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More cash for local governments to pay bills; Weaponizing soybeans; Interference and the “Fengqiao Experience” in the Solomon Islands
Events underway in the Solomon Islands undermine claims that the PRC does not want to export its governance model and does not interfere in other…
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Huangyan Island National Nature Reserve; US-China chats; Deflation easing?; Auto sector rectification; AI+
Defense Minister Dong Jun held a video call with US Secretary of Defense Hegseth and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a call with Director of the…
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Bill Bishop
Sharp China: Five Questions After the 9.3 Parade; A Flurry of US-China Updates; Sports Consumption and the NBA’s Return to China
On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin by looking back at last week’s Victory Day parade. Topics include: The domestic messaging from the PRC, cold war…
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US and EU to impose 100% tariffs on China over support for Russia?; Labubu secondary prices crashing; Exporting the Great Firewall
The Financial Times reported that earlier on Tuesday:Donald Trump has asked the EU to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on India and China as part of…
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Bill Bishop
Xi at virtual BRICS; US cognitive warfare; Yi Huiman; LeBron James in People's Daily; Asteroid defense
Xinhua report on US cognitive warfare - Xinhua’s think tank has released “Colonization of the Mind -- The Means, Roots, and Global Perils of U.S…
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Bill Bishop
Joseph Torigian on Xi Zhongxun, Xi Jinping, Party History, and the 9.3 Parade
This is a recording from September 4th of a conversation I had with Professor Joseph Torigian about his excellent book on Xi Jinping’s father - The…
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Kim-Xi meeting; Xi meets other leaders; "Slow bull market" possible?; Sports consumption; Historical revisionism
Can policymakers engineer a “slow bull” stock market? - That is the stated goal, and Bloomberg confirms rumors that started circulating over the last…
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Bill Bishop
Xi's comments at the 9.3 events; Nuclear triad; Trump watched the parade
Xi Jinping - Today, humanity again faces choices: peace or war, dialogue or confrontation, win–win cooperation or zero-sum rivalry. The Chinese people…
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Bill Bishop
Sharp China: Xi Welcomes Putin and Modi at the SCO Summit; Perspective on the India and China Buzz; World War II and a 'Memory War'
Listen now | This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall.
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September 3 commemoration; Xi meets Putin; Global Governance Initiative; August Politburo meeting
Xi met with Putin on Tuesday. According to CCTV report, translated in full in this section, “the two sides signed more than 20 bilateral cooperation…
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The Wrong President Will Attend China’s Military Parade
On September 3, the People’s Republic of China will stage what no doubt will be a spectacular military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the…
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SCO Summit in Tianjin; Xi proposes the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) 全球治理倡议; Xi in the media; Central Social Work Department
The media and official propaganda coverage of the SCO summit in Tianjin is full of “new world order” vibes...In his statement at the “Shanghai…
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