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Sharp China: Constructing US-China Stability; Trump's Taiwan Comments and More Summit Takeaways; Putin in China
Listen now | Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill parse the messaging from both sides of last week's US-China summit in Beijing. Topics include…
 • Bill Bishop
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Putin's China visit; More from MOFCOM on US-China outcomes; Action plan for stabilizing employment; Nvidia in China; Safeguarding mineral…
Russian President Putin is already on his way back home after meeting with Xi on Wednesday. It appears he did not get the deal he has most coveted, the…
 • Bill Bishop
Putin arrives in Beijing; US indicts PRC container firms and executives; Developing Party members; Tracking foreigners
The US Department of Justice today announced indictments of seven Chinese executives and four of the world’s largest shipping container manufacturing…
 • Bill Bishop
US-China summit outcomes; Constructive relationship of strategic stability; Taiwan; Putin to Beijing; Li and Ding on AI
The entry of the China-US strategic contest into a new phase of strategic stalemate is the second logical premise for our consideration of the correct…
 • Bill Bishop
Trump meets Xi; The new vision of building a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability; AI
The first day of President Trump’s visit to Beijing had impressive optics and lots of warm, positive energy, at least in the public reporting. Specific…
 • Bill Bishop
Trump arrives in Beijing; Xi's busy Tuesday; Fair competition and unified markets; Action plan for AI and Energy
US President has arrived in Beijing.
 • Bill Bishop
Sharp China: 10 Questions and Modest Expectations With Trump in China to Meet Xi Jinping
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall.
 • Bill Bishop
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Trump China visit; China’s Next Generation Industrial Policy; Standardizing and developing AI agents; No more deflation?; Ding Xuexiang…
The PRC confirmed that President Trump will meet with Xi this week. He will arrive May 13 and depart after lunch Friday. According to the PRC, “Chinese…
 • Bill Bishop
Suspended death sentences for two former defense ministers; Trump's China trip; Iran war; Beijing Auto Show; Nukes
Low expectations but big business entourage for Trump’s China trip - Semafor confirmed the rumors that many CEOs will join Trump on his trip to Beijing…
 • Bill Bishop
Iran FM in China; Trump China visit next week; EU losing patience?; DeepSeek; Xi on basic research; MU5735 crash investigation
All signs point to Trump traveling Beijing next week to meet Xi. Late last week Wang Yi and Marco Rubio had a call, as did He Lifeng and Scott Bessent…
 • Bill Bishop
Triangles and Chokepoints | Sinification: April 2026
Global Order | US-China | Europe | Russia | East Asia | Trade and Resource Security | Economics | Artificial Intelligence
 • James Farquharson, Thomas des Garets Geddes, and Jacob Mardell

April 2026

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