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2023 Weekly Discussion Thread #20
Happy Friday! I am in holiday mode for the long weekend so nothing specific from me, please feel free to discuss whatever you would like, here o…
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PRC Commerce Minister in DC; Xinhua not buying "de-risking"; Live-streaming crackdown may be imminent; Births decline
Housekeeping Note: Monday May 29 is the Memorial Day Holiday in the US and so there will no newsletter that day unless something really big is going on…
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Xi meets Russian Prime Minister; Wang Huning visits Xinjiang; US-China; Malware
Summary of the Essential Eight: Xi and Li Qiang meet Russian Prime Minister - Russian Prime Minister Mishustin met with his counterpart Li Qiang and…
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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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China’s Political Discourse February 2023: A Balloon Comes to Symbolize High-Altitude Tensions; Chinese Modernization; TikTok
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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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Sharp China: The G-7 Summit and the PRC Response; Making Sense of Biden’s China Approach; $23 Trillion in Local Debt; Censorship…
Listen now (63 min) | On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with the strong messaging that emerged from the G-7 summit in Hiroshima and the foreign…
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Audits; PRC Ambassador Xie arrives in the US; Japan chip controls; Election interference in Canada; New book on Xi
Summary of the top items: Central Auditing Commission meets - The Central Auditing Commission held its first meeting under the 20th Party Congress…
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G-7 on China; PRC response; Biden says a thaw coming in US-China relations; Micron ban; Covid second wave
Summary of the Essential Eight: G-7 on China -The G-7 Communique had some tough language on China that while talking about “de-risking” not “decoupling…
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2023 Weekly Discussion Thread #19
Happy Friday! Nothing specific today from me, please discuss whatever you would like. Some interesting stories today: Full text of Xi Jinping's …
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China-Central Asia Summit; Report slams US coercive diplomacy; Li Hui in Ukraine; Financial regulator launches; Covid second wave
Summary of today’s top items: Leaders gather for the China-Central Asia Summit - The PRC may prefer that the war in Ukraine end, but it does have some…
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Xi in Shaanxi; China-Central Asia Summit; Special envoy in Ukraine; PLA joke getting more expensive
Boring newsletter today alert…had a hard time finding much interesting or insightful. Due to a scheduling issue there will be no Sharp China podcast…
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More weak economic data; Youth unemployment, China-Central Asia Summit; Struggle; Don't joke about the PLA
Break out the Moutai in Zhongnanhai? US President Biden is going to Japan for the G-7 but has cancelled his planned visits to Papua New Guinea and…
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