Rocket Racket: China’s CCP sending 400 Rocket Launchers to U.S. Enemy Iran, Escalates War
China’s reported decision to provide Iran with hundreds of rocket launchers underscores what many national security analysts argue is already reality: the Chinese Communist Party is America’s foremost geopolitical rival and is increasingly aligned with regimes openly hostile to U.S. interests. Investigative Journalist and NTD Vice President Steve Lance, Epoch Times Senior Investigative Journalist Josh Philipp, and Epoch Times journalist Nan Su are available to provide expert analysis of this escalating development.
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- China deepens military support for one of America’s foremost adversaries.
- Reported arms transfer signals expanding CCP influence in the Middle East.
- Iran-China partnership threatens U.S. interests and regional stability.
- Beijing increasingly challenges America through authoritarian allies and proxies.
- What China’s Iran strategy means for U.S. national security.
Each guest provides insight into why this reported weapons transfer should be viewed not as an isolated arms deal, but as another example of Beijing strengthening an anti-American axis through military, economic, and strategic support. Joining Lance are China experts Joshua Philipp and Nan Su, whose decades of reporting and analysis on the Chinese Communist Party provide critical context for understanding Beijing’s long-term objectives and the growing threat they believe it poses to U.S. national security.
According to recent reports, Iran is expected to receive hundreds of Chinese-made rocket launchers as Tehran seeks to rebuild military capabilities damaged during recent conflict. While Beijing has publicly portrayed itself as a stabilizing force, the reported transfer raises difficult questions about China’s real objectives and whether the Chinese Communist Party is quietly reshaping the balance of power throughout the Middle East.
Lance can examine what this means from both a military and strategic perspective. Is China testing America’s resolve by supplying key adversaries while avoiding direct confrontation? Does this represent the next phase of Beijing’s long-term effort to displace U.S. influence globally? And could these transfers signal a broader doctrine in which China increasingly wages geopolitical competition through proxies rather than conventional military engagement?
Philipp brings years of investigative reporting on the CCP’s intelligence operations, political warfare, and global influence campaigns. Nan Su adds firsthand knowledge of China’s political system and can explain how Beijing’s foreign policy decisions fit within the Communist Party’s long-term strategic planning rather than short-term diplomacy.
Together, Lance, Philipp, and Su can help audiences understand that this story extends well beyond another overseas weapons shipment. It touches on China’s expanding military partnerships, the future of American deterrence, the security of U.S. allies, and whether the world’s leading authoritarian powers are becoming increasingly coordinated in challenging the existing international order.
Topics for discussion include China’s strategic partnership with Iran, Beijing’s global military ambitions, the implications for U.S. national security, how the CCP projects power without direct military intervention, and what policymakers should watch for next as tensions continue to evolve.
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OPTIONAL Q&A:
- Is China now openly arming America’s enemies?
- Does Beijing view Iran as a proxy in its confrontation with the United States?
- What does this reported weapons transfer reveal about the CCP’s long-term military strategy?
- Is the Chinese Communist Party building an anti-American alliance from Asia to the Middle East?
- How should the Trump administration respond to China’s growing military support for Iran?
- Could Chinese-supplied weapons eventually be used against U.S. troops or key allies?
- Has Beijing abandoned any pretense of geopolitical neutrality?
- Is this the clearest evidence yet that China is preparing for a broader global conflict?
ABOUT STEVE LANCE…
Steve Lance is an Investigative Journalist and Vice President of NTD Television. Based in Washington, D.C., Lance has access to a wide array of political insiders. His is expertise is U.S.-China Relations, geopolitics, and news of the day. Lance is Executive Producer with Sincere Pictures, where he focuses on investigative documentaries and cinematic storytelling rooted in real-world events.
One such documentary is UNBROKEN: The Untold Story of Shen Yun. In it, Lance leads the film’s investigative narrative, examining threats, sabotage attempts, and the broader campaign targeting the performing arts company. This campaign includes media blackouts and biased reporting from outlets like the New York Times.
Lance’s work sits at the intersection of journalism and filmmaking, bringing rigorous reporting and narrative depth to stories about power, truth, and resilience.
ABOUT JOSHUA PHILIPP…
Joshua Philipp is an award-winning journalist and Senior Investigative Reporter at The Epoch Times. He is the host of The Josh Philipp Show, a program that dives deep into news stories, to make sense of what’s going on beyond the headlines and ‘Crossroads,’ a news and analysis program on EpochTV. His works have included breakthrough investigations into the origins of Covid-19 and the Wuhan laboratory in the early days of the pandemic. He spearheaded the first documentary on the lab leak origins of the COVID-19 virus, released in April 2020. This groundbreaking documentary garnered over 75 million views, and while many tried to label it misinformation, its findings have since been vindicated by the White House and US intelligence agencies.
The Josh Philipp Show – YouTube
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp – YouTube
ABOUT NAN SU…
Nan Su is currently a Senior Reporter for the Epoch Times, a New York-based newspaper published in 36 countries and 22 languages. Mr. Su’s focus has been subjects related to China.
Born and raised in China, Mr. Nan Su came to the United States in 1989. Since 2003, he has served as a news commentator for the SOH International Chinese Radio Network and NTD International TV Network, focusing on news related to China. Over the past two decades, Mr. Su has delivered numerous speeches at public events on a wide range of China-related topics.
As an expert on China, Mr. Su’s work has covered extensively on subjects such as the threat of CCP’s global expansion, the security of Taiwan and Taiwan Strait, CCP’s human rights abuses in China, China’s economy, traditional Chinese culture before communism, forced organ harvesting in China, and the struggle for freedom in Hong Kong.
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