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2 hrs ago
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Bill Bishop
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Sharp China: A Ceasefire and Reports of PRC Pressure; Another Politburo Investigation; Mythos, DeepSeek, and a Token Crunch
Show Notes:
8 hrs ago
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Bill Bishop
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Iran war; PLA rectification; Services Sector Conference; Mutating troll armies; AI token usage
There appears to be a ceasefire in the war, though already there have been violations. According to President Trump. China played a role in convincing…
19 hrs ago
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Bill Bishop
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Iran war; Ma Xingrui; Industrial and Supply Chain Security; PLA political rectification; MSS warns about foreign dinner guests
- China and Russia vetoed a watered-down United Nations Security Council resolution put forward by Bahrain to encourage countries to work together to…
Apr 7
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Bill Bishop
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Trump's Tiger-Riding Predicament | Sinification: March 2026
More than a month on, early scepticism about US regime-change prospects in Iran has hardened into a feeling somewhere between consternation and…
Apr 6
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Jacob Mardell
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Thomas des Garets Geddes
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James Farquharson
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Wang Yi works the phones about Iran war; CICIR head on national security; Pig overcapacity; Wemby's time at Shaolin; Balanced trade
Wang Yi has been very busy working the phones about the Iran crisis over the last 24 hours, holding calls with the German, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain…
Apr 2
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Bill Bishop
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Sharp China: The U.S., China and Iran; A PRC-Pakistan Peace Plan; KMT Chair Set to Visit China; Huawei, Manus and ZXMOTO
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall.
Apr 2
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Bill Bishop
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Li Qiang inspects Sichuan; Iran war; Another call for balanced trade; Museum scandal fallout
Li Qiang examined nuclear power, hydropower, and other equipment and core components, encouraging the enterprises to target the frontiers of science and…
Apr 1
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Bill Bishop
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March 2026
China-Pakistan Iran peace initiative; PBoC monetary committee meeting; US-China; ZXMOTO; Taxes wanted
The People’s Bank of China Monetary Policy Committee held its Q1 2026 “Routine Meeting.” Compared with the Q4 2025 statement, the Q1 2026 meeting…
Mar 31
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Bill Bishop
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KMT Chairwoman to visit China; Li Qiang on Xiong'an; March Politburo meeting; Beijing bans drones; WDO, SAMR on involution
KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wen will head a delegation to visit Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Beijing from April 7 to 12. It is not confirmed that she will meet…
Mar 30
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Bill Bishop
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Wang Yi speaks with Canadian FM; Hong Kong; PRC-Japan; 2024 marriages up; Another Xi book
Tokyo embassy incident - Officials and propaganda channels are hyping up the intrusion of the knife-wielding Japanese soldier into the PRC embassy in…
Mar 26
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Bill Bishop
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Trump to China in May; Iran war; Manus mess; Mexico heading for the trade doghouse
The Iran war should be over by May 13th, if that is the condition for President Trump’s visit to China to meet Xi Jinping. Earlier today Trump posted…
Mar 25
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Bill Bishop
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