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Xi in Macau; Standardizing public statements by economists and analysts; Dong Jun in Vietnam
2. Minister of Defense Dong Jun visits Vietnam - According to Vietnamese media Dong met with Party General Secretary and Central Military Commission…
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Rural work conference; US DoD report on PLA; China-India border talks; TikTok; TP-Link; Chinese version of economics
Annual Central Rural Work Conference meets - The December 19 People’s Daily editorial (社论) on the conference summed up the key points: “In…
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Sharp China Bonus Episode: TikTok Gets a Hearing at the Supreme Court
Listen now | We decided to do a short, free episode to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to take up TikTok’s case before the January 19th deadline.
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Sharp China: CEWC and Bleak Economic Data; PLA Exercises Around Taiwan; New Reporting on Chip Controls; Trump’s Standing Invitation to Xi
Listen now | Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with a few updates on the Central Economic Work Conference, economic headwinds facing the…
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Xi in Hainan; CEWC commentaries; campaign to curb local government extortion of firms; Wang Yi sums up PRC diplomacy; Weaponizing antitrust…
More antitrust investigations of US firms coming? - So says The Information, which reports that the “Chinese antitrust regulator’s decision a week ago…
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CEWC underwhelms; State Council Executive Meeting; Trump on US-China; TikTok running out of time?; Royal China mess in UK
Xinhua explains the “four red lines” for US-China relations - The PRC readout from the Xi-Biden meeting in Lima last month concisely articulated four…
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The China gift that keeps on giving
Apologies for intruding into your inbox, but if you are like me you may still be scrambling for holiday gift ideas.
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2024 Central Economic Work Conference Readout
The meeting listed 9 key tasks for 2025:First is vigorously boosting consumption and improving investment efficiency to expand domestic demand…
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Waiting for the CEWC; Taiwan Affairs Office attacks TSMC; Trump invited Xi to his inauguration; Medvedev arrives in Beijing
Earlier today I published this week’s episode of Sharp China - ‘Moderately Loose’ and Cautiously Stimulating; Nvidia Under Investigation; Broadening…
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Sharp China: ‘Moderately Loose’ and Cautiously Stimulating; Nvidia Under Investigation; Broadening Export Bans; A TikTok Verdict and a Trump…
Listen now (64 mins) | Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with the latest messaging from Beijing on efforts to stimulate the economy in…
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CEWC; Xi meets with heads of international economic organizations; PLA exercise around Taiwan; Politburo study session on border areas
Onshore markets unimpressed as we await the CEWC - PRC stock markets opened up strong Tuesday but then gave back most of their gains. As positive as the…
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Politburo meeting and CEWC; Nvidia antitrust investigation; Trump and China; TikTok's narrowing path in US
Anti-monopoly investigation into Nvidia - According to the very short official announcement “State Administration for Market Regulation has initiated an…
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