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Shanghai slowly reopening; More Beijing tests; Economy cratering as Covid and politics in command; No rest for old cadres
Today’s Essential Eight: Shanghai improving, Beijing outbreak still not under control - The Shanghai government has announced life should be fully back to normal in mid to late June. Beijing has not fully locked down but has launched another round of tests for much of the city.
May 16
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Weekly Open Thread 2022 #17
Happy Friday the 13th! Nothing specific from me today, please discuss whatever you want. Thanks
May 13
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Shanghai says no more community spread; Beijing outbreak still not under control; CPPCC meeting with tech firms
Today’s Essential Eight items” Outbreaks - Shanghai declared that it has halted community spread in the entire city, Beijing has not locked down but it has shut one of its biggest seafood markets, likely due to transmission from the outbreak in Tianjin.
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Beijing lockdown rumors; Outbound travel restrictions; Real estate debt mess; Xi and the Youth League
Today’s Essential Eight: Outbreaks - “The so-called ‘lockdown’ and ‘static management’ are rumors and there is no need to stock up on food” - Beijing official. After the official said this, a lot of people in Beijing saw it as a signal to stock up on food and necessities to…
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Excerpt from The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order by Rush Doshi
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Excerpt from China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy by Peter Martin
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Shanghai outbreak data improving; More economic support; Is Xi under pressure?; Arrests in Hong Kong
Today’s Essential Eight: Outbreaks - Some good news from the official data in Shanghai, the city is getting closer to its goal of only finding new cases…
May 11
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"Persistence is victory"; Another study predicts mass death of Covid controls removed; Xi's speech to the Youth League; Xi-Macron chat
Today’s Essential Eight: “Persistence is victory” as measures tighten in Shanghai and Beijing -The system has its marching orders from the Standing…
May 10
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Tightening restrictions in Shanghai; Beijing's outbreak; Xi and Scholz chat; John Lee and Article 23
The message from last Thursday’s Standing Committee is reverberating through the system. Shanghai has rolled out a new series of restrictions, including…
May 9
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Weekly Open Thread 2022 #16: Standing Committee meeting and dynamic zero-Covid
Happy Friday! Only one question from me today, which is what does the Thursday Standing Committee meeting mean for society, the economy and poli…
May 6
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Standing Committee doubles down on "dynamic zero-Covid" and calls for struggle against doubters
The Standing Committee met today and based on the readout it has decided to double down on "dynamic zero-Covid". “Persistence is victory 坚持就是胜利” the…
May 5
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Politburo on capital; Mass testing; Beijing outbreak; Blinken speech on US-China; Jack Ma
On Friday afternoon, after the release of the Politburo meeting readout that injected positive energy into the markets just before the holiday, the…
May 3
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Weekly Open Thread 2022 #15: Politburo meeting; Worried execs; 劝进表
Happy Friday! Thanks for your patience over the last couple of days, still a little more out of it than usual from surgery but overall fine and …
Apr 29
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Infrastructure; GDP target; National security; Outbreaks; 20th Party Congress; Pakistan attack
A big new infrastructure investment program is coming. Xi Jinping presided over the 11th meeting of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic…
Apr 26
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