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Xi speaks with Putin and then Trump; Us convenes critical minerals meeting; H200 sales in limbo; Document No.1 explained
Xi Jinping had a busy Wednesday, holding a video call with Russian President Putin, a phone call with US President Trump, and a meeting with Le Hoai…
 • Bill Bishop
Uruguay President in China; Document No. 1; Development of future industries; Building a financial power; Fighting deflation; Zhang Youxia…
Since the January 25 PLA Daily editorial on the Zhang Youxia-Liu Zhenli case, there have been three follow-on commentaries in the PLA Daily about the…
 • Bill Bishop
LIVE with Bill Bishop: The world order is shifting — and China is moving fast to shape it.
A recording from Bill Bishop and Tara Palmeri's live video
 • Bill Bishop and Tara Palmeri
36:33
China’s Policy and Intellectual Debates | Sinification: January 2026
Sinification is a terrific resource for understanding how domestic and international affairs are being debated by the Chinese establishment, and for…
 • James Farquharson, Thomas des Garets Geddes, and Jacob Mardell

January 2026

Xi meets Starmer; Services consumption work plan; Soccer corruption; Nvidia and China
Xi met with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Beijing Thursday. Starmer is now the second NATO and Five Eyes leader to meet with Xi in less…
 • Bill Bishop
Sharp China: 10 Questions on the Detention of Zhang Youxia, Corruption in the PLA, Rumors, Messaging, and Taiwan
On today’s show Andrew and Bill react to the news that the rumors were true, and CMC members Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli are under investigation for…
 • Bill Bishop
48:18
The Zhang Youxia case - Sinocism Live with Bill Bishop and Drew Thompson
We had a great discussion about his personal experience shepherding Zhang Youxia around the US many years ago, his work on US-China military-to-military…
 • Bill Bishop and Drew Thompson
1:02:03
Xi meets in Finnish PM; UK PM arrives in Beijing, Zhang Youxia; Xinhua on ICE; School of Interstellar Navigation; H200 sales
Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli - There is nothing more in official media about the case, and otherwise it seems like business as usual. We are all left to…
 • Bill Bishop
Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli case; National Conference on Science and Technology; Slow bull market; UK PM to China; US NDS
We still have no more concrete information than we had Saturday about the Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli case. The Wall Street Journal reports that in the…
 • Bill Bishop
PLA purges intensify: Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli under investigation
The rumors were true. Zhang Youxia, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission…
 • Bill Bishop
Xinhua interview with PBoC chief; Venezuelan oil for the PRC; Guangming Daily reporter detained in Prague
Another slow day, honestly things feel a bit weird, maybe because the rumors about Zhang Youxia I discussed on Tuesday have gotten stronger.
 • Bill Bishop
Sharp China: Canada and the New World Order; Second Order Questions for the US and EU; More Big Names Purged from the PLA?
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 • Bill Bishop
51:32
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