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Beidaihe; Rate cuts and bad economic data; Sun Chunlan visits Hainan; Common prosperity
Xi Jinping and the top leadership still have not reappeared in public from the assumed Beidaihe sojourn. I expect them to start reappearing imminently, and for the rumors about what may have gone on there to start flying. Please be very skeptical of any claims that the makeup of…
Aug 15
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Weekly Open Thread 2022 #26: Beidaihe; Hu Chunhua; Taiwan
Happy Friday! I have some suggested topics but as always feel free to discuss what you would like. After the Beidaihe vacation/meeting/whatever-…
Aug 12
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Li Keqiang goes to Guangdong; Putin on Pelosi's visit; Drought and heat; Helmsman 舵手
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: Li Keqiang goes to Guangdong - Li Keqiang is the first standing committee member to reappear after the Beidaihe sojourn. He went to Guangdong. Job creation and economic stabilization are on his mind. Official coverage of his visited was a bit…
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Xi going to Saudi Arabia?; Taiwan events delay US decision on PRC tariffs; Civil society
Summary of the Essential Eight: Xi to visit Saudi Arabia soon? - The Guardian reports that he is “expected” to go next week. That would be a very big deal if true, as it would mark Xi's first overseas trip since January 2020, would happen just a couple of months or so before the…
Aug 11
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Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping's China by John Garnaut
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Standing Committee doubles down on "dynamic zero-Covid" and calls for struggle against doubters
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Beijing's outbreak from Heaven; US-China meetings; Tangshan gang crackdown; Henan health code manipulation; Aliens
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Excerpt from The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order by Rush Doshi
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Exercises around Taiwan conclude as PRC issues new white paper; Xi and the 20th Party Congress; Chips mess
Summary of the Essential Eight: New white paper on Taiwan - The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the State Council Information Office…
Aug 10
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Taiwan; Trade data; Outflows; Outbreaks in Hainan, Xinjiang and Tibet
I have given up on my attempt at vacation. I will be off tomorrow, Tuesday, for something I had already scheduled, but should be back to the normal…
Aug 8
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Pelosi in Taiwan; PRC reactions
It turned out this was not a great week to try to go on vacation… Most of you have probably been overwhelmed by all the coverage of the Pelosi v…
Aug 3
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Weekly Open Thread 2022 #26: Pelosi and Taiwan; Xi-Biden call; Beidaihe vacation
Happy Friday! Remember that the newsletter is off for the Beidaihe vacation, unless something significant happens. One significant thing that ma…
Jul 29
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Xi-Biden call; Politburo meeting; Taiwan; Chip corruption
Vacation notice: I am going to my version of Beidaihe starting next week, though actually a staycation, as not much happens in the PRC in the first two…
Jul 28
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China’s Political Discourse June 2022: Cave Dialogues and Potshots Against the Premier
By China Media Project there was a clear downturn in the number of reports in the Chinese Communist Party’s official People’s Daily newspaper mentioning…
Jul 28
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Workshop sets tone for 20th Party Congress; Biden-Xi call Thursday; Taiwan
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: 20th Party Congress study workshop for the provincial and ministerial officials - As I suggested he might in the…
Jul 27
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Taiwan; Xi meets Indonesia President; Research on pandemic origins; Heat wave and 三伏天
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: Taiwan - No updates on whether or not Pelosi is going, more warnings from the PRC side but nothing surprising yet…
Jul 26
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Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping's China by John Garnaut
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Weekly Open Thread 2022 #14
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Beijing's outbreak from Heaven; US-China meetings; Tangshan gang crackdown; Henan health code manipulation; Aliens
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Excerpt from The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order by Rush Doshi
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