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Show Notes:
On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with a look at the dialogue between National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi. Topics include: Why meetings with Wang are valuable to the U.S. side, the progress the meetings have (and have not) yielded, and the strategy going forward. From there: Yet another clash between the PRC and the Philippines over the weekend, continued questions about when and how the U.S. may intervene, and updates on the next phase of chip controls as the Netherlands weighs a policy change, the PRC threatens retribution against Japan, and a cloud computing loophole persists. At the end: An emailer asks about Xi‘s speeches, and thoughts on the success of the best-selling video game in the world this week, Black Myth: Wukong.
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Related Readings:
The inside story of the secret backchannel between the US and China -- Financial Times
China, Philippines accuse each other of ramming ships in South China Sea -- Reuters
If China wants Taiwan it should also take back land from Russia, president says -- Reuters
As China’s power grows, candidates use it as attack line -- Washington Post
ASML’s China Chip Business Faces New Curbs From Netherlands -- Bloomberg
China Warns Japan of Retaliation for Possible New Chip Curbs -- Bloomberg
Why China Is Starting a New Trade War -- WSJ
There’s a China-Shaped Hole in the Global Economy -- WSJ
China trade war ‘maybe unavoidable’, EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell warns -- SCMP
Black Myth: Wukong Final Trailer -- YouTube:
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