[Lude Press｜Dr. Yan Talks] Lai Ching-te: “Israel is a valuable model for Taiwan”—U.S.-Israel alliance protects Taiwan; CNN exposes CCP smuggling of high-purity sodium perchlorate to Iran for nuclear weapons? 10/29/2025

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/live/PnoxTNBYxyM?si=vERbGF9gy8eRmwaK

01｜President Trump looks forward to meeting Xi Jinping in South Korea

Trump’s Truth Social Post: “Bringing back Trillions of Dollar to USA! A great trip. Dealing with very smart, talented, and wonderful Leaders. Tomorrow, President Xi of China. It will be a great meeting for both!!! President DJT”
◉ Previously, Lee Jae-myung went to the White House to negotiate an agreement with President Trump, but it had been delayed and unsigned. This time, Trump personally came to Seoul and will be signing the agreement. Like the CCP, Lee Jae-myung also has flexible “red lines”, yet he likes to play tricks on minor details, such as gifts for President Trump and arrangements for dinners.

◉ President Trump has repeatedly reminded everyone that he intends to meet Xi Jinping, creating a pre-occupied impression that a meeting would yield positive outcomes, in which everything could be discussed, and even fentanyl tariffs might be lowered. Trump has scheduled four hours for the meeting with Xi and arranged the meeting location in Busan, showing full sincerity. However, if the meeting does not happen due to Xi Jinping’s unilateral decision, the world’s blame will fall squarely on Xi.

02｜Lai Ching-te: “Israel is a valuable model for Taiwan” — U.S.-Israel alliance protects Taiwan

President Lai Ching-te, attending the first Taiwan visit dinner of the U.S.-Israel Public Affairs Committee in Taipei, used the biblical story of “David versus Goliath” to emphasize that one must stand bravely against authoritarianism. He stated that Israel’s determination and capability to defend its territory provide a valuable model for Taiwan. He also stressed that appeasement cannot restrain authoritarian powers, and that “seeking peace through strength” has long been a guiding principle shared by the United States, Israel, and Taiwan.

President Lai’s public remarks were clear and sent a strong signal to the world. His message is not only about learning from Israel but also about cooperating with the United States and Israel to achieve collective defense.

Seeing President Lai’s speech, Lude Media feels very encouraged and gratified. Lude Media has consistently urged President Lai to speak more in the media and called for Taiwan to align closely with the U.S. and Israel—not just quietly, but openly and loudly—leaving no “gray area” for the CCP to exploit.

Why is President Lai’s statement so significant? Dr. Yan emphasizes it to give friends who love Taiwan confidence: Taiwan is standing with the U.S. and Israel and is not alone, so there is no need to be demoralized or intimidated.

◉President Lai referenced the biblical story of “David versus Goliath,” which is not just a literary allusion but also a symbolic declaration in terms of strategic psychology and Taiwan’s defense philosophy. The story of young David defeating the giant warrior Goliath is a well-known symbol of the small triumphing over the mighty, of using wisdom to overcome brute force.

Taiwan’s current confrontation with the CCP mirrors this David-versus-Goliath scenario: the power imbalance is stark. But Taiwan differs from the CCP system—it has flexible technology, strong convictions, clear values, and allies.

President Lai’s words make it immediately clear to countries like the U.S. and Israel, which share a biblical cultural background, that Taiwan relies on spirit, courage, conviction, precision, and wisdom. Taiwan counters coercion through innovation, technology, democracy, and the will of its people. This is Taiwan’s declaration of resisting asymmetric and unconventional warfare.

◉ By citing Israel as a model, Taiwan is essentially declaring its intent to stand shoulder to shoulder with the U.S. and Israel. Once security cooperation comes into play, this encompasses full-spectrum intelligence sharing, technological collaboration, strategic support, and Israel’s doctrine of preemptive action and uncompromising retaliation. President Lai’s statement signals that Taiwan and its allies are prepared to shift from a defensive posture to a proactive one.

◉ “Israel’s experience serves as a survival model that Taiwan can draw on in geopolitics.” Lude Media is also the first and only one in the Chinese-speaking world that has proposed this concept.

Colonel Guermantes Lailari has devoted considerable effort to Taiwan’s security and brings extensive experience in U.S.-Israel diplomatic affairs. So when we see President Lai moving so closely with Israel and the U.S., it’s important to recognize that the support of America’s friends behind the scenes has been indispensable.

◉ In September of this year, Israeli legislators visited Taiwan; at the military-strategic level, Taiwan and Israel share a high degree of similarity in missile defense system architecture. Taiwanese envoys visited Israel, and Israel is providing technical support as a “shield for Taiwan.”

This means that Israel has formally become one of the official suppliers for Taiwan’s missile defense system—essentially localizing Israeli experience within Taiwan. Israel has already opened certain aspects of its defense industrial chain to Taiwan with political backing. Although the two countries have not established embassies, they already form a “micro-alliance,” a flexible partnership, and this is led by the U.S., which is actively driving Taiwan’s defense security.

03｜Taiwan is currently handling spies with a “light touch,” insulting everyone’s intelligence.

Taiwan’s recently exposed Chinese spies—ranging from generals down to minor agents—have mostly been caught with only small sums of money from the CCP. The promised benefits like cryptocurrency or land in China were hardly mentioned. The indictments mainly state that they were supposed to incite or recruit certain military personnel, but failed; or that CCP agents who had been groomed for over a decade tried to develop sub-agents in Taiwan, but failed. In short, the CCP has been too timid: first, they give too little money to cultivate Taiwanese spies; second, the Taiwanese agents they did cultivate are extremely incompetent and accomplish almost nothing.

Based on Dr. Yan’s discussion about the CCP’s secret internal power development, if they were really as weak as some think, they wouldn’t be able to shake up the UK and the US so profoundly—they’ve even infiltrated the royal family.

So, while President Lai’s statements are encouraging, Taiwan is still in a very precarious situation. Taiwanese people must clearly recognize where their enemies are.

We hope for more cooperation from Taiwan. Protecting Taiwan is also protecting the Chinese community and Chinese people abroad. Dr. Yan, having witnessed Hong Kong’s struggles during the “anti-extradition” movement, feels deeply saddened. Having visited Taiwan, she loves Taiwan greatly and is determined to work together with everyone to preserve Taiwan’s freedom and democracy.

04｜CNN Claims China Is Smuggling Sodium Perchlorate to Iran — What’s Really Going On?

CNN: Iran is rearming despite UN sanctions, with China’s help
◉ Assisting Iran’s missile programs is also prohibited, because prior to the strikes on Iran in June, the Trump administration had already made it clear that Iran must not possess nuclear weapons nor develop missiles.

◉ European intelligence services have pointed out that since the “snapback” sanctions were reinstated, multiple shipments of sodium perchlorate have already arrived at Iranian ports. Sodium perchlorate is a key raw material for producing solid‑fuel propellant for medium‑range missiles. Within just one month, 2,000 tons have reached Iran, which was procured from the PRC. Moreover, some of the cargo vessels and Chinese exporting companies involved are already on the U.S. sanctions list. The social‑media activity of the crew members has also become evidence.

◉ “Sodium perchlorate” itself is not a banned chemical, but it is highly sensitive because it is the direct precursor of “ammonium perchlorate,” the core oxidizer in solid‑fuel missile propellant, which is strictly prohibited for export. The CCP is once again playing the same game it plays with “fentanyl precursors.”
Two thousand tons of sodium perchlorate, once converted into ammonium perchlorate and then into missile fuel, can produce about 500 missiles. Iran is currently producing around 200 missiles per month and therefore needs a large amount of precursor materials.

◉ From an intelligence perspective, this reveals even more signals.
Everyone knows Iran’s ultimate goal is to build nuclear weapons and nuclear warheads. So what is the CCP’s true intention in shipping such critical materials to Iran?
Purchases in the thousand‑ton range are extremely abnormal. This scale means: rapidly rebuilding Iran’s ballistic‑missile stockpile and creating redundancy in solid‑fuel production — with the surplus likely directed toward nuclear‑weapon development.
Experts say these materials can be used for nuclear‑weapon delivery‑system advancement, meaning their significance goes far beyond conventional arms. It signals a reconstitution effort at a nuclear‑weapon level.

◉ This timing is very interesting.
News just broke about the CCP purchasing overpriced uranium in Georgia. Dr. Yan has already analyzed this: if Chinese operatives were actually meeting their own counterparts to spend $400,000 to acquire uranium on behalf of the Iranian regime or terrorist groups, the logic suddenly makes sense.
All these developments serve as a buildup — the narrative portion of a coordinated multinational effort to contain and blockade the CCP’s nuclear‑proliferation activities.

It paints a clear closed loop where the CCP has been helping Iran to achieve. The CCP has been helping Iran to ship precursor oxidizers for missile fuel, obtain uranium from the black market, and support Iran’s missile platforms and nuclear program.

Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism, and now the CCP is being tied directly onto the same line.

05｜Peking University “small‑language prodigy” becomes a major CCP fentanyl cartel boss in Mexico
[LuDe Media Report] New details about Zhang Zhidong — the CCP drug‑trafficking kingpin and former student of Peking University’s School of Foreign Languages (Spanish Department).

Zhang Zhidong studied a small‑language major (Spanish) at Peking University. Another well‑known figure connected to this background is Ji Xianlin.

LuDe Media’s inside “Thunder” revealed three years ago that Ji Xianlin was actually a senior operative in the CCP’s International Liaison Department — a major spy handler. He specialized in East Asian languages and other “small languages,” and his research focused on how these lesser‑used languages could be turned into codes and cipher systems to aid the CCP’s intelligence network.

◉ Anyone with additional information about Zhang Zhidong, please contact LuDe Media.