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A-share rollercoaster amid muddled policy signaling; Signs of life in real estate; President Lai's National Day speech; Zheng Yongnian on World War III

Sharp China: Market Adventures Continue; Waiting for an NPC Meeting; EU Tariffs on PRC EVs; Taiwan National Day

Stock market volatility; Premier Li meetings on the economy; PRC goes after EU brandy; Wu Bangguo; Wang-Raimondo call; MSS on the "China Initiative"

Stock market expectations; EU EV tariffs; Taiwan; Pakistan terror attack; Vietnam fishing boat attack

Sharp China: Animal Spirits and Xi Bull Market 2.0; Plans for the Property Sector; US-China Updates; Xi and the Succession Question

Xi bull market 2.0?; More support for real estate; Wang Yi meets Blinken;

More special bonds for fiscal stimulus?; Stock market surge; Water-filled submarine; MSS mad at New Zealand; Raising money by detaining private entrepreneurs

Sharp China: Unpacking the New Stimulus Measures; A Top Economist Disappears; US Moves on Connected Vehicles; The Future of China Policy for Democrats

September Politburo Meeting to Analyze and Study Current Economic Situation and Economic Work; Investors Pumped

Addressing employment concerns; Stimulus!?; Connected vehicles and EU EV tariffs; CASS purge; Xinjiang cotton; ICBM test

Japanese schoolboy dies in Shenzhen; PRC lobbying progress in EU; Xi on energy security; Lawfare to silence critics; Hunan finance chief murdered

State Council on venture capital; EU vote on PRC EV tariffs delayed?; Japanese child stabbed in Shenzhen; Botnet; Gwadar

Sharp China: Retirement Age Reforms; A Sabina Shoal Win for the PRC and Questions for the US; Chip Companies in DC; Japan and TikTok

Overcapacity; National security; Japan and chip controls; Moutai; Big food concept

Economic data; Retirement ages; A win for the PRC at Xianbin Jiao/Sabina Shoal?; US pastor released; US chip export controls

China Media Project Discourse Tracker July 2024 - The Third Plenum

Xi in Lanzhou; Xi to Russia next month; Another wealth management firm collapse; Startup fundraising problems

Xi in Shaanxi and Gansu; Li Qiang in the Gulf; New insurance industry guidelines; Spain's PM wobbles on tariffs; BDO and Next Digital

Sharp China: The Arrest of Linda Sun; Overcapacity and Mounting Deflation Concerns; A New Role for Qin Gang; Rock Bottom for PRC Men's Soccer

Xi at Education conference; US accuses PRC of more help for Russia's "war machine"; Deflation; Raising retirement age

Qin Gang's new job?; US business advisory for Hong Kong; Yi Gang on deflation; Xi on education

Xi's FOCAC promises; RRR cut hopes; Kevin Rudd on Ideology, Strategy and Deterrence; Huawei Mate 70 chip issues; International adoptions ending

FOCAC; NYC PRC Consul General leaves; Real Estate; Growth estimates; National Security for students; Tedros on COVID-19

Sharp China: The US-China Strategic Channel; Continued Drama in the South China Sea; The Next Phase of Chip Controls; Black Myth: Wukong

Xi's FOCAC bilaterals; PRC responds to Canada's EV, steel and aluminum tariffs; Former New York official charged as PRC agent

Xi on education; Escalating crisis at Sabina Shoal; FOCAC week; Toyota opposes more chip controls; A Gao Brother detained

Jake Sullivan meets Xi; Philippines resupplies ship at Sabina Shoal; ASML may stop servicing some PRC machines; HK sedition convictions

US-China talks; PRC-Philippines tensions; August Politburo meeting; Canada EV tariffs; Contaminated cooking oil

Deng 120th commemoration; Semiconductor equipment imports; Taiwan officials in the US; Li in Russia and Belarus

Li in Moscow; Boost for energy upgrades; EU dairy exports targeted; Deng's 120th

Sharp China: A New Flashpoint with the Philippines; PRC and the US Election; Tim Walz and China; Connected Vehicles Updates

Xi meets Olympics team; Fiji PM and IPU delegation; PRC-Philippines tensions; US reacts to PRC’s evolving nuclear strategy; Real estate price cuts

Xi meets Vietnam General Secretary; Premier Li chairs State Council plenary and executive meetings; PRC-Philippines boat collisions

Xi to meet new Vietnam leader; Weak July data; PBoC head sounds confident; Export controls on antimony; Easier to marry, harder to divorce?

Bond market struggle; PRC views of US election; Stock market; WeRide in the US; Sabina Shoal; Foreign carmakers crash

July loan data disappoints; PBoC worried about bonds; PRC-Philippines; Nvidia smuggling and a new Huawei chip; MSS warns about college counselors

China Media Project Discourse Tracker June 2024

Politburo study session on border, coastal and air defense; More mooted US chip controls; Urbanization plan; IPAC and UNGA Resolution 2758

Sharp China: Questions for the Remainder of Biden’s Term; Huawei Gets Stronger; A Sierra Madre Resupply; Doping Controversy Continues

Politburo meeting; Xi congratulates Maduro; Officials interpret the Plenum; Huawei; Public ownership as the mainstay and Hu Xijin

July Politburo meeting to analyze the current economic situation and set out priorities for the second half of this year

Meloni in Beijing; Wang-Blinken meeting; Sierra Madre resupply; National Internet IDs; CSRC tasks for H2; TikTok

Standing Committee meeting on floods; Surprise rate cut; Plenum study guide; PRC-Russia; US Amb. Burns on US-China

Propagandizing and studying the Plenum; Ukraine FM meets Wang Yi; Paris Olympics; Hacking contest

Sharp China: The Plenum Puzzles Outsiders; Xi Stays the Course; 'Deepening Reforms' to Western Journalism in China; Remembering the 2008 Olympics

"Beijing Declaration" for Palestine; Plenum does not impress investors; Cleaning up financial sector; Biden rumors

Third Plenum Resolution and Xi's Explainer; MSS video; PRC-Philippines deal over Second Thomas Shoal resupply?

Sharp China: Parsing the Third Plenum Communique; Xi and the Rumor Mill; Trump on Taiwan; Biden and the Chip Status Quo

Third Plenum communique; Disappointing or too early to tell?; Qin Gang may have a soft landing

Trump on Taiwan; PRC suspends arms control talks with US; More chip controls?; WSJ fires Selina Cheng; AI

Plenum; Wang Yi speaks to his Hungarian counterpart about Ukraine; Unsold homes; PRC-Philippines

Third Plenum; Economic data; Reactions to Trump assassination attempt; PRC-Russia

PRC DC Embassy on the political situation in Washington DC

Third Plenum; Reactions to NATO summit; Progress in clean energy; Edible oil scandal; History's garbage time 历史的垃圾时间

Oil scandal; Third Plenum; PRC investigating the EU's investigation; NATO calls out China; Wei Fenghe

Sharp China: Prepping for the Third Plenum: Revisiting the Readout, Past Plenums, Common Prosperity, and Momentous Reforms (Or Not)

Xi promotes a general; Symposium on the economic situation; Another cyber warning; Edible oil mess; Plenum; Inequality

Plenum Countdown; Orban in Beijing; Floods; PRC says "Volt Typhoon" a US op; Edible oil in fuel tankers

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Xi in Kazakhstan; Li inspects flooding in Jiangxi; PRC-Philippines; Party bankers; AI; Silicone masks

Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence Conference; Third Plenum; PBoC and bonds; Hu Youping

Third Plenum July 15-18; Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe cases; Second Thomas Shoal; Taiwan; Capital flight; Common Prosperity

Politburo readout and announcement of Third Plenum July 15-18

Third Plenum; Foreign investment concerns; PRC-Philippines; Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence; Suzhou stabbing

Sharp China: A Conversation with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on TikTok, Tech Investment, and Competition Between the U.S. and China

National Sci-tech conference and awards ceremony; EU and PRC to talk EV tariffs; Third Plenum talk

Sharp China: Philippines Tensions Near a Tipping Point; PLA Corruption Crackdown; Xi’s Message to the EU; A Pentagon Propaganda Campaign

Xi in Qinghai; CMC Political Work Conference; Second Thomas Shoal; 大腕 Donald Sutherland

CMC Political Work Conference; Xi inspects Qinghai; Video from Second Thomas Shoal incident; Policy support for hard tech and venture capital

Second Thomas Shoal; PLA rectification and political training; Tax; Moutai; Stock market; Ecuador

More 3rd Plenum signals; Li Qiang in Australia; PRC-Philippines incident; G-7, Xi on Taiwan; 全军政治工作会议?

EU tariff reactions; Li in New Zealand; Plan for stronger Party and government leadership teams; Party building for delivery workers

Sharp China: The EU Increases EV Tariffs; US teachers Attacked in Jilin City; Xi Searches for Unicorns; A Question About Corruption

EU EV tariffs; Affordable housing; PLA rectification and political training; Russia-related sanctions; Third Plenum

Reform meeting; Jilin stabbings; PLA corruption; Wang Yi at BRICS Plus; Sanctions

State Council on VC and real estate; 4 Americans stabbed in Jilin; CAS restructures; “Hellscape”; Cloud loophole for Nvidia chips

Ukraine diplomat in Beijing; National security; A new "Silent Contest 较量无声" film; Real estate

Sharp China: US-China Messaging in Singapore; New Quality Productive Forces; Putin and a Natural Gas Impasse; 35 Years After Tiananmen Square

More Third Plenum signals; Social credit; Liu Zhenmin on climate and US-China; Biden on China; Dark side of the moon

Xi on New Quality Productive Forces; Shangri-La Dialogue; PRC-Russia; Crackdown on "money exchange gangs"

Xi meets with Arab leaders; PBoC official on RMB; US TikTok; Hong Kong verdicts; PRC export controls

Public security; Pandas and a PRC official coming to DC; US warnings over PRC support for Russia; Taiwan; Rural governance

Politburo meeting and study session; Signals for Third Plenum; Middle East leaders in Beijing

Joint Sword-2024A around Taiwan; Xi in Shandong; G7; Huawei

PLA drills around Taiwan; G7 on PRC trade practices; Lethal aid to Russia?; Real estate; PRC-Philippines phone call scandal; Heze

Sharp China: William Lai’s Inauguration; Real Estate Follow-Up; Q&A on Gold and EV Capacity; Fast Fashion on Saturday Night Live

"Pillar of shame" for Lai; Wang Yi at SCO; Gallagher sanctioned; XiAI; Guo Youcai; Ben Lim

New Taiwan President; PRC reactions; Real estate; New bull market in Shanghai?; EU trade threat

2024 Weekly Discussion Thread #11: Putin China; Real estate

Sharp China: New Tariffs Across Key US Sectors; Et tu, EU?; Putin Visits Beijing; Rumors of a Real Estate Bailout

Xi-Putin; Real estate meeting Friday; US-China

Putin in China; Reactions to US tariffs; New hope for real estate bailout; PRC-Philippines tensions; AI

US Tariffs; Putin to China; April credit contraction; Taiwan; UK; Qinghai court drama

US tariffs; Li Qiang in Anhui; Bond sales; Real Estate; UK arrests

Xi in Hungary; Li Qiang in Xinjiang; Hangzhou and Xi’an relax real estate rules; Progress in big financial corruption case; US entity list additions

Sharp China: Xi goes to Europe; US restricts Intel and Qualcomm sales to Huawei; Tension with the Philippines and Australia; TikTok Files Its Lawsuit

Xi in Europe; Bytedance and TikTok sue the US; PRC-Philippines "gentleman's agreement" mess; Hauwei; AI

Xi in France; Overcapacity; Chinese modernization; PRC-Philippines; Real estate

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