# How China Is Buying the Worldd

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Podcast: [Heroes Behind Headlines](https://stenobird.com/podcast/heroes-behind-headlines-4769541)
Published: 2026-08-24T04:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Travel writer and investigative journalist Michael McCarthy. Michael has traveled to over fifty countries, but his special interest is China. So wherever he goes he keeps his eye out for hidden clues about ways the Chinese Communist Party is secretly infiltrating western democracies in order take over the world. He finds plenty in unlikely places like Tahiti, Dubai, Vancouver, Switzerland and Los Angeles This is the subject of his recent book Follow the Money: How China Bought the World...

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