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2023 Weekly Discussion Thread #21: US-China meetings; Real estate; May Politburo meeting
Happy Friday from the first day that feels like summer this year in swampy Washington DC! I have a few starter questions but as always feel free…
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Youth employment; U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council; De-risking anger; Musk messaging; Shangri-La Dialogue
Summary of the Essential Eight: Grim youth employment situation - Researcher Wang Mingyuan has written a grim analysis of the youth unemployment…
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Xi visits a school with revolutionary history for Children's Day; More disappointing economic data; Henan wheat troubles; A fire sale called…
Summary of the Essential Eight: Xi visits Beijing Yuying School - For June 1 Children’s Day Xi visited Beijing Yuying School, a school with a deep red…
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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 Latest Failed Attempt at US-China Defense Dialogue; Beijing’s Misread of Europe; Musk in China; Microsoft Finds Malware in…
Listen now | On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the rejected pitch from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to meet with Defense Minister Li…
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National Security Commission meets; Politburo study session on education; US-China; Musk in the PRC; More allegations of interference in…
Summary of the Essential Eight: First meeting of the National Security Commission under the 20th CPC Central Committee - At the meeting Xi stressed “the…
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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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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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