Episode Details

After a brief intro, I jump into the four (very random) China stories of the week (1:25), followed by a deep dive into how the Babylon Bee recently (no joke) promoted Falun Gong, a Chinese Buddhist cult (23:31). For the final five or so minutes, I go through all of the Pray for China cities to "remember" this week. (52:12).

Welcome to China Compass on the Fight Laugh Feast Network! I'm your China travel guide, Missionary Ben. Follow me (@chinaadventures) on Twitter/X where I post new/unique Chinese city prayer profiles every single day. Also, you can email me any questions or comments (bfwesten at gmail dot com) and find everything else, including my books, at PrayGiveGo.us!

Pray for China places of the week (Follow @chinaadventures to see which city daily)

https://chinacall.substack.com/p/pray-for-china-aug-17-23-2025

Robot Antelopes in Tibet

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-deploys-robot-antelope-in-tibet-to-surveil-real-herds

China's Strategic Rare Earth Move (50 Years Ago!)

https://indiandefencereview.com/in-1978-chinese-engineers-visited-two-major-american-companies-on-their-return-they-founded-an-empire-rare-earths/

All the Peanut Butter in China?

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/charted-peanut-butter-consumption-per-capita-by-country/

Hong Kong to be China's Crypto Hub

https://cointelegraph.com/news/china-crypto-liquidation-plans-reveal-its-grand-strategy

The Bee: 10 Undeniable Reasons Communist China Is Way Better Than America

https://babylonbee.com/news/10-undeniable-reasons-communist-china-is-way-better-than-america

Not ‘da Bee: Here’s the Falun Gong Streaming Platform That Sponsored the Bee Article

https://www.ganjingworld.com/tag/Falun%20Dafa/1699198512775

More About Falun Gong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong

https://www.ucanews.com/news/falun-gongs-secrets-for-surviving-in-china/85660

Final Thoughts on Falun Gong:

• Not a typical cult, but close (ie, mysterious god-like leader, etc)