The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday August 6

Air Date: 
August 06, 2014

Photo, above: Chinese fishing boats.
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Co-host: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com
Hour One
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 1, Block A: Harry Kazianis, managing editor of the National Interest and a non-resident senior fellow at the China Policy Institute, re: Hundreds of thousands of fishing boats in China are housing GPS locators and acting as auxiliary navy vessels.
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 1, Block B: Michael Davis, professor at Hong Kong University Law School, re:
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 1, Block C: David Grinspoon, Library of Congress, re:
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 1, Block D: Elizabeth Rosenthal, NYT, re:
Hour Two
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 2, Block A: Christian Whiton, president of the Hamilton Foundation, re: Obama: 'Russia doesn't make anything,' West must be firm with China.
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 2, Block B: Fraser Howie, co-author Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise, re: China using antimonopoly law to pressure foreign businesses.
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 2, Block C: Charles Burton, professor at Brock University, re: China carrying out most significant purge as Xi Jinping seeks to tighten his grip.
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 2, Block D: Charles Ortel, managing director of Newport Value Partners, re: China stocks surge.
Hour Three
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 3, Block A: Monica Crowley, Fox News Analyst, re: Poll finds widespread economic anxiety in Americans.
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 3, Block B: Mona Charen, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and columnist with Creators Syndicate, re: Can the U.S. still be a leader in the Middle East: steadfast support for Israel is the only solution.
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 3, Block C: Jillian Kay Melchior, National Review Online, re: Colorado Democrats reach last-minute fracking deal.
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 3, Block D: Robert Zimmerman, BehindTheBlack.com, re: SpaceX strikes deal with Texas to build spaceport.
Hour Four
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 4, Block A: Liz Peek, The Fiscal Times, re: Obama’s dream act dooms immigration reform.
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 4, Block B: Bret Stephens, WSJ, re: Palestine and double standares.
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 4, Block C: Patricia Zengerle, Reuters, re: E-coyotes: the Central American people smugglers who “like” Facebook.
Wednesday  6 August   2014    / Hour 4, Block D:  Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution, re: U.S. must strongly affirm Israel’s right of self-defense.