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Sharp China: Elon Musk’s Surprise Trip to Beijing; A Third Plenum Set for July; An Uneventful Blinken Visit; Xi’s Trip to Europe
Listen now | This episode of Sharp China is free for everyone. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with a surprise, 24-hour trip to China…
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April 2024

Politburo meeting and a July Third Plenum; Beijing relaxes some housing restrictions; Scarborough Shoal tensions
The PRC is now on the May 1 Holiday. There will not be a regular newsletter for the rest of this week, though we did record an episode of Sharp China…
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Politburo meeting and announcement of Third Plenum in July
The Politburo met today for its April meeting, and the topic was to analyze and study the current economic situation. The meeting also decided that the…
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Xi to Europe; MSS head on the "five antis"; Musk's big Beijing trip; Housing restrictions; RMB; Kinmen patrols
There has been no announcement of the April Politburo meeting, so we should hear about it on Tuesday the 30th on the eve of the May 1 holiday. The…
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2024 Weekly Discussion Thread #10; Xi meets Blinken
Happy Friday! A few starter comments from me today, and feel free to discuss whatever you would like, here or in the always open Chat or on Notes As…
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Blinken in Shanghai; Putin to the PRC; TikTok; Huawei; New report on the Wuxi Group
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: 1. Xi visits the Army Medical University - Xi’s inspection tours usually include a meeting with local PLA officers…
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Bill Bishop
Xi in Chongqing; Blinken in Shanghai; TikTok; EU-PRC stress; People's Armed Forces Department
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: Xi in Chongqing - According to the CCTV package on his inspection Xi “emphasized that Chongqing should benchmark the…
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Sharp China: Blinken to China; San Francisco Vision Six Months Later; TikTok; A Scandal for PRC Swimming
Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's trip to Beijing and Shanghai this week, including reports…
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Xi in Chongqing; MoFA on Blinken visit; Financial sanctions over support for Russia? QE talk again; Another alleged PRC spy in Germany
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: Xi in Chongqing - Xi is on an inspection tour in Chongqing. The full propaganda package around his inspection tour…
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PLA's new Information Support Force; Blinken to PRC; TikTok; Swimming scandal; UK and Germany espionage arrests
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: 1. PLA reorg creates Information Support Force - The Strategic Support Force, created in the massive PLA reforms…
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Blinken to the PRC; New "axis of evil"?; Wang Yi in Indonesia; "Fingertip formalism"; TikTok
Summary of today’s top items: Blinken to China next week - Politico scooped that US Secretary of State Blinken will visit the PRC starting April 23. The…
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US trade actions; TikTok bill may pass in days; US-Philippines exercises
It is starting to feel like the US-China stabilization around the Xi-Biden meeting last November is getting very shaky. Here is an incomplete list of…
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