Summary of today’s Essential Eight:
Earlier today I published this week’s episode of Sharp China- The US-China Strategic Channel; Continued Drama in the South China Sea; The Next Phase of Chip Controls; Black Myth: Wukong. From t...
This episode of Sharp China is free for everyone.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...
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Philippine ship rammed at Sabina (Escoda) Shoal/Xianbin Jiao - On August 31st a China Coast Guard vessel repeatedly rammed the BRP Teresa Magbanua at Sabina (Escoda) Shoal/Xianbin Jiao. The PRC s...
US National Security Advisor met with Xi, Wang Yi and CMC Vice Chair Zhang Youxia. Obama’s National Security Advisor Susan Rice got a similar slate of meetings in her visit eight years ago, so ...
Reminder: There will be no newsletter Tuesday the 27th and Wednesday the 28th.
https://sinocism.com/p/us-china-talks-prc-philippines-tensions
Summary of today’s top items: Record imports of semiconductor equipment - PRC firms are stockpiling chipmaking equipment and supplies ahead of possible new US restrictions, and ASML and Japanes...
https://sinocism.com/p/deng-120th-commemoration-semiconductor
Earlier today I published this week’s episode of Sharp China - A New Flashpoint with the Philippines; PRC and the US Election; Tim Walz and China; Connected Vehicles Updates. From the show note...
https://sinocism.com/p/li-in-moscow-boost-for-energy-upgrades
Summary of today’s Essential Eight:
Summary of today’s top items:
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: Xi will reappear by August 20th at the latest, though I assume we will see him before then. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that To Lam, General Se...
Wang Jisi, President of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies at Peking University, and two colleagues, Hu Ran, and Zhao Jianwei, published an article in Foreign Affairs in early A...
I hope you had nice start to August.
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You may have noticed that Sinocism has not published the monthly discourse tracker from China Media Project (CMP) in several months...These aspects of the People’s Daily and party discourse mak...
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Reminder, as the leadership heads to the seaside for the Beidaihe break I am taking my own break, and the newsletter and Sharp China will be off from August 1 through Monday August 12.
Show Notes:On today’s show Andrew and Bill start with a programming note for the next few weeks and various questions for the next few months of the Biden Administration. Topics include: A meet...
https://sinocism.com/p/sharp-china-questions-for-the-remainder
We are on the eve of the Beidaihe break, when Xi and most if not all of the top leadership go to the seaside resort for as long as two weeks to do whatever it is they do there. Xi will likely dis...
Much of the language we have seen before, including in the recent Plenum Resolution. There will be “incremental policy measures” coming at the macro policy level:The meeting pointed out that ...