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Advice for New China Watchers; Belt and Road after 10 Years; Land Bans and Repeat Covid Cases; Taiwan’s Presence in DC
Listen now (67 min) | On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with news of a jinx on last week's show and recommendations for new China watchers. Topics include Bill's lessons from living in China, Andrew's experience as a newcomer, and ten China watching commandments from the…
Jan 26
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2023 Weekly Discussion Thread #3
Happy Friday! Nothing from me today, feel free to discuss whatever you would like. I had bigger plans for today’s post but then Covid decided to…
Jan 20
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Sharp China Podcast - Advice for New China Watchers; Belt and Road after 10 Years; Land Bans and Repeat Covid Cases; Taiwan’s Presence in DC
I picked a good week to get Covid, given there was not much to write about for the regular newsletter. But we did record this week’s episode of the Sharp China Podcast. I will be back to regular publishing Monday. Sinocism is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts…
Jan 26
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Covid peak?; Xie Feng to DC; EU-China; Xi has a video chat with troops; Ant
Things are winding down in the PRC ahead of the weeklong Spring Festival Holiday. Next week’s publishing schedule will be light, and I will not clutter your inboxes unless something really interesting is going on, or I can figure out something coherent to write about what may be…
Jan 20
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Sharp China: New Talking Points for Private Business; The US-Japan Alliance; More Police Stations Abroad; Marvel Movies…
Listen now (62 min) | On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with thoughts on the change in tone from government officials addressing private business, changes it might signify in the short term, and concerns it may not assuage in the long term. From there: the news of a deepened…
Jan 19
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Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping's China by John Garnaut
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About those rumors of a "coup"
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20th Party Congress concludes; New Central Committee; Party constitution revisions; Hu Jintao
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Excerpt from China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy by Peter Martin
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“Victory will ultimately belong to the heroic Chinese people!”; CEWC; Consumption plan; YMTC; 县委大院
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Xi's Spring Festival video chat; Han Zheng to be the next VP?; Janet Yellen and Liu He meet; Wow mess
Xi is full of surprises. In the Monday newsletter I wrote that “later this week Xi should make his annual pre-Spring festival inspection tour”, a tour…
Jan 19
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GDP growth; Population declines; US-China; Liu He hits the right notes for Davos; TikTok
In his speech at Davos, outgoing Vice Premier Liu He reiterated the key economic themes of the 20th Party Congress and the December Central Economic…
Jan 17
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Reopening toll; Hong Kong; US-China-Japan; Liu Jianchao on Party diplomacy
The last week before the Lunary New Year/Spring Festival should be fairly quiet. Tomorrow will see the release of GDP data and possibly official…
Jan 17
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2023 Weekly Discussion Thread #2
Happy Friday! Nothing from me today, feel free to discuss whatever you would like. Note: If you have questions for next week's Sharp China podca…
Jan 13
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Three red lines; Sweet talk for business; US-Japan-PRC; Protestor roundup
Summary of the Essential Eight: Reopening Sweet talk for business - Li Keqiang made another round of supportive remarks for businesses, including for…
Jan 13
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Reciprocal Travel Restrictions; Wolf Warrior Diplomacy; Made in China 2025; Traveling to Xi's China as an American
Listen now (60 min) | On today's show Andrew and Bill begin by talking through the latest news on the reopening, including reciprocal travel…
Jan 12
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Reopening; Qin Gang in Africa; US-China; UK and Jimmy Lai
Apologies, today’s newsletter is a bit thin, one of those days where things just didn’t quite come together. Summary of today’s top items: Reopening Xi…
Jan 12
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Cases peaking?; Retaliation against travel measures; CCDI Plenum; Alibaba and Ant are out of the storm; US-China
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: Cases peaking? - Multiple regions say cases have peaked, but there is still no good data on deaths, and worries…
Jan 11
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Wang Yi at the UN; Fu Zhenghua sentenced; Nvidia China sales
352
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Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping's China by John Garnaut
101
18
About those rumors of a "coup"
134
7
20th Party Congress concludes; New Central Committee; Party constitution revisions; Hu Jintao
127
19
Excerpt from China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy by Peter Martin
227
“Victory will ultimately belong to the heroic Chinese people!”; CEWC; Consumption plan; YMTC; 县委大院
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