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Respiratory infections; Moody's outlook; Autonomous vehicles; Shaping global cyberspace
Summary of today’s top items: No signs of decline in respiratory infections - A new circular from the National Health Commission stating that…
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Bill Bishop
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Xi's Shanghai tour; Lukashenko back in Beijing; EU-PRC Summit; Xinhua interviews top financial regulators
Summary of today’s top items: Xi’s Shanghai visit - Xi was on an inspection tour of Shanghai from Tuesday to Saturday. He also chaired a symposium on…
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2023 Weekly Discussion Thread #37; Kissinger and US-China; Huawei; Minnie Chan
Happy Friday! Please feel free to discuss whatever you would like, here or in the always open Sinocism Chat or on Substack Notes. I have a few s…
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Bill Bishop
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China’s Political Discourse September 2023: Struggling With Negotiation in the US-China Relationship
By Chu Yang and David L. Bandurski of the China Media Project The tonal shift that much international coverage of the Biden-Xi meeting has noted in…
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Chu Yang
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Xi inspects a robot in Shanghai; Wang Yi at the UN; Jack Ma joins the chat; US-China
Earlier today I published this week’s episode of the Sharp China podcast. From the show notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with a new…
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Sharp China: The Foreign Influencer Ecosystem; Money Flowing Out of China; Xi’s Exit Strategy; A Mao YouTube Controversy
Listen now | Show notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with a new generation of foreign influencers said to be assisting in Xi's campaign to…
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Bill Bishop
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Andrew Sharp
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Xi in Shanghai; Politburo studies foreign legal work; Xi and Putin's gas; ICBC corruption
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: Politburo studies foreign legal system development - According to the readout Xi told the session that “it is…
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Bill Bishop
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Politburo meeting; No date for Third Plenum; More Party in foreign affairs work; Support for private enterprises; Myanmar-PRC border; 蛋炒饭
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: 1. Politburo meeting; No Third Plenum Dates - The Politburo held its monthly meeting Monday. There was no…
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Xi on Gaza; Banks urged to loan more for property; Foreign funds also 润 running away?; Philippines-PRC-US
Earlier today I published this week’s episode of the Sharp China podcast. We spent most of the podcast talking about Xi’s visit to San Francisco last…
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Bill Bishop
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Sharp China: Xi-Biden at APEC; Xi’s Message to the Business Community; Another ‘Dictator’ Comment; Eyes on Taiwan’s Presidential Election
Listen now | Show notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill look back at a week of news from San Francisco. Topics include: A "tactical stabilization" in…
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Li Qiang heads CFC; Real Estate; Taiwan election; US-China; Prosecutors and Xi Thought on Culture
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: Li Qiang heads Central Financial Commission - Premier Li Qiang is the head of the Central Financial Commission. The…
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2023 Weekly Discussion Thread #36: Xi in San Francisco; TikTok
Happy Friday! How we should assess the Biden-Xi meeting? Yesterday I wrote “We may be entering a period of relative calm in the US-China relatio…
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Woodside Summit and the San Francisco Vision; Fentanyl; Real Estate; Applied Materials and SMIC
“We made progress” was President Biden’s conclusion at his press conference after his meeting with Xi Jinping. The “Woodside Summit” looked like it went…
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A Sharp Tech and Sharp China Crossover on the Chip Ban, Taiwan, TikTok and More
Listen now (64 mins) | Show notes: After one year of Sharp Tech and Sharp China, a summit with Ben Thompson, Bill Bishop and Andrew Sharp to discuss…
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Bill Bishop
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