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Politburo study session; IPO registration system; US-China; Czech Republic and Taiwan
Still under the weather so today’s issue is a little thin, thanks for your patience. Today’s top items: Politburo study session - The topic for this month’s study session was “accelerating the establishment of a new pattern of development and enhance the security and initiative…
Feb 2
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Xi to visit Russia this year?; More on possible Huawei measures; State capitalism; 狂飙 “The Knockout”
Things are still relatively slow as people start getting back to normal after the Spring Festival Holiday. Xi and the rest of the Standing Committee have not yet reappeared publicly. Today’s newsletter is thin, both due to the overall slowness and because I appear to be having a…
Feb 1
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Spy balloon; Blinken may meet Xi; PRC-Australia; Private sector; More pressure on TikTok
I am finally almost feeling human again so next week’s newsletters should be back to normal. Thanks again for your patience, sadly I know many of you have also had your own unpleasant Covid experiences. US news outlets and Twitter are blowing up with reports of a “Chinese spy…
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Outbreak officially peaked; Blinken's PRC visit; War talk; Tech controls; Hu Xinyu
Happy Year of the Rabbit! I hope everyone who was on holiday last week had a fun, overfed and happy time. Summary of the Essential Eight: Covid outbreak peaked? - Officials sound confident that the worst has passed. That does seem to be the case in the more easily observable…
Jan 31
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Wang Yi at the UN; Fu Zhenghua sentenced; Nvidia China sales
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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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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…
Jan 26
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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…
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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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…
Jan 20
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Sharp China: New Talking Points for Private Business; The US-Japan Alliance; More Police Stations Abroad; Marvel Movies Return to China
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…
Jan 19
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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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Wang Yi at the UN; Fu Zhenghua sentenced; Nvidia China sales
352
1
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
44
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