Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get full episodes of Sharp China, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp Tech, Greatest of All Talk, and Dithering.

Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism

To email the show: [email protected]

3 Takeaways From Janet Yellen’s Trip to Beijing — New York Times

Despite Yellen, U.S.-China Decoupling Has Momentum of Its Own — Wall Street Journal

Janet Yellen awkwardly bows to CCP official during Beijing trip: 'Optics the Chinese love' — Fox News

Chinese women economists called 'traitors' online for meeting with Yellen — Reuters

Column: China flexes critical metals muscles with export curbs — Reuters

After China’s Rare Earth Embargo, a New Calculus — New York Times

Co-Director of Think Tank Indicted for Acting as Unregistered Foreign Agent, Trafficking in Arms, Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran, and Making False Statements to Federal Agents — Department of Justice

‘Health reasons’: Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang to miss Asean meeting — SCMP

Is High-speed Rail in China a "Gray Rhino"? — reading, writing & investing

China Travel Advisory — US State Department

Studio defends Barbie movie after controversial map prompts Vietnam ban — The Guardian

How Do ‘Barbie’ and Blackpink Figure in a Dangerous Territorial Dispute? — The New York Times