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Xinhua Q&A on economy ahead of CEWC; PRC-Philippines tensions; GM’s China dream ending; Doping scandal; RIP Chiung Yao 琼瑶
Xinhua Q&A series on the economy ahead of the CEWC - Xinhua has started a “Q&A” series on the current state of the economy - 当前中国经济问答之. The first one is…
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Sharp China: Final Updates to the Biden Chip Controls; Peak Tough on China?; PLA and CEWC Speculation; More Trump Questions than Answers in…
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CEWC; Reactions to chip controls; Studying Xi Thought on Culture
CEWC to meet next week - Bloomberg reports that the Central Economic Conference will convene December 11-12. That is not “early”, as some of the rumor…
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No mention of November Politburo meeting; US updates chip controls; Xi on the BRI; Lai in Hawaii; Miao Hua; US-China prisoner swap
No announcement of a November Politburo meeting - There was no public announcement of a November Politburo meeting or study session. Usually in November…
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Social stability concerns; Another PRC Defense Minister in trouble?; “Additional 10% tariff, above any additional tariffs”; Chip controls…
Consumption stimulus and an early Central Economic Work Conference? - Expect a big push around the upcoming China Economic Work Conference (CEWC) about…
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Xi stops in Morocco; Concerns about social stability; Updated semiconductor controls imminent?; Campaign to address algorithm problems on…
This edition of the newsletter is coming to you earlier than usual because I will be at the Stockholm China Forum Monday and Tuesday and so there will…
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Measures to promote foreign trade; More speculation about Trump 2.0 and China; Zhejiang cracks down on official extortion of businesses
Climate envoy Liu Zhenmin on Trump Administration and the Paris Agreement - The Beijing News interviewed climate envoy Liu Zhenmin. When asked about the…
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Xi in Brazil; Han Wenxiu on “Constructing a High-Level Socialist Market Economy System” ; World Internet Conference; Jimmy Lai
Han Wenxiu on “Constructing a High-Level Socialist Market Economy System” - Han Wenxiu, deputy director of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs…
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Sharp China: The Final Biden-Xi Meeting; PRC Messaging to the World; Mass Attacks and the Party Response; Trump Transition Updates
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Xi at the G-20; Sentences for 45 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists; Business as usual in Hong Kong for foreign financiers; Hunan school car…
5. Car runs into crowd at primary school in Hunan - A car drove into a crowd as children were arriving for school in Changde, Hunan. According to the…
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Xi-Biden meeting; Xi at APEC and the G-20; PRC armed drones to Russia?; COP29; Another mass killing; Xi on population trends
Xi-Biden meeting in Peru - Xi and Biden held their final meeting in Lima on Saturday. The most positive outcome from the meeting was that they both…
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Xi in Peru; Xinhua reporters find shoddy HSR construction; FT on Goldman's expensive China adventure
Financial Times reporters, not named in the byline presumably for safety reasons, have written a delicious account of how Fang Fenglei outplayed Goldman…
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