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China-Russia military cooperation; Deadly shoe factory fire; June price data; Developing the retail sector; Carbon peaking action plan
A joint investigation by The Insider, Der Spiegel, and Le Monde provides shocking but unsurprising revelations about China-Russia military cooperation…
Jul 9
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Bill Bishop
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Sharp China: A Missile Test and New PLA Generals; The CITIC Plane Crash; America's Taiwan Interests; Guo Wengui Jailed and Ezra Jin Released
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall.
Jul 9
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Bill Bishop
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1:07:42
Xi on Science and Technology; PBoC Q2 Monetary Policy Committee meeting; H200 orders?; PRC open-source and global AI governance
It is necessary to seize the window period of global talent flows and actively recruit outstanding young talent and teams from overseas…
Jul 8
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Bill Bishop
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Floods and Xi’s instructions; PRC to limit access to top AI models?; PBoC policy support for Hong Kong; Tax burden on private firms
Reuters reported Tuesday that the Ministry of Commerce convened a meeting to discuss “putting limits on the most advanced AI models — both…
Jul 7
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Bill Bishop
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Two new PLA generals; Submarine-launched missile test; Ezra Jin released; "Routine" patrols of waters east of Taiwan
These two new generals have survived the PLA purges, but as the PLA Daily reminds everyone in a full page article in the Monday edition - Carry the…
Jul 6
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Bill Bishop
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American Decline, Chinese Exposure | Sinification: June 2026
US-China & Taiwan | Middle East | Europe | Going Out | East Asia | Russia | Economy | Society & Local Governance | Tech & AI | Critical Minerals
Jul 5
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Jacob Mardell
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James Farquharson
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Thomas des Garets Geddes
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Official explanation of CITIC Tower crash; EU-China; Japan-PRC; Tungsten; Global significance of Xi Thought on Party Building
The PRC’s throttling of tungsten exports to Japan is starting to hurt Japanese firms, and some of their overseas customers. Japanese supplies of…
Jul 2
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Bill Bishop
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CPC’s 105th anniversary ceremony; July 1 Medal recipients; AI model regulation; Coupang's Shanghai adventure; Alibaba settles with US…
The US government has removed export controls on Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and so it is again available to the public. In its post announcing the…
Jul 1
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Bill Bishop
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June 2026
June Politburo meeting; CPC turns 105; Decent June economic data; Meituan's LLM; 30 years for Guo Wengui
Flood and drought risks must be especially acute right now. The June Politburo meeting had as its agenda “study and deploy flood control and drought…
Jun 30
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Bill Bishop
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Plane flies into Beijing’s tallest building; More export controls on Japanese firms; Pause in march towards EU-China trade war?; Premier Li…
small plane flew into Beijing’s tallest building - the CITIC Tower aka “China Zun” - killing the pilot and injuring 13 people. The authorities released…
Jun 29
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Bill Bishop
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Xi in Shandong; Premier Li on “China Opportunity 2.0”; Tightening Supply Chain Security; Long Arm of the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and…
Li Qiang told the audience in Dalian used “steady, new, vibrant, integrated” to describe “both the overall profile of China’s economy at present and its…
Jun 24
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Bill Bishop
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Sharp China: Party Building and Xi's Dominance; Memory Chips and ASML Accusations; Germany's Puzzling Push for Plaza Accords
On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building and further signs that one year after from a summer of rumors and one…
Jun 24
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Bill Bishop
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