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Sharp China: Elon Musk’s Surprise Trip to Beijing; A Third Plenum Set for July; An Uneventful Blinken Visit; Xi’s Trip to Europe

Politburo meeting and a July Third Plenum; Beijing relaxes some housing restrictions; Scarborough Shoal tensions

Politburo meeting and announcement of Third Plenum in July

Xi to Europe; MSS head on the "five antis"; Musk's big Beijing trip; Housing restrictions; RMB; Kinmen patrols

2024 Weekly Discussion Thread #10; Xi meets Blinken

Blinken in Shanghai; Putin to the PRC; TikTok; Huawei; New report on the Wuxi Group

Xi in Chongqing; Blinken in Shanghai; TikTok; EU-PRC stress; People's Armed Forces Department

Sharp China: Blinken to China; San Francisco Vision Six Months Later; TikTok; A Scandal for PRC Swimming

Xi in Chongqing; MoFA on Blinken visit; Financial sanctions over support for Russia? QE talk again; Another alleged PRC spy in Germany

PLA's new Information Support Force; Blinken to PRC; TikTok; Swimming scandal; UK and Germany espionage arrests

Blinken to the PRC; New "axis of evil"?; Wang Yi in Indonesia; "Fingertip formalism"; TikTok

US trade actions; TikTok bill may pass in days; US-Philippines exercises

Sharp China: Germany’s Hopes for China; Q1 GDP Growth; National Security Day and Transnational Repression; Another TikTok Report

Q1 GDP; Xi-Scholz; National Security; Microsoft and G42; Donkeys

National Security Day; Nine guidelines for capital markets; Scholz in China; PRC on Iran attack; TikTok

2024 Weekly Discussion Thread #9: Overcapacity; US-Japan-Philippines; Xi-Ma meeting; Scholz to China

US-Japan-Philippines; Overcapacity; US-China flights; Fishing; Open source translations

Ma-Xi meeting; New guidelines for grassroots community workers; US-Japan Summit; More trouble for Vanke; Bytedance's Irish lies

Sharp China: Yellen’s Visit to Beijing; PRC Exports and Global Tensions; Finance with Chinese Characteristics; US-Japan-Philippines

Xi meets Lavrov; PRC-Russia relations; EU wind probe; Industrial upgrading plan; 江河之上

Yellen in China; Two new US-China exchange mechanisms; Lavrov in Beijing; Sierra Madre and US-Japan-Philippines Trilateral

Sharp China: A Xi-Biden Phone Call; Yellen and PRC Exports; Continued Tension with the Philippines; Tesla and 3 Body Problem

Financial Development with Chinese Characteristics; Taiwan Earthquake; Yellen; NDRC support for private sector; Tesla

Xi-Biden call; More US tech controls coming?; NDRC on equipment and consumer upgrades; Another Justice Minister goes down

March Politburo meeting; PRC-Philippines tensions; Xi's meeting with US VIPs

Xi in Hunan; Xi to meet US CEOs; Local governments fishing for cash; Steel overcapacity mess; 3 Body Problem

Symposium on the central region; Li Qiang inspection tour; Tim Cook in China; More Huawei restrictions possible; TikTok

Sharp China: MSS on Cybersecurity; Will the Senate Kill the TikTok Bill?; Solar Energy and the PRC Playbook; Liu Jianchao on the Global South

Article 23, Xi in Hunan; Action plan to encourage foreigners to "invest in China"; 400B RMB spent on stock market rescue?; AI dialogue

MSS on cybersecurity law; Wang Yi; Handan murder; CSRC; Liu Jianchao on the Global South

2024 Weekly Discussion Thread #8: TikTok; Influence operations; Cyberspace cleanup; AI challenges

‘Freedom of Speech' in the United States: Truth and Facts; TikTok; Influence operation; New quality combat capability for MSS and MPS; 75th anniversary

Li Qiang inspects Autonomous driving, chips and AI in Beijing; Consumption stimulus; LGFV debt; TikTok; Fan circles 饭圈

Sharp China: TikTok in the Crosshairs; Why Divestment Is Unlikely; Special Interests vs. National Interests; US Internet Firms in China

Xinhua says Xi a reformer like Deng; TikTok; PRC-Philippine discussions leaked; Vanke; Premier Li

Bytedance/TikTok should be panicking; Two Sessions; Houses are for living in; Debt; Online nationalist frenzies

2024 Weekly Discussion Thread #7; Two Sessions: Article 23; Taiwan; US-China; TikTok

Xi meets with PLA and PAP NPC delegates; Wang Yi meets the press; Taiwan; Article 23; TikTok's bad day

Xi on Taiwan and Sci-tech; Google insider allegedly steals AI crown jewels; TikTok's DC problem

Sharp China: A 5% GDP Growth Target; Evolving Two Sessions Symbolism; US to Investigate Connected Vehicles; New TikTok Legislation

No big surprises in the NPC work report; Xi talks new productive forces with Jiangsu delegation; Second Thomas Shoal; TikTok

Two sessions; Talking up the economy’s bright prospects; US-China; "Pseudo-middle class trap"

2024 Weekly Discussion Thread #6: Two Sessions; Connected vehicles

Politburo meeting; New productive forces; US to investigate risks from PRC connected vehicles; Liu Jianchao; PRC-Australia

Xi meets Sierra Leone President; Li Qiang meets US business delegation; Local debt messes; Quants and rule of law in the market

Sharp China: Preparing for the Two Sessions; Li Shangfu and Qin Gang; The I-SOON Hacking Leaks; Heightened Scrutiny for Musk and SpaceX

Qin Gang; State secrets law; New Productive Forces 新质生产力; Consumption stimulus; Cyber power

Taiwan; WTO; Li Shangfu; US-China; E-Bikes

2024 Weekly Discussion Thread #5: Taiwan Work Conference; Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs; Stocks

Stock market; Plenum rumors again; National Social Work Department conference; Pandas

Crackdown on Quants and shorts; Private sector promotion; Hacking; Cranes

Sharp China: US-China in Vienna and Munich; Hacking and Espionage Allegations; PRC Lobbying in DC; Rep. Gallagher to Depart Congress

Rate cut; CSRC meetings; Hong Kong; Sora frenzy; SOE PAFDs

Holiday data OK; Emancipating minds; Kinmen; Party History; Wang Yi in Europe

Sharp China: Continued Market Adventures; Shifting Trade Patterns with China; Looming Green Energy Questions; Messi and a Hong Kong Mess

Stocks; Xi-Putin chat; VCs in the PRC; Messi; 龙年快乐！

CSRC head replaced; Government wants more EV exports; Wei Fenghe absence; Messi’s groin good enough for Japan

Stock market; RMB; Xi and culture; US-China meetings; Messi mess in Hong Kong

Stocks; Xi Thought; Nukes

2024 Weekly Discussion Thread #4: New productive forces 新质生产力; No bottom for stock market; Apple and Meta PRC revenues

Sharp China: Hong Kong Article 23; No Plenum and Another Market Setback; Trump and Taiwan; TikTok in Congress

Politburo Study Session on new productive forces 新质生产力; Xi and baozi; Security and development; Spring Festival travel weather worries

January Politburo meeting readout; All politics and no 3rd Plenum dates

Article 23 for Hong Kong; Real estate; Economic policy; Bill Burns on China

Stock Market; China Evergrande liquidation; US-China; Another missile cadre goes down

Sharp China: Tesla’s Future in China; Chinese EVs Around the World; Moves to Stabilize the Markets; More Questions on the Red Sea

Wang-Sullivan meeting; Stocks go up; Clean energy and GDP; ASML

RRR cut; Talking up the stock market; Liu Jianchao; Teslas and security; Red Sea

Saving the stock markets; Gaming regulations; Human rights review; MSS and a honey trap

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2024 Weekly Discussion Thread #3: Markets; National Engineer Awards; Red Sea

Sharp China: The Taiwan Status Quo; Markets and GDP Go Opposite Directions; China and the Red Sea; Cannabis; Soccer Corruption

Taiwan; NDRC presser; Xi Thought on Self-revolution of the Party; PRC-Philippines; Nuclear weapons

2023 GDP; Markets; Population decline; Taiwan; PRC-Philippines

Xi on financial development; Premier Li's Davos speech; MSS on Taiwan; Spring Festival travel

Taiwan election; Wang Yi on the Red Sea; Li does Davos; Baidu buying opportunity?

2024 Weekly Discussion Thread #2: Taiwan election; Liu Jianchao; Davos

Sharp China: Missiles Filled with Water, Not Fuel; Foreign Affairs Work Conference; Liu Jianchao in New York and DC; US-China Updates

Taiwan; US-China talks; Beautiful China; Cars; Red Sea

CCDI Communique; Xi Thought on the Party's self-revolution; Taiwan; US-China; Maldives

China’s Political Discourse October 2023: BRI Forum, Li Keqiang, Feminism with a Socialist Character

CCDI Plenum; Wang Yi speech; Liu Jianchao in the US; Taiwan; Xiong'an; Starlink

CCDI Plenum; PLA corruption; MSS, MI6 and 007; Xizang; Apple AirDrop

2024 Weekly Discussion Thread #1; Stock market; Foreign Affairs Work Conference; US-China; Taiwan election

Minister of Finance speaks; Taiwan; Data Element X; Blossoms Shanghai 繁花

Li Qiang in Hubei; Propaganda conference; Wage and wealth concerns; Debt; Red Sea; Fentanyl

New Minister of Defense and more signs of a PLA purge; Foreign Affairs Work Conference; Reprieve for gaming?; Jimmy Lai