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Xi in state media; Rumors of more real estate support; EU-China; PRC to surpass US in basic science research funding; FreeWeChat

Sharp China: Wang Yi’s Message on Ukraine; Continued EU Tensions; Deflation and ‘Disorderly’ Competition; Extended Thoughts on Two Months of Xi Rumors

More on June Politburo meeting; Stabilizing employment; Trump's threat to bomb Beijing; EU's mindset needs "rebalancing"; TikTok

Xi's Shanxi tour; VDL's tough on China speech; Rare earths; Kindergarten mass lead poisoning; "London Framework"

Xi in Shanxi; 88th anniversary of start of War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression; New Xi Thought book; Liu Yuanchun on involution and overcapacity; Wang Yi in Europe

Li Qiang to BRICS; Fujian finance; The Dalai Lama; Q3 special bonds; RMB

All about the RMB with Robin Brooks

Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs meets; Involution; Magnets; Yanhuang Chunqiu 炎黄春秋

Politburo meets; Party turns 104; Involution and deflation; Wang Yi to Europe; WHO report on Covid origins; Dalai Lama

June Politburo meeting and study session

US-China Deal?; Rare earths; Xi and the propaganda tea leaves; DeepSeek needs Nvidia; Gold diggers

The China video game market with Niko Partners

Premier Li at Summer Davos; Rare earths; President Lai's second speech; MSS mocks CIA

Sharp China: The PRC and the Past Two Weeks in Iran; Ten Speeches in Taiwan; London Framework Faltering?; All Eyes on the EU

Xi to skip BRICS Summit?; September 3 military parade; UK on China; DeepSeek

China and the Iran-Israel conflict; Lai: "Taiwan is of course a country"; Rickety "London Framework"; Curbing “involution-style” competition

Xi-Putin call; Rare earths and the EU; Opening exit paths for tech firms; TikTaco

China-Central Asia Summit; EU frustrations; China at the World Health Assembly

Sharp China: A US-China Trade Framework and Continuing Rare Earth Fun; The PRC and the War in Iran; Challenges in China's Car Industry

Xi in Kazakhstan; PRC condemns Israel's attack on Iran; Real estate not stabilized; rare earths; Working on the 15th Five-Year Plan

PRC affirms the London understandings, with few details; Rare earths; Huawei

US-China framework of agreed-upon measures; Zhangjiajie trash; AUKUS blowing up?

Sharp China: US-China Meetings and De-Escalation; Chokepoint Clarity; Embassies in London and Spies in Russia; Xi's Latest Curbs on Party Boozing

US-China talks continue; Ren Zhengfei interview; Shenzhen Comprehensive Reform Pilot; Influencer recruiting

Xi's busy week; US-China London talks; Rare earths; Huawei and Nvidia; Auto involution; Consumption

Live with Bill Bishop and Tu Le on China EVs

Xi and Trump have a call, Geneva "truce" looks to be back on

Sharp China: The Trade War Becomes a Supply Chain War; A Global Rare Earth Emergency; Xu Qiliang and the Xi Rumor Mill

Xi meets Lukashenko; Xi-Trump call soon?; Rare earths; Bill O'Reilly and China

Xi rumors; US-China tensions; Rare earths; Xu Qiliang

US tariff policy uncertainty; Visa restrictions; Nvidia and China; DeepSeek

Unlike the Nvidia CEO, Xi Jinping does not prefer the American technology stack for China AI

Sharp China: Made in China 2025 and What Comes Next; EV Price Wars; The EU and Its China Dilemmas; Xi and His Rivals

US-China Geneva"détente" may be breaking; US to start revoking PRC student visas; China-PIC meeting; EV sector bloodbath coming?

Premier Li visits Indonesia and Malaysia; 15th Five-year plan and “Made in China 2025”; Improving the modern corporate system with Chinese characteristics; National Digital Identity System

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Anger over Ascend guidance and "AI containment"; Golden Dome; Rare Earths; Support for small and micro enterprises

Sharp China: Chips and the Geneva Consensus; US Policy and the Chinese Century; Controversy Over Solar Power Inverters

Xi's Henan tour; Lai's speech; Budget deficit; Private economy promotion law

Lai's inauguration anniversary; Xi in Henan; Official belt tightening; Chip controls

Premier Li on domestic circulation; Ding on tech self-reliance; AI chips; Rare earth magnets; CO2 emissions decline

China-CELAC Forum; Xi and Lula; More policy support for tech financing; Solar shutdown risk?Huawei chips; Death by baijiu

Sharp China: A 90-Day Pause, Big Tariff Reductions and What De-Escalation Might Mean for the U.S. and China

Surprise US-China trade de-escalation; Rare earths; National security white paper; China-Latin America Forum in Beijing

Xi meets Putin; US may cut PRC tariffs soon; Made in China weapons down Indian jets

Sharp China: Trade Talks in Switzerland; Continuing Data Opacity Concerns; Xi Heads to Moscow; The CIA Takes to YouTube

US-China trade talks; Xi arrives in Russia; Xi's history lesson; Rate cuts and moderately more supportive policies

Ministry of Commerce Spokesperson Answers Reporters’ Questions on China–U.S. High-Level Economic and Trade Talk

US-China talks; Xi to Russia; EU-PRC; Huawei; Employment concerns; CIA recruiting

Still no US-China talks; Disappointing April data; Private enterprise law passes; Miao Hua; Xi on 15th Five-Year Plan; New white paper on Covid-19

Sharp China: ‘Protracted War’ and ‘Struggle’; The Looming Risks for the PRC; A Politburo Study Session on AI; Apple’s Attempt to Pivot

Xi inspects Shanghai, talks AI and Global South; "不跪/Never kneel down"; AI; Jack Ma and Huang Youlong

Trade struggle and protracted war; Still no confirmed US-China trade talks; Wang Yi meets Lavrov

April Politburo Study Session on AI is bad news for Nvidia

April Politburo meeting; Trade "struggle"; PRC tariff exemptions; Confusing talk of talks; Did PRC officials visit the US Treasury?

Talks or no talks?; Rare earths; Xi meets Kenyan president; Negative list

Trump team signals possibility of lower tariffs on PRC goods; Xi on climate; China working the EU; China-Russia financial sanctions evasion

Sharp China: Bessent and an ‘Unsustainable’ Path; Making Sense of Hourly Madness; The PRC’s Message to the World; A Note on Canada

US again signals desire for a China trade deal; More limits on rare earths-related exports to US; Myanmar; JD takes on Meituan

Appeasement of the US is not an option; Wang Yi on Xi's trip; Private economy law; More pilots for service sector opening

Sharp China: The Fog of the Trade War Continues; US Restricts Nvidia Sales to the PRC; Jensen Huang Heads to Beijing; Rare Earths and Supply Chain Anxieties

Xi visits Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia; US-China; Nvidia CEO in Beijing; Wailing American peasants; Ukraine

Hitting Hollywood; Mao as symbol of resolve; Export controls conference; EU-China talks; He Weidong

Trade war whiplash; Central conference on work related to neighboring countries; Premier meeting on economic situation; No H20 ban

Sharp China: The Unraveling is Accelerating; Post-Escalation Options for the PRC; Trump Goals and EU Possibilities; Another Maddening TikTok Development

As the additional 50% US tariffs go into effect will the bottom fall out of the US-China relationship?

Trump threatens 50% more tariffs on PRC; Trouble for Liu He's son; TikTok

April 7 People's Daily on responses to US tariffs 集中精力办好自己的事 增强有效应对美关税冲击的信心

China responds to US tariffs

Reaction to tariffs; TikTok deal chatter; Fitch downgrades PRC; Alleged Filipino spies arrested

US tariffs; Strait Thunder 海峡雷霆-2025A Exercise concludes; Improving price governance mechanisms; Politburo shuffle

Exercises around Taiwan; President Lai depicted as a parasite; Wang Yi in Moscow talks "reverse Nixon" and US "extortion"; TikTok deal

WTF2.0: Bill Bishop

Politburo meeting; BlackRock-CK Hutchinson deal in trouble; Xi on S&T; DeepSeek opens up OpenAI

Xi Jinping is investing in China's science and technology research as Trump is gutting America's research foundations

Taiwan; Trump on TikTok; IShowSpeed in China

Sharp China: Welcoming Foreign Enterprises; Ships are the New Chips; He Weidong and More PLA Rumors; Deep-Sea Cable Cutter

US closes some tech export control loopholes; Support for private business; DeepSeek

China Development Forum; Xi Economic Thought; WTO compliance; Wang Yi in Tokyo

Sinocism Live: A chat with Jon Czin about US-China, Xi Jinping & some other fun topics

Xi in Yunnan; Li Qiang in Fujian; TCM support; More transnational repression

Food Safety; IP dispute measures; Illegal data sales; Zambia river pollution

Sharp China: Renewed Tensions on Taiwan; Xi ‘Angered’ by Panama Canal Deal; TikTok Talks Heating Up; Multidimensional Trump Implications

Xi inspects Guizhou; BlackRock-CK Hutchinson ports deal under attack; TikTok; US ceding the global information battlefield

3.20 Sinocism Live discussion with Jon Czin about US-China, Xi Jinping & other topics

Special Action Plan for Boosting Consumption. 受权发布丨中共中央办公厅 国务院办公厅印发《提振消费专项行动方案》

Tensions over Taiwan; EU corruption probe of Huawei; OpenAI rattled by DeepSeek; CK Hutchison deal with BlackRock slammed for "spineless kowtowing"

Zhao Leji reappears; Walmart gets a scolding; New campaign for cadres; TikTok

Sharp China: New Year, Same Plans for the Economy; PRC Tariffs on Canadian Exports; A Trump-Xi Birthday Summit?; When Facebook Tried to Enter China

NPC concludes without Zhao Leji; Dalai Lama; Robots and embodied AI; US-China

Two Sessions; Xi's PLA/PAP meeting; Wang Yi's presser; Trump-Xi meeting chatter

Xi on strengthening education's supporting role for science and technology and talent; NDRC.VC

Government work report; NDRC national economic and social development plan; Xi meets with his fellow Jiangsu delegates

Sharp China: Tariffs and the Escalatory Cycle; China and the Fentanyl Crisis; TSMC Plans and Nvidia Scrutiny; Hard Times for Moutai

Response to US tariffs; Two Sessions begin; DeepSeek

US Tariffs; Two Sessions; Xi has always supported private enterprises; Peaceful China Initiative; Chips

February Politburo meeting; Initial reaction to additional 10% US tariffs; Shoigu meets Xi and Wang; New MIIT head

Trump adds a new 10% tariff on PRC goods; Thailand sends 40 Uyghurs back to Xinjiang; Taiwan; Nvidia and DeepSeek

Xi's comments on 2024 work; "Shape the inevitable trend of reunification of the motherland"; Rubio on "Reverse Nixon"; TikTok

Sharp China: Trump's Memorandum on Foreign Investment; 'Reverse Nixon' Realities; Document #1; PLA Drills in the Tasman Sea

AI; Chips; Taiwan; PLAN down under; Capital outflows

Document #1; Xi-Putin call; US trade and investment pressure on the PRC; AI development

Trump's recent hawkish moves on China policies and personnel

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Trump China deal?; DeepSeek raising funds, wants more Nvidia chips?; Plan to stabilize foreign investment; Miao Hua

Sharp China: Xi Jinping and China's Tech Companies, The Long-Run Implications of the Chip Ban, and a Pessimistic Outlook for Taiwan

Propaganda out of the private enterprise symposium; Philippines-PRC aerial close encounter; DeepSeek censorship

Xi convenes private enterprise symposium; Wang Yi in Munich; Taiwan; Tesla FSD and US-China trade

China as Ukraine peacemaker?; TicTak TikTok; National Data Group SOE

Vanke bailout; BIS nominee and chip export controls; Jimmy Lai's trial; Generic drugs

US-China AI; Front-loading local government debt; Apple-Alibaba Intelligence

Tariffs and resolute struggle; State Council wants more consumption and foreign investment; DeepSeek censorship and propaganda; TikTok

Xi meets more foreign leaders; US China "big deal" talk; TikTok; Bao Fan; USAID China work

Sharp China: The Tariff Tit-for-Tat Begins; The PRC and the Panama Canal; Apple and Google in China; DeepSeek One Week Later

Foreign leaders meet with Xi; US-China; Lu Shaye; Tesla; Modernization; DeepSeek

US-China tariffs and export controls; Google in China trouble again

Sharp China: Happy Lunar New Year and A Few Thoughts on DeepSeek

DeepSeek deep sixes US tech stocks; Wang Yi-Rubio call; CIA on COVID origins; PRC carbon peaking?; Generic drugs scandal

Sharp China: TikTok Fiasco Continues; Breathing Room on Tariffs; The RMB Calculus; Notes on Taiwan and Hollywood

Xi visits Shenyang; Regulators discuss measures to help capital markets; A TikTok deal “short of divestiture”?; “Anesthetics Not anesthetizing and laxatives not laxating”

Xi in Liaoning; New plan to get long-term capital into the markets; Trump threatens 10% tariffs; TikTok; Dear Li Hua; Fukushima

Xi-Putin Chat; Trump gone soft on China?; TikTok’s US challenge; DeepSeek; Ding at Davos; Manufacturing industry stimulus?

US-China in Trump 2.0; January Politburo meeting; Getting ready for Spring Festival; TikTok

Chris and Bill talk TikTok ban and US-China under Trump

Sharp China: Whither TikTok?

Vanke in trouble; US politicians flip flop on TikTok; Xiaohongshu RedNote's fleeting moment?

Xi’s diplomacy with Sri Lanka and Vietnam; Cleaning up the IPO underwriting process; Chip controls, sanctions and entity listings; TikTok

Sharp China: TikTok and Musk and Xiaohongshu; Xi’s Speech To Top Leaders; New PLA Capabilities for Taiwan; Proposed AI Controls and Continued Hacking Concerns

Xi chats with European Council President Antonio Costa; US rule on connected vehicles; RMB talk; Supply chain binding; TikTok

RMB signaling; Trade surplus; New US AI export rules; TikTok to become XTok?

Standing Committee meeting; Inflation deflation; Support for the RMB; AI chip restrictions

CCDI Plenum Communique; Big Data and anti-corruption work; Trouble for economist Gao Shanwen; Expansion of trade-in subsidies

Elderly Care Services; National unified market; Tibet earthquake; Zunyi Conference; "Profit-driven" law enforcement

CCDI Plenary Session; PBoC warning to RMB bears; Annual meeting of propaganda officials; Hacking allegations; Tencent