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Sharp China: US-China Follow-Through; New Xi Textbooks and a New Aircraft Carrier; A Wolf Warrior Greets Japan’s PM; More Setbacks for…
On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the implementation of this month’s deal between the US and China, including a variety of early indications…
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Bill Bishop
51:39
He Lifeng on New Quality Productive Forces; Measures to promote private investment; PLA Air Force turns 76; US-China deal
From the perspective of practical logic, developing new quality productive forces is an inherent requirement for promoting high-quality development and…
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Bill Bishop
Xi in Guangdong; Fujian carrier; "An Introduction to Xi Jinping Economic Thought"; No PRC honeymoon with new Japanese PM
Xi Jinping used his recent inspection tour of Guangdong to restate the province’s role as the “front-runner” of China’s reform era and to align it…
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Bill Bishop
Premier Li suggests at least 4% GDP growth through 2030; US-China deal; More bad China news for Nvidia
US-China deal implementation - Both sides are moving to fulfill the agreement reached last week, with the US reducing the fentanyl-related tariffs and…
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Bill Bishop
Sharp China: The US-China Deal One Week Later: Why Short-Term Stability Is Likely, Costs and Benefits of Escalation, and More Adventures…
On today’s show Andrew and Bill break down the latest deal between the US and China, beginning with details from the White House over the weekend, why…
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Bill Bishop
1:04:26
Xi meets Russian Prime Minister; Nexperia; Subsidized electricity for PRC AI chips; 4.17% GDP growth minimum through 2035
The Financial Times reports that some local governments are offering subsidies for electricity of up to 50% for data center operators who use domestic…
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Bill Bishop
Xi at APEC; US-China deal; Rare earths; Nvidia thwarted by Trump officials; UK university censors over Xinjiang
Nvidia almost got Trump to approve Blackwell sales to China - Late Wednesday word was going around that President Trump was going to tell Xi Jinping he…
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Bill Bishop

October 2025

Sinocism Live: Understanding China's Exam-centric Education System
This is a recording of my October 31, 2025 discussion with Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li about their excellent and important new book The Highest Exam - How…
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Bill Bishop
1:12:38
Outcomes of Trump-Xi meeting; No deal yet for Nvidia chips; Gaokao
The Trump-Xi meeting in South Korea went as well as could have been hoped, both sides pulled back some of their recent actions and threats, with the…
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Bill Bishop
Sinocism Live: Rush Doshi on the Trump-Xi meeting and US-China Relations
Rush Doshi was deputy senior director for China and Taiwan on President Joe Biden’s National Security Council (NSC), where he served from 2021 to 2024…
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Bill Bishop
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Rush Doshi
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Xi-Trump meeting; US to sell Nvidia B30A chips to China?; Birth of the 15th Five-Year Plan recommendations
Xi and Trump will meet at 11 a.m. local time on Thursday. The PRC side confirmed the meeting Wednesday, saying the two will meet to “exchange views on…
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Bill Bishop
Sharp China: A Basic Consensus on Arrangements to Address US-China Concerns; The New Five-Year Plan Sounds Familiar; Nexperia as an Object…
On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the looming Trump-Xi meeting in Seoul, South Korea, and the “consensuses” agreed upon in Kuala Lampur this…
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Bill Bishop
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