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Macron in Beijing; Hong Kong; PRC-Japan; Real estate; RMB appreciation talk; Selling LGFV debt to retail investors

Just days before the Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC), China International Capital Corp chief strategist Miao Yanliang, who previously was chief…

Dec 4 •

Sharp China: Trump, Takaichi and a Game of Telephone; Japan Jawboning Continues; An Internet Governance Study Session; China Making Trade…

Listen now | This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the call between Trump and Xi last week, a…

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Finance and fiscal policy after the Fourth Plenum; Wang Yi in Russia; Rare earths; Japan-China; Macron to China; Real estate

Maintain the basic stability of the RMB exchange rate at a reasonable and equilibrium level. Promote the internationalization of the RMB, improve the…

Dec 3 •

Hong Kong fire; Politburo study session on strengthening Internet governance; Japan-China; Cloud loophole for advanced AI chips; Xu Qinxian

The November Politburo study session, convened on November 28, focused on “strengthening the governance of the Internet ecosystem”. The meeting signals…

Dec 1 •

Who initiated the Trump-Xi call?; PRC-Japan; Loosening loan standards; CrowdStrike questions DeepSeek coding security

On Monday the Wall Street Journal reported that Xi initiated the call, based on “people close to Beijing”, but on Tuesday the Ministry of Foreign…

Nov 26 •

Xi-Trump call; PRC-Japan; Getting harder to evade PRC taxes; Sketchy LGFV bond deals

Trump made no mention of Taiwan or the “post-war international order” in his Truth Social post about the call, saying that “we discussed many topics…

Nov 25 •

Japan-China; Symposium for Hu Yaobang; US-China; "Extraordinary measures" for tech self-sufficiency

Reuters reports that President Trump’s promised 100% tariff on semiconductors may now not be happening. This should not be a surprise, all new major…

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