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No progress in US-China impasse; Deflation easing; Tax collectors adding manpower; Fourth Plenum
US Treasury Secretary Bessent and USTR head Greer gave a press conference today. Bessent again criticized PRC negotiator Li Chenggang, saying he showed…
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Sharp China: Q&A on the Trade War: Rare Earths Anxiety, PRC Motivations, Mutual Risks, and the Capitulation or Escalation Era
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Ships, Sanctions, Soybeans and Cooking Oil; DC think tanker arrest; UK-China relations; World Conference on China Studies
There are still no signs of progress toward a resolution of the escalating US-China tensions.
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Bill Bishop
Sinocism Live: The UK-China spy scandal and UK-China relations with Charles Parton
This is a recording of the October 14, 2025 conversation with Charles Parton about the recent UK-China spy case and UK-China relations in general…
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Rare earths standoff redux; Dutch government takes control of Nexperia; Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women; Fourth Plenum next week
The Chinese side appears to be betting that Trump will again cave like he did after Geneva, but if he does not things could get quite ugly. It seems…
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Bill Bishop
PRC expands export controls; Soft holiday spending; Li Qiang in DPRK
So much for easing back in after the long holiday. On Thursday the Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs issued a series of notices…
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Bill Bishop
Sharp China: Official Secrets and a Royal Mess in the UK; Trillion Dollar Rumors in the Trade War; 300,000 Sim Cards in New York and New…
Show Notes:On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with a mounting scandal in the UK after prosecutors dropped charges against two men accused of spying…
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Sharp China: TikTok in the Clear; Taiwan Questions and Soybean Angst; The K Visa Goes Live; Jensen Huang on China Hawks
On today’s Andrew and Bill begin with President Trump’s executive order authorizing a proposal for a TikTok divestiture from ByteDance. Topics include…
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September 2025

Liu Haixing replaces Liu Jianchao; New leaders for Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jiangsu; Maritime law revisions target US actions; October…
The PRC is now on vacation through October 8, for the National Day Holiday and the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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Bill Bishop
September Politburo meeting; Fourth Plenum dates; US expands Entity listings; US TikTok deal
President Trump has certified that the mooted TikTok deal is a “qualified divestiture” under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled…
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Bill Bishop
Xi in Xinjiang; China adjusts WTO status; Xi's UN emissions promise; Alibaba all in on AI
Xi commits to greenhouse gas emissions cuts in speech to UN - Xi Jinping spoke by video to the UN climate summit and committed to reducing greenhouse…
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Bill Bishop
Sharp China: A Trump-Xi Call and Meetings to Follow; TikTok Details Clear as Mud; Arc'teryx and a Tibetan Fireworks Controversy
On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with last Friday’s call between Trump and Xi. Topics include: Plans for a meeting in South Korea and a Trump visit…
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