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

Sinocism Live

LIVE with Bill Bishop: The world order is shifting — and China is moving fast to shape it.

Sharp China Podcast

Sharp China: The PLA Purges One Week Later; World Leaders Flock to Beijing; A Trump-Xi Phone Call; Panama Canal Resolution?

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Jimmy Lai sentenced; Xi on Sci-tech self-reliance; Japan elections; US-China; Nanjing Museum case; AI propaganda

A Hong Kong court sentenced UK citizen Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison. Six other Apple Daily staffers got sentences ranging from 6 years and 9 months…

Feb 10 • Bill Bishop

PLA Tremors and the Chairman in Charge

A guest post by Holly Snape on the Chairman Responsibility System - On the same day the news hit that Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chairman…

Feb 8 • Bill Bishop

Panama going into the penalty box; Cuban Foreign Minister in Beijing; Ma Xingrui, TCM 5-year plan; "Smartphones on wheels"

The PRC is opening its economic coercion toolbox to punish Panama for the court decision to expropriate the two CK Hutchison port facilities. Bloomberg…

Feb 5 • Bill Bishop

Sharp China: The PLA Purges One Week Later; World Leaders Flock to Beijing; A Trump-Xi Phone Call; Panama Canal Resolution?

This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall.

Feb 5 • Bill Bishop

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Xi speaks with Putin and then Trump; Us convenes critical minerals meeting; H200 sales in limbo; Document No.1 explained

Xi Jinping had a busy Wednesday, holding a video call with Russian President Putin, a phone call with US President Trump, and a meeting with Le Hoai…

Feb 5 • Bill Bishop

Uruguay President in China; Document No. 1; Development of future industries; Building a financial power; Fighting deflation; Zhang Youxia…

Since the January 25 PLA Daily editorial on the Zhang Youxia-Liu Zhenli case, there have been three follow-on commentaries in the PLA Daily about the…

Feb 3 • Bill Bishop

LIVE with Bill Bishop: The world order is shifting — and China is moving fast to shape it.

A recording from Bill Bishop and Tara Palmeri's live video

Feb 3 • Bill Bishop and Tara Palmeri

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