.940 They'll be gone in no time.
00:07:04.020 Every time we do limited merch, it comes.
00:07:06.400 The hat comes in a box that says future looks bright and the logo VT right on there.
00:07:12.460 So go to VT merch dot com.
00:07:14.680 Place your order.
00:07:15.320 Go to VT merch dot com, Rob.
00:07:16.560 If you could just go to the website.
00:07:18.440 If you go to VT merch dot com on the cover, you'll see the 250.
00:07:21.620 Get the sweater because it's cold.
00:07:23.460 Get the shirt and get the hat.
00:07:24.960 And if not for you, buy it for somebody else as well.
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