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China-Central Asia Summit; EU frustrations; China at the World Health Assembly
Has the EU reached a tipping point with China over trade and rare earths? - At the G7 Summit, European Commission President von der Leyen opened her…
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Sharp China: A US-China Trade Framework and Continuing Rare Earth Fun; The PRC and the War in Iran; Challenges in China's Car Industry
On today’s show Andrew and Bill take stock of the US-China trade framework in the wake of last week’s negotiations in London. Topics include: US…
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Xi in Kazakhstan; PRC condemns Israel's attack on Iran; Real estate not stabilized; rare earths; Working on the 15th Five-Year Plan
The lead essay in the June 15th Qiushi is a compendium of statements by Xi since 2015 on guiding economic, social development with medium and long-term…
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PRC affirms the London understandings, with few details; Rare earths; Huawei
PRC affirms the London understandings, with few details - The Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yadong said:The two sides reached a principled…
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US-China framework of agreed-upon measures; Zhangjiajie trash; AUKUS blowing up?
The American and Chinese negotiators agreed on framework of measures to get back to the framework they thought they agreed on in Geneva a couple of…
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On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with a call between President Trump and Xi, two days of meetings between the U.S. and China in London, and an…
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US-China talks continue; Ren Zhengfei interview; Shenzhen Comprehensive Reform Pilot; Influencer recruiting
People’s Daily interview with Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei - The June 10th People’s Daily ran a page one interview with Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei titled “The…
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Xi's busy week; US-China London talks; Rare earths; Huawei and Nvidia; Auto involution; Consumption
Day one of US-China talks in London - The teams met for seven hours, and there are no reports of any deal yet. I expect any deal that come from this…
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Live with Bill Bishop and Tu Le on China EVs
Thanks to everyone who joined the live discussion today.This is a recording of a June 9th, 2025 Sinocism Live conversation with Tu Le, Founder and…
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Xi and Trump have a call, Geneva "truce" looks to be back on
Representatives from the two sides will meet again soon, and the US has now added Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to the team alongside Secretary…
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Sharp China: The Trade War Becomes a Supply Chain War; A Global Rare Earth Emergency; Xu Qiliang and the Xi Rumor Mill
On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with a series of escalatory policies from the U.S. and talk of a call between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump later…
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Xi meets Lukashenko; Xi-Trump call soon?; Rare earths; Bill O'Reilly and China
2. Will there be a Trump-Xi call soon? - I am hearing that there might actually be call this week, this time, but nothing is confirmed. As I wrote…
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