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Sinocism Live

A Sharp Tech and Sharp China Crossover on the Chip Ban, Taiwan, TikTok and More

Sinocism Live

Sinocism live on US-China relations with the FT’s Demetri Sevastopulo

Sharp China Podcast

Sharp China: A Ceasefire and Reports of PRC Pressure; Another Politburo Investigation; Mythos, DeepSeek, and a Token Crunch

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Sharp China: A Ceasefire and Reports of PRC Pressure; Another Politburo Investigation; Mythos, DeepSeek, and a Token Crunch

Apr 9 • Bill Bishop

46:16

Iran war; PLA rectification; Services Sector Conference; Mutating troll armies; AI token usage

There appears to be a ceasefire in the war, though already there have been violations. According to President Trump. China played a role in convincing…

Apr 8 • Bill Bishop

Iran war; Ma Xingrui; Industrial and Supply Chain Security; PLA political rectification; MSS warns about foreign dinner guests

- China and Russia vetoed a watered-down United Nations Security Council resolution put forward by Bahrain to encourage countries to work together to…

Apr 7 • Bill Bishop

Trump's Tiger-Riding Predicament | Sinification: March 2026

More than a month on, early scepticism about US regime-change prospects in Iran has hardened into a feeling somewhere between consternation and…

Apr 6 • Jacob Mardell, Thomas des Garets Geddes, and James Farquharson

Wang Yi works the phones about Iran war; CICIR head on national security; Pig overcapacity; Wemby's time at Shaolin; Balanced trade

Wang Yi has been very busy working the phones about the Iran crisis over the last 24 hours, holding calls with the German, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain…

Apr 2 • Bill Bishop

Sharp China: The U.S., China and Iran; A PRC-Pakistan Peace Plan; KMT Chair Set to Visit China; Huawei, Manus and ZXMOTO

This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall.

Apr 2 • Bill Bishop

57:14

Li Qiang inspects Sichuan; Iran war; Another call for balanced trade; Museum scandal fallout

Li Qiang examined nuclear power, hydropower, and other equipment and core components, encouraging the enterprises to target the frontiers of science and…

Apr 1 • Bill Bishop

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Sharp China: Big Picture Questions for 2024; Taiwan and the Philippines and Tentative Stability; Our Favorite Memories from 2023

Dec 21, 2023 • Bill Bishop and Andrew Sharp

Trump delays China visit because Iran war likely will not be over by March 31; US-China trade talks; Xi on marine economy; Stabilizing…

Mar 16 • Bill Bishop

Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping's China by John Garnaut

Jan 17, 2019 • Bill Bishop

Sharp China: The Taiwan Status Quo; Markets and GDP Go Opposite Directions; China and the Red Sea; Cannabis; Soccer Corruption

Jan 19, 2024 • Bill Bishop and Andrew Sharp

Wang Yi at the UN; Fu Zhenghua sentenced; Nvidia China sales

Sep 22, 2022 • Bill Bishop

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