Sitemap - 2026 - Sinocism

The disaster in Nepal and Tibet; Xi at the SCO; Supporting consumption; National Defense Mobilization Law; Signals for PRC-US AI dialogue; New era for real estate

Changes Unseen, Strategies Uncharted | Sinification: August 2026

Sharp China: Five US-China (and Russia) Questions; Cabbage with Formaldehyde; The Continuing Tax Crackdown; Unitree Stock Down 45%

Disaster at Tibet-Nepal border; Xi to attend SCO Summit and visit Egypt; PRC-India; Food safety; New Z.ai model

PRC response to “Economic D-Day”; The Zhong Caiwen articles ; Cadre accountability for environmental damage; Formaldehyde Kimchi?; Rocket Force procurement

Xi meets Jordan’s king; State of the economy; Formaldehyde-dipped cabbages; CCDI Sixth Plenum; US-China

US may impose more sanctions on China over Iran?; PRC-South Korea; Life for Evergrande’s Xu; AI governance; Supply chain punishment for Taiwan; “Pseudo-history”

Sharp China: Wang Yi Visits South Korea; Remembering Zhu Rongji; US-China Ahead of Xi's Visit; How China Monitors Foreigners

Wang Yi in South Korea; Unitree IPO; PRC tells EU to pound sand over JD.com; H200 purchases; Youth unemployment rises

Funeral for Zhu Rongji; Xi meets Ecuadorian President Noboa; Jiang Zemin; Housing provident fund; Consumption; What does China want?

More weak July economic data; State Council Plenary session; Jiang Zemin Commemoration; AI tokens; Xi's DC visit; “Once Upon a Time in the Middle East”

"Beidaihe Break" is over; Jiang Zemin's 100th; RIP Zhu Rongji; US-China; July economic data; New Qiushi

Advantage Does Not Equal Victory | Sinification: July 2026

Politburo study session; Regulation on Exit and Entry Administration; US-China; AI; Scarborough Shoal/Huangyan Dao

July 2026 Politburo meeting; Fifth Plenum set for October; Signals of marginal, incremental policy support

A Memory-Maker Makes History; New Robot Rules; The Open Weights Debate Rages; End of July News and Notes

RMB and global imbalances; PRC missiles to Iran?; National Plan for Addressing Climate Change; Commercial space industry

Xi meets Slovak president; “Excess capacity” or “Overcapacity”? ; CXMT IPO; Overseas Chinese affairs conference; Li Qiang in Tangshan; Chips and AI

CXMT IPO; Taxing offshore assets; Fang Xinghai; US-China; AI; Lula supports China-Mercosur deal

Another CSRC meeting; DeepSeek CEO comments; SAMR warns about "externalization of involution 内卷外化"; US-China; Strengthening social work

Wang Huning tours Tibet; US government officials go after Moonshot; Wang Yi-Rubio meeting; PRC-Philippines; H1 fiscal revenue and expenditure data

Stock market rescue progress; "Open" AI with Chinese characteristics?; PRC-Philippines trade accusations as Wang Yi arrives for ASEAN; EU-China discussions

Sharp China: Kimi Madness; Xi's AI Vision and US Questions; Trump's Election Data Claims; The Connected Vehicle Security Act

Stock market rescue; World AI Conference and open models; Second Thomas Shoal fight; Involution battles

WAIC; Another order for AI; Kimi's new model; Smart China hire by Australian government; Consumption; Extended dog days of summer 三伏天

Sharp China: K-Shaped Economic Data And Its Implications; Ma Xingrui News; Closing Window for Open Source AI?; The SCS and International Law

Xi inspects Shanghai; GDP data; Problems in the US-China trade deal; Foreign Correspondents Club on reporting challenges

Ma Xingrui case; Trade data; Themes for Xi's WAIC speech; Kevin Rudd on Xi and China

Xi to speak at WAIC; Preparing for July Politburo meeting on the economy; Unemployment at 10.2%?; Another American arrested for spying

China-Russia military cooperation; Deadly shoe factory fire; June price data; Developing the retail sector; Carbon peaking action plan

Sharp China: A Missile Test and New PLA Generals; The CITIC Plane Crash; America's Taiwan Interests; Guo Wengui Jailed and Ezra Jin Released

Xi on Science and Technology; PBoC Q2 Monetary Policy Committee meeting; H200 orders?; PRC open-source and global AI governance

Floods and Xi’s instructions; PRC to limit access to top AI models?; PBoC policy support for Hong Kong; Tax burden on private firms

Two new PLA generals; Submarine-launched missile test; Ezra Jin released; "Routine" patrols of waters east of Taiwan

American Decline, Chinese Exposure | Sinification: June 2026

Official explanation of CITIC Tower crash; EU-China; Japan-PRC; Tungsten; Global significance of Xi Thought on Party Building

CPC’s 105th anniversary ceremony; July 1 Medal recipients; AI model regulation; Coupang's Shanghai adventure; Alibaba settles with US government

June Politburo meeting; CPC turns 105; Decent June economic data; Meituan's LLM; 30 years for Guo Wengui

Plane flies into Beijing’s tallest building; More export controls on Japanese firms; Pause in march towards EU-China trade war?; Premier Li on AI

Xi in Shandong; Premier Li on “China Opportunity 2.0”; Tightening Supply Chain Security; Long Arm of the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress; Basic Research

Sharp China: Party Building and Xi's Dominance; Memory Chips and ASML Accusations; Germany's Puzzling Push for Plaza Accords

Wang Yi on lessons of US-Iran war; Selected Works of Xi Jinping on Party Building; Policy support for auto consumption; Liu Guozhong and biopharma and brain interfaces; Alibaba sues US government

Li Qiang inspects Dalian; Response to US expansion of China military companies list; Contaminated diapers; No "Plaza Accord" to help the EU; Invest in China

AI+ consumption; Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building; Network data security risk assessment

Wang Yi speaks with Iranian FM; Global governance white paper; Employment plan; G7; US holds back tech restrictions

Xi Thought on Party Building; May economic activity; Myanmar President in Beijing; Wang Yi on the Iran deal

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AI and workers' rights; Selected Works of Xi Jinping on Diplomacy; Busy regulators; Philippine Secretary of National Defense

Sharp China: Xi Goes to North Korea; Inspecting Xinjiang; A $295 Billion AI Buildout; The Pentagon Alleges PLA Links for Alibaba and Others

More on Xi’s DPRK visit; Inflation; Iran sanctions; "Near-shore governance" model around Taiwan; PRC influencing US AI debates?

Xi concludes his visit to North Korea; Wang Huning inspects Xinjiang; Nationwide AI compute network buildout; Chip controls; Rare earths

Xi in North Korea; Li Qiang on future industries; Cai Qi now Party School President; MSS on AI "transfer stations"; Updates to US "Chinese Military Companies" list

Ukraine; MOFCOM reacts to US chip loophole closure and new tariffs; PRC bans four New Zealand lawmakers; Wang Yi meets a candidate for UN General Secretary

Sharp China: Seizing the Commanding Heights; Decoding Shangri-La Dialogue; Europe Moots Trade Policy; The PRC Expels a New York Times Journalist

US tariffs and the Board of Trade; Gaokao; SOEs

Agricultural and rural modernization; Socialist political economy; UK-PRC; PRC media in Africa

Strategic Stability, Structural Strain | Sinification: May 2026

New regulations on outbound investment; Qiushi on future industries; Chip export control dysfunction; Shangri-La Dialogue; EU-China

Sharp China: Social Mobility and Hukou Reform; US Halts Taiwan Arms Sales?; Ongoing Pressure on Japan; An American Xinhua Journalist Arrested

Wang Yi at the UN; American Xinhua "journalist" arrested; Keeping AI talent at home; Recalculating carbon intensity; Another WMP blowup

Xi meets Pakistan PM and Serbian President; Coal mine explosion; Delinking basic public services from hukou; Crackdown on overseas trading; AI

Unified national market; PRC-Russia; Arms sales to Taiwan; Fiscal spending; EU-China; "Dear You 给阿嬷的情书"

Sharp China: Constructing US-China Stability; Trump's Taiwan Comments and More Summit Takeaways; Putin in China

Putin's China visit; More from MOFCOM on US-China outcomes; Action plan for stabilizing employment; Nvidia in China; Safeguarding mineral resources security

Putin arrives in Beijing; US indicts PRC container firms and executives; Developing Party members; Tracking foreigners

US-China summit outcomes; Constructive relationship of strategic stability; Taiwan; Putin to Beijing; Li and Ding on AI

Trump meets Xi; The new vision of building a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability; AI

Trump arrives in Beijing; Xi's busy Tuesday; Fair competition and unified markets; Action plan for AI and Energy

Sharp China: 10 Questions and Modest Expectations With Trump in China to Meet Xi Jinping

Trump China visit; China’s Next Generation Industrial Policy; Standardizing and developing AI agents; No more deflation?; Ding Xuexiang visits Huawei

Suspended death sentences for two former defense ministers; Trump's China trip; Iran war; Beijing Auto Show; Nukes

Iran FM in China; Trump China visit next week; EU losing patience?; DeepSeek; Xi on basic research; MU5735 crash investigation

Triangles and Chokepoints | Sinification: April 2026

Sharp China: Beijing Kills Meta’s Manus Deal; April Politburo Takeaways; Foreign Forces Afflicting the Youth; US Countermeasures Mounting

Politburo study session; Australian FM in Beijing; More on the Manus mess and AI; Chongqing corruption

April Politburo meeting; Manus mess; Hostile foreign forces encouraging "lying flat"; New US semiconductor restrictions?

Managing new employment groups; NDRC wants Manus deal unwound; US-China AI discussion; Alleged MSS hacker extradited to US

Evaluation and Assessment Measures for Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality; Crackdown on Cambodian scam centers?; AI distillation; US as a "predatory hegemon"; PLA Navy turns 77

Xi Wants the Strait of Hormuz Reopened; Cakes and An E-Commerce Crackdown; The Next Stage of Decoupling; The MATCH Act in Congress

Earth Day document on "Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Work"; Reactions to Takaichi's Yasukuni Shrine offering; BHP's deal with CMRG; MATCH Act

More foreign visitors meet Xi; Service sector boost; Countering improper foreign conduct; Youth unemployment; AI chip shortage; More pressure on AI "China-shedding"

Xi wants Strait of Hormuz opened; NDRC head on security and development; Cake order leads to huge fines; Solar industry involution persists; Manus deal

Iran war; Q1 GDP growth; Qiushi; Foot and mouth disease

Xi meets To Lam and Lavrov; Wang Yi calls for "restoring normal passage” through the Strait of Hormuz; Investment approval; Nvidia CEO on selling chips to China

Xi’s four point proposal on safeguarding and promoting peace and stability in the Middle East; Xi meets Spanish PM; People's Leader Xi

The People’s Leader 人民领袖 signal, restarted?

Iran war; US-China; Xi meets KMT chair; Li on the economy; Countering unlawful extraterritorial jurisdiction measures

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Sharp China: A Ceasefire and Reports of PRC Pressure; Another Politburo Investigation; Mythos, DeepSeek, and a Token Crunch

Iran war; PLA rectification; Services Sector Conference; Mutating troll armies; AI token usage

Iran war; Ma Xingrui; Industrial and Supply Chain Security; PLA political rectification; MSS warns about foreign dinner guests

Trump's Tiger-Riding Predicament | Sinification: March 2026

Wang Yi works the phones about Iran war; CICIR head on national security; Pig overcapacity; Wemby's time at Shaolin; Balanced trade

Sharp China: The U.S., China and Iran; A PRC-Pakistan Peace Plan; KMT Chair Set to Visit China; Huawei, Manus and ZXMOTO

Li Qiang inspects Sichuan; Iran war; Another call for balanced trade; Museum scandal fallout

China-Pakistan Iran peace initiative; PBoC monetary committee meeting; US-China; ZXMOTO; Taxes wanted

KMT Chairwoman to visit China; Li Qiang on Xiong'an; March Politburo meeting; Beijing bans drones; WDO, SAMR on involution

Wang Yi speaks with Canadian FM; Hong Kong; PRC-Japan; 2024 marriages up; Another Xi book

Trump to China in May; Iran war; Manus mess; Mexico heading for the trade doghouse

Sharp China: A Giant Mess with Super Micro; Completely Correct Xiong'an Progress; The PRC's Balancing Act on Iran; Manus, Apple and Router News

Wang Yi speaks with Iranian counterpart; Japan-China; Router ban; Hong Kong bookstore owner arrested; Poyang Lake dam

Xi inspects Xiong'an; China Development Forum; Iran; Nvidia chip smuggling; SOE rules; Sleeping fish

Sharp China: The War in Iran and the Visit to Beijing; New DNI Assessments on Taiwan; Military Scientists Disappearing From Public View

Iran war; PBoC's 2026 tasks; US-China; Japan; Front-loading 2026 spending

Turkmenistan leader in Beijing; China-Iran war; Rural land contracts; US intelligence does not see invasion of Taiwan in 2027; "Open source" modernization

US-China; PRC-Vietnam; H200s; China cuts the "Apple tax"; Chinese Modernization and 15th Five-Year Plan

Sinocism live on US-China relations with the FT’s Demetri Sevastopulo

Trump delays China visit because Iran war likely will not be over by March 31; US-China trade talks; Xi on marine economy; Stabilizing expectations

Sharp China: The 'Raising a Lobster' Frenzy; Iran and US-China as Trump's Visit Looms; Two Sessions Takeaways

China-Iran; MoD on US military use of AI; Guiding the OpenClaw frenzy

PLA at the Two Sessions; US-China; Iran; OpenClaw

Xi meets with PLA and PAP delegates; Wang Yi press conference; US-China; China and Iran; OpenClaw frenzy

Sinocism Weekly - March 6, 2026

NPC; Government Work Report; Xi's breakout session; NDRC report; 15th Five-Year Plan; Iran; Chips

Sharp China: All Eyes on Iran; Two Sessions Questions; Alibaba, DeepSeek and Distillation; Another UK Spying Scandal

Two sessions; Iran; Another UK spy case; Qwen

Reactions to Iran war; US-China; Two Sessions; DeepSeek and Qwen

Reactions to the US-Israel attack on Iran; Prepping for the Two Sessions; Science and technology insurance

Chinese Debates on a Fragmenting Global Order | Sinification: February 2026

NPC countdown; More PLA officers out; US-China; DeepSeek; Xi Thought on Diplomacy

German Chancellor Merz in Beijing; Shanghai relaxes housing purchase restrictions; PLA purges; Cyberspace; US-China

Ratcheting up the economic coercion on Japan; Mixed holiday economic data; Germany's Merz arrives in Beijing; US-China; AI; Political education campaign ahead of 15th Five-Year Plan

DeepSeek distilling Open AI?; Japan seizes PRC fishing boat; US-China; CIA video targets PLA; Spring Festival Internet cleanup

Sharp China: Pending Taiwan Arms Sales; Jimmy Lai Sentenced; Takaichi Secures a Supermajority; AI Models as Propaganda Vectors

Xi wishes the troops a happy New Year; State Council study session on “AI+”; Another Hong Kong conviction; January price data

Xi's Beijing inspection; Li on rare earths; Hong Kong white paper; Taiwan Affairs Work Conference; PBoC report

Jimmy Lai sentenced; Xi on Sci-tech self-reliance; Japan elections; US-China; Nanjing Museum case; AI propaganda

PLA Tremors and the Chairman in Charge

Panama going into the penalty box; Cuban Foreign Minister in Beijing; Ma Xingrui, TCM 5-year plan; "Smartphones on wheels"

Sharp China: The PLA Purges One Week Later; World Leaders Flock to Beijing; A Trump-Xi Phone Call; Panama Canal Resolution?

Xi speaks with Putin and then Trump; Us convenes critical minerals meeting; H200 sales in limbo; Document No.1 explained

Uruguay President in China; Document No. 1; Development of future industries; Building a financial power; Fighting deflation; Zhang Youxia; 2026 GDP

LIVE with Bill Bishop: The world order is shifting — and China is moving fast to shape it.

China’s Policy and Intellectual Debates | Sinification: January 2026

Xi meets Starmer; Services consumption work plan; Soccer corruption; Nvidia and China

Sharp China: 10 Questions on the Detention of Zhang Youxia, Corruption in the PLA, Rumors, Messaging, and Taiwan

The Zhang Youxia case - Sinocism Live with Bill Bishop and Drew Thompson

Xi meets in Finnish PM; UK PM arrives in Beijing, Zhang Youxia; Xinhua on ICE; School of Interstellar Navigation; H200 sales

Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli case; National Conference on Science and Technology; Slow bull market; UK PM to China; US NDS

PLA purges intensify: Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli under investigation

Xinhua interview with PBoC chief; Venezuelan oil for the PRC; Guangming Daily reporter detained in Prague

Sharp China: Canada and the New World Order; Second Order Questions for the US and EU; More Big Names Purged from the PLA?

“Involution-style” competition; Q&A with the Minister of Housing; UK-China "Golden Age" 2.0?; Qiushi on US NSS; Renewed crackdown on tutoring?

Meeting for senior officials on Fourth Plenum spirit; More PLA purges?; He Lifeng at Davos; Officials talk up fiscal and financial “stimulus”

2025 GDP growth on target; Births keep declining; China-Canada new strategic partnership; Davos; Premier Li meets MiniMax CEO

Canadian PM in Beijing; RMB and interest rates; Security and Development; US gamblers and players fixed CBA games; H200s

Sharp China: What’s at Stake for China in Iran; Canada's PM in Beijing; Notes on Chips, Apps, and Drones

CCDI Plenum Communique; Canadian PM in Beijing; 2025 trade data; H200s and US semiconductor 232 investigation

CCDI; H200s; US-China; Zhong Caiwen; Short newsletter today

CCDI Plenum opens; Rare earths exports to Japan get rarer; EU-China EV progress; Canadian PM’s visit to China

China playing rare earths card against Japan again; H200s; Scam tycoon Chen Zhi sent back to China; Liu Haixing

Sharp China: China’s Venezuela Calculations; Japan’s Rare Earth Access; A Reported Pause on Nvidia Purchases; The Meta-Manus Deal Under Review

Another day, another economic weapon aimed at Japan; “AI + Manufacturing”; H200 concerns; Manus; Platform rules

Tightening export controls on dual-use items to Japan and threatening rare earths export licenses; Stock market on a roll; Influencers to help improve “international communication”

China’s Venezuela Calculations; Real Estate Market Expectations; December Politburo and Democratic Life Meetings; Museum Scandal; 2026 Propaganda Tasks