Sharp China podcast: The First Month of Reopening; Xi's Credibility; Qin Gang and US-China Relations; TikTok Forfeits the Benefit of the Doubt

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The First Month of Reopening; Xi's Credibility; Qin Gang and US-China Relations; TikTok Forfeits the Benefit of the Doubt

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Reopening; Transparency; Stimulating real estate demand; US-China — Sinocism

Covid reopening and growing concerns about lack of transparency; Marcos meets Xi; Propaganda work — Sinocism

Reopening; Testing PRC travelers; Wang Qishan in Brazil; More weak economic data; 辱华 — Sinocism

China Condemns Its People to Relive the Nightmare of 2020 — Bloomberg

China threatens ‘countermeasures’ over other countries’ Covid travel restrictions — The Guardian

Battered by Covid, China Hits Pause on Giant Chip Spending Aimed at Rivaling US — Bloomberg

China can see a ‘light of hope’ in Covid battle, says Xi Jinping in New Year’s message — SCMP

Xi Jinping’s credibility ‘badly wounded’ as China’s Covid death toll mounts — Financial Times

Update: 2023 Chinese Grand Prix return inches closer  — RacingNews365

New Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang: What I learned in America — Washington Post

Why China’s new foreign minister could be a problem for Biden — Politico

Qin Gang 秦刚 on Twitter — @AmbQinGang

Qin Gang 秦刚 @AmbQinGang

Tried my first throw at an NBA game @WashWizards. Also renewed our special relationship as Washington Wizards was the first NBA team to visit China in 1979 when our two countries established diplomatic relationship.

EXCLUSIVE: TikTok Spied On Forbes Journalists — Forbes

Biden signs TikTok ban for government devices, setting up a chaotic 2023 for the app — NBC

Leaked Audio From 80 Internal TikTok Meetings Shows That US User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China — Buzzfeed News

China's Bayi Rockets vs NBA champions Washington Bullets in 1979  — YouTube