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A relatively quiet day, at least when it comes to China, as we await the end of the Two Sessions. 1. PLA at the Two Sessions - The excellent YouTube…

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The “OpenClaw” frenzy has is spreading, driven by a chaotic mix of grassroots FOMO, aggressive cloud vendor marketing, and local government industrial…

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NPC; Government Work Report; Xi's breakout session; NDRC report; 15th Five-Year Plan; Iran; Chips

he message from Premier Li’s draft government work report he delivered Thursday is that things are on the right track in spite of a difficult external…

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Sharp China: All Eyes on Iran; Two Sessions Questions; Alibaba, DeepSeek and Distillation; Another UK Spying Scandal

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Mar 5 • Bill Bishop

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Two sessions; Iran; Another UK spy case; Qwen

Three British men have been arrested on “suspicion of assisting Chinese intelligence” under the National Security Act. All have ties to the Labour Party…

Mar 4 • Bill Bishop

Reactions to Iran war; US-China; Two Sessions; DeepSeek and Qwen

There has been some speculation that because of the US attack on Iran, Xi would postpone or cancel his meeting with President Trump at the end of the…

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