Category: John Mac Ghlionn

What China’s Ban on ‘Sissy’ Men Tells Us About the Pillars of Social Stability: John Mac Ghlionn

The Chinese Communist Party recently banned portrayals of effeminate men in popular entertainment, and is encouraging a stronger image for men. Yet for a regime that previously held violent campaigns to destroy tradition, and traditional social roles, why is it now changing this policy? According to John Mac Ghlionn, a psychosocial specialist and Epoch Times…


Dangers of a New Reality: How China Could Weaponize the Metaverse

A place where you can be who you want to be, go where you want to go—that, and more, is what the Metaverse is promising. Crypto and FinTech attorney Felix Shipkevich calls it “a brave new world.” Paris Hilton welcomed 2022 by throwing a new year’s party in the Metaverse. On top of the celebrity…


‘Extreme Surveillance of Everyone’: Bob Gourley on China’s Investment in the Metaverse

In this special episode, we sat down with Bob Gourley, chief technology officer at OODA, and John Mac Ghlionn, researcher and correspondent at the Brownstone Institute. They touch on the Metaverse, what is, how they see it expanding on the global stage going forward, and how bad actors, like China, could get involved. Gourley said, “Nation…


Shone Anstey, John Mac Ghlionn: Why the US and China Are Taking Opposite Approaches to Bitcoin

In this special episode, we sat down with two guests: researcher and journalist John Mac Ghlionn and Shone Anstey, CEO at LQwD fintech. They touch on the world of bitcoin—from the merits and the dangers to the different approaches the United States and China are taking; from embracing it to banning it; and how it’ll play…


‘Cancerous to the West’: Kyle Bass on the Risks of China’s Digital Currency Rollout

In this special episode, we sat down with Kyle Bass, founder and principal of Hayman Capital Management, and John Mac Ghlionn, journalist and researcher. They touch on President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s summit, the U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission, and what it means going forward. When asked about actionable steps following the…


‘If All You Had Was One Source of News’: Chris Fenton on Beijing’s Information Warfare

In this special episode, we sat down with two guests: Chris Fenton, a U.S.–China expert and author of “Feeding the Dragon,” and journalist John Mac Ghlionn, who’s lived and worked in China. They touch on Beijing’s soft power tactics, such as through information warfare and Hollywood, and what that means going forward. On Beijing’s use…