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Ma Xingrui case; Trade data; Themes for Xi's WAIC speech; Kevin Rudd on Xi and China
At present two entirely different logics of development exist in the AI field: some media have summed them up as "oil thinking" and "water-flow…
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Bill Bishop
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Xi to speak at WAIC; Preparing for July Politburo meeting on the economy; Unemployment at 10.2%?; Another American arrested for spying
The July Politburo meeting is usually about the economy, and adjustments needed for the rest of the year, and as part of the work ahead of that meeting…
Jul 13
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Bill Bishop
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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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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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