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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…
Jan 30
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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…
Jan 29
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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…
Jan 29
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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…
Jan 28
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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…
Jan 27
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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…
Jan 25
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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.
Jan 23
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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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Jan 22
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“Involution-style” competition; Q&A with the Minister of Housing; UK-China "Golden Age" 2.0?; Qiushi on US NSS; Renewed crackdown on…
For China, this strategic adjustment is actually a passive correction following the frustration of U.S. comprehensive containment against China; it is a…
Jan 22
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Meeting for senior officials on Fourth Plenum spirit; More PLA purges?; He Lifeng at Davos; Officials talk up fiscal and financial…
Central Military Commission (CMC) vice chair Zhang Youxia and CMC member Liu Zhenli appear to have been absent from today’s opening of that study…
Jan 20
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2025 GDP growth on target; Births keep declining; China-Canada new strategic partnership; Davos; Premier Li meets MiniMax CEO
NATO has lost the meaning of its existence, and this transatlantic security alliance no longer serves the long-term interests of its member states…
Jan 20
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Canadian PM in Beijing; RMB and interest rates; Security and Development; US gamblers and players fixed CBA games; H200s
Prime Minister Carney met Thursday with Premier Li and the head of the NPC Zhao Leji. He is scheduled to meet Xi Friday morning. While no major…
Jan 16
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