On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Syrian President Bashar Assad's media adviser, Bouthaina Shaaban. She discusses the Syrian Arab Army/pro-government forces victory in Aleppo, which has secured the entire Aleppo region for the first time since 2012, the Idlib offensive and why it has taken so long for the Syrian government to conduct the operation, allegations of Russian and Syrian targeting of civilians in the offensive, her message to President Erdogan in the context of the Turkish occupation of Northern Syria, and more!
Next, we speak to Deng Xiaoping's former translator Victor Gao about the coronavirus outbreak, criticism of the Chinese response, allegations of mass human rights abuses against the Muslim Uighurs, the crisis in Kashmir involving China, India and Pakistan, the trade war with the United States, whether China is a dictatorship, and more!
