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Standing Committee meeting on floods; Surprise rate cut; Plenum study guide; PRC-Russia; US Amb. Burns on US-China
Summary of today’s Essential Eight:Standing Committee meeting on the flooding - The Standing Committee met to "study and arrange work related to flood…
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Propagandizing and studying the Plenum; Ukraine FM meets Wang Yi; Paris Olympics; Hacking contest
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Sharp China: The Plenum Puzzles Outsiders; Xi Stays the Course; 'Deepening Reforms' to Western Journalism in China; Remembering the 2008…
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"Beijing Declaration" for Palestine; Plenum does not impress investors; Cleaning up financial sector; Biden rumors
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: PRC brokers a “Beijing Declaration” by 14 Palestinian factions - The PRC is claiming another win in its efforts to…
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Third Plenum Resolution and Xi's Explainer; MSS video; PRC-Philippines deal over Second Thomas Shoal resupply?
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: 1. Third Plenum Resolution and Xi’s explainer - The “Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of…
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Sharp China: Parsing the Third Plenum Communique; Xi and the Rumor Mill; Trump on Taiwan; Biden and the Chip Status Quo
Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with an overview of the third plenum and its significance before turning to Thursday's communique in…
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Third Plenum communique; Disappointing or too early to tell?; Qin Gang may have a soft landing
The Third Plenum has concluded and the Central Committee issued a communique. Xi presided over the meeting and was shown looking fine, so either his…
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Trump on Taiwan; PRC suspends arms control talks with US; More chip controls?; WSJ fires Selina Cheng; AI
We should have news from the Plenum in the next few hours.. As usual when there is a big PRC political meeting imminent or underway, rumors start flying…
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Plenum; Wang Yi speaks to his Hungarian counterpart about Ukraine; Unsold homes; PRC-Philippines
Summary of today’s top items: Third Plenum - We are still waiting for any news out of the Plenum. The South China Morning Post reports that the US-China…
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Third Plenum; Economic data; Reactions to Trump assassination attempt; PRC-Russia
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PRC DC Embassy on the political situation in Washington DC
So this is not a real cable, it is a work of fiction, and it will probably anger some and perhaps even lead a few (not too many I hope) people to…
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Third Plenum; Reactions to NATO summit; Progress in clean energy; Edible oil scandal; History's garbage time 历史的垃圾时间
Summary of today’s top items: Third Plenum - The Rhodium Group has a useful report on what to look for at the Plenum next week. Expectations are so low…
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