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Iran war; Q1 GDP growth; Qiushi; Foot and mouth disease
There is an outbreak of foot and mouth disease and so far it has officially appeared in two places, 2400 kilometers apart. The Dim Sums blog, which has…
9 hrs ago
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Bill Bishop
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Xi meets To Lam and Lavrov; Wang Yi calls for "restoring normal passage” through the Strait of Hormuz; Investment approval; Nvidia CEO on…
Wang Yi had another call with his Iranian counterpart and called for “restoring normal passage” through the Strait of Hormuz. According to the readout…
Apr 15
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Bill Bishop
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Xi’s four point proposal on safeguarding and promoting peace and stability in the Middle East; Xi meets Spanish PM; People's Leader Xi
The Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday promised “resolute countermeasures” if the Trump Administration added new tariffs on China for “military…
Apr 14
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The People’s Leader 人民领袖 signal, restarted?
Three years after “people’s leader” was quietly cooled, the term is back across the provincial Party press — and in People’s Daily
Apr 14
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Bill Bishop
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Iran war; US-China; Xi meets KMT chair; Li on the economy; Countering unlawful extraterritorial jurisdiction measures
Premier Li signed a decree of the State Council to publish a new set of rules on countering foreign states’ unlawful extraterritorial jurisdiction…
Apr 13
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Bill Bishop
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Apr 9
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Bill Bishop
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Sharp China: A Ceasefire and Reports of PRC Pressure; Another Politburo Investigation; Mythos, DeepSeek, and a Token Crunch
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Apr 9
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Iran war; PLA rectification; Services Sector Conference; Mutating troll armies; AI token usage
There appears to be a ceasefire in the war, though already there have been violations. According to President Trump. China played a role in convincing…
Apr 8
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Bill Bishop
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Iran war; Ma Xingrui; Industrial and Supply Chain Security; PLA political rectification; MSS warns about foreign dinner guests
- China and Russia vetoed a watered-down United Nations Security Council resolution put forward by Bahrain to encourage countries to work together to…
Apr 7
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Bill Bishop
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Trump's Tiger-Riding Predicament | Sinification: March 2026
More than a month on, early scepticism about US regime-change prospects in Iran has hardened into a feeling somewhere between consternation and…
Apr 6
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Jacob Mardell
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Thomas des Garets Geddes
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James Farquharson
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Wang Yi works the phones about Iran war; CICIR head on national security; Pig overcapacity; Wemby's time at Shaolin; Balanced trade
Wang Yi has been very busy working the phones about the Iran crisis over the last 24 hours, holding calls with the German, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain…
Apr 2
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Bill Bishop
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Sharp China: The U.S., China and Iran; A PRC-Pakistan Peace Plan; KMT Chair Set to Visit China; Huawei, Manus and ZXMOTO
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall.
Apr 2
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