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Friday open thread: Hong Kong; Beidaihe; Arm ChinaFor today’s open thread I have three questions to seed a discussion but please weigh in with anything you want. I will be in and out throughout …
Bill Bishop
Jul 31 59
The Politburo met Thursday and announced that the Fifth Plenum will meet in October and will “assess the proposals for formulating the 14th Five-Year (…
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Jul 30
Saturday, August 1 is the 93rd Birthday of the PLA Day, known as Army Day. Most years Xi promotes new generals right before the anniversary, and this y…
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Jul 29 2
No commentary today, some comments in the items below. Today’s Essential Eight: Xi’s speech to the AIIB US-China Hong Kong professor fired, reports Leg…
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Jul 28 1
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Friday open thread. We had a great conversation and I am thankful we have such a smart community of China wa…
Bill Bishop
Jul 27 1
Friday open threadHi everyone, I do not have any specific questions to start the discussion today, so wide open for you all. Thanks
Bill Bishop
Jul 24 146
The newsletter will not be published tomorrow, Thursday July 23, as I will be attending a virtual conference. In case there were still readers who thou…
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Jul 22 4
The top news out of China today is Xi’s meeting with and speech to a group of public and private business leaders. Among his words of encouragement, pr…
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Jul 21 1
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Friday open thread. We had a great conversation and I am thankful we have such a smart community of China wa…
Bill Bishop
Jul 20
Friday open thread: What do you think of a possible US visa ban on CCP members and relative…I wanted to kickoff today’s discussion with a response from Matt Sheehan to my comments yesterday about the mooted US visa ban for CCP members a…
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Jul 17 84
I put commentary in some of the sections below. Today’s Essential Eight: Economic data Regulators taking away the stock market’s shot glass? Xi courts …
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Jul 16 2
Thursday is Q2 GDP day, expect the official data to show somewhere between 1-3% growth. On Wednesday President Trump signed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act …
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Jul 15
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