Sharp China with Bill Bishop

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Sharp China with Bill Bishop episodes

January 19, 2023 New Talking Points for Private Business; The US-Japan Alliance; More Police Stations Abroad; Marvel Movies Return to China
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Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism
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China's 2022 economic growth one of the worst on record, post-pandemic policy faces test — Reuters
From Disciplinarian to Cheerleader: Why China Is Changing Its Tone on Business — New York Times
Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built — Duncan Clark
Biden and Kishida Vow to Bolster U.S.-Japan Alliance as China’s Power Grows — New York TImes
Japan’s Shift to War Footing — War on the Rocks
More Protests in China Over Japan and Islands — New York Times
US-China Defense Talks Stalled Two Months After Biden-Xi Meeting — Bloomberg
China's first population drop in six decades sounds alarm on demographic crisis — Reuters
With F.B.I. Search, U.S. Escalates Global Fight Over Chinese Police Outposts — New York Times
Patrol and Persuade - A follow up on 110 Overseas investigation — Safeguard Defenders
China welcomes back Disney Marvel movies with ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Ant-Man’ sequels — Los Angeles Times
《蟻人與黃蜂女:量子狂熱》電影預告 Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania - Official Trailer — YouTube
13 min
January 12, 2023 Reciprocal Travel Restrictions; Wolf Warrior Diplomacy; Made in China 2025; Traveling to Xi's China as an American
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Cases peaking?; Retaliation against travel measures; CCDI Plenum; Alibaba and Ant are out of the storm; US-China — Sinocism
Reopening to the world; CCDI Plenum; Tech rectification over? Zhao Lijian — Sinocism
China clashes with its neighbors after reopening to the world as Covid surges — NBC News
China retaliates against travel restrictions by suspending short-term visas for Japanese and South Koreans — SMCP
Merck, Pfizer Rebuff China’s Push for Deeper Price Cuts on Covid Drugs — Bloomberg
China Likely to Name U.S. Specialist as Next Ambassador to Washington — Wall Street Journal
The Man Behind China's Aggressive New Voice — New York Times
China’s ‘wolf warrior’ foreign affairs spokesperson moved to new role — The Guardian
Is ‘Made in China 2025’ a Threat to Global Trade? — Council on Foreign Relations
Letter From Apple Supplier Foxconn’s Founder Prodded China to Ease Zero-Covid Rules — Wall Street Journal
Foxconn Founder Terry Gou Wants to be Taiwan’s President—and a Go-Between for U.S. and China — Time
China Warns U.S. It May Detain Americans in Response to Prosecutions of Chinese Scholars — Wall Street Journal
Wolf Warrior 2 (2017) — YouTube
12 min
January 06, 2023 The First Month of Reopening; Xi's Credibility; Qin Gang and US-China Relations; TikTok Forfeits the Benefit of the Doubt
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Reopening; Transparency; Stimulating real estate demand; US-China — Sinocism
Covid reopening and growing concerns about lack of transparency; Marcos meets Xi; Propaganda work — Sinocism
Reopening; Testing PRC travelers; Wang Qishan in Brazil; More weak economic data; 辱华 — Sinocism
China Condemns Its People to Relive the Nightmare of 2020 — Bloomberg
China threatens ‘countermeasures’ over other countries’ Covid travel restrictions — The Guardian
Battered by Covid, China Hits Pause on Giant Chip Spending Aimed at Rivaling US — Bloomberg
China can see a ‘light of hope’ in Covid battle, says Xi Jinping in New Year’s message — SCMP
Xi Jinping’s credibility ‘badly wounded’ as China’s Covid death toll mounts — Financial Times
Update: 2023 Chinese Grand Prix return inches closer — RacingNews365
New Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang: What I learned in America — Washington Post
Why China’s new foreign minister could be a problem for Biden — Politico
Qin Gang 秦刚 on Twitter — @AmbQinGang
EXCLUSIVE: TikTok Spied On Forbes Journalists — Forbes
Biden signs TikTok ban for government devices, setting up a chaotic 2023 for the app — NBC News
Leaked Audio From 80 Internal TikTok Meetings Shows That US User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China — Buzzfeed News
China's Bayi Rockets vs NBA champions Washington Bullets in 1979 — YouTube
1 hr 1 min
December 14, 2022 A Head-Spinning Reopening, Questions for Musk, The Latest on the Chip Ban, New Realities for Chinese Big Tech
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Cases rising; CEWC postponed?; Kabul hotel attack; Chips — Sinocism
Cases surging; WTO; US-China meeting; People's Leader; Jimmy Lai — Sinocism
Twitter’s new China head makes spectacularly awkward debut — Washington Post
How China became big business for Twitter — Reuters
Ex-Twitter employee found guilty of spying on Saudi dissidents — The Guardian
Japan to Join US Effort to Tighten Chip Exports to China — Bloomberg
China sues US in WTO over chip export control measures — Global Times
Biden Cements Trump-Era Steel, Aluminum Tariffs in WTO Snub — Bloomberg
Alibaba: This Will Not End Well — Seeking Alpha
Jack Ma quits as head of leading China business group — Financial Times
Crosstalk: A window into the world of Chinese humor — YouTube
15 min
December 07, 2022 A New Narrative on Covid, Relationships in the Pacific, mRNA Vaccines as a Red Herring, Pressuring Western Business and Censoring Chinese Business
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Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism
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Reopening; Shifting the Covid messaging; Jiang Zemin; CEWC; Saudi Arabia — Sinocism
Reopening; Jiang Zemin; Xi to Saudi Arabia; TikTok — Sinocism
Rocky road to re-opening; Downplaying Omicron; Jiang Zemin, Xi meets Michel; Zhao Lijian — Sinocism
60 Minutes Archives: An interview with China's Jiang Zemin — YouTube
Xi Awards Friendship Medal to Vietnam's Communist Party Chief — YouTube
Beijing Mixes Messages Over Anti-Japan Protests — New York Times
In Japan, Winnie the Pooh joins China's lockdown protests — NPR
Engineers of the Soul: what Australia needs to know about ideology in Xi Jinping's China — Sinocism
China’s high youth unemployment stokes student Covid protests — Financial Times
Tesla cuts output plan for Shanghai plant for Dec -sources — Reuters
Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China — New York Times
The Man Behind China’s Aggressive New Voice — New York Times
Wang Sir's News Talk | Zhao Lijian and his Sweetheart: The Paradoxical Life — YouTube
14 min
November 30, 2022 A Weekend of Protests Across China: What We Know and What Might Come Next
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Covid; PCR testing troubles; Protests and cracking down; Huawei — Sinocism
Protests; Covid; Xi's diplomacy; National security; Real estate support; Hong Kong law — Sinocism
China Covid Unrest Boils Over as Citizens Defy Lockdown Efforts — Bloomberg
Xi Jinping faces stiffest challenge to rule as Covid outrage sparks mass protests — Financial Times
Chinese Protesters Use Tricks to Evade Censors, Vent Anger — Bloomberg
New Symbol of Protest in China Roils Censors: Blank White Papers — Wall Street Journal
China censors maskless crowd footage in World Cup broadcasts — The Guardian
Twitter grapples with Chinese spam obscuring news of protests — Washington Post
@PaulHaenle — Twitter
15 min
November 18, 2022 Biden Meets Xi in Bali and the PRC Calculus on Ukraine
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Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism
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Biden-Xi meeting; Surging cases test of optimized Covid measures; Real estate rescue — Sinocism
Biden-Xi meeting; Covid controls; Xi at the G-20; Ukraine — Sinocism
China Won’t Be Able to Attack Taiwan in Near Future, US General Milley Says — Bloomberg
Emboldened Xi Jinping steps back on to world stage with G20 summit — Financial Times
U.S. Official Says China Is Uncomfortable With Russia’s Rhetoric, Activity in Ukraine — Wall Street Journal
Biden's New Cold War Against China Could Backfire — New York Magazine
Video of Xi Jinping and Justin Trudeau at the G-20 summit — Twitter: @debidwarditv
14 min
November 11, 2022 Mailbag: Diplomacy Day, Apple in China, Ghost Cities, Analyzing America's Taiwan Response
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Xi takes the CMC on an inspection; Covid in Guangzhou; China School of National Security — Sinocism
Long road to reopening; Cases rising in Guangzhou and Beijing; Li Qiang speech; Weak trade data; Taiwan — Sinocism
Germany’s Olaf Scholz Puts Business First in Beijing Visit — Wall Street Journal
Instead of leading, Germany is muddling Europe's approach to China — Nikkei
China’s Xi Jinping Plans Visit to Saudi Arabia Amid Global Reshuffling — Wall Street Journal
Canadian intelligence warned PM Trudeau that China covertly funded 2019 election candidates: Sources — Global News
‘A brazen intrusion’: China’s foreign police stations raise hackles in Canada — The Guardian
As Canada frees a Huawei boss, China lets two Canadians out of jail — The Economist
A Chinese Spy Wanted GE’s Secrets, But the US Got China’s Instead — Bloomberg
The Persistent Vaccine Hesitancy of China’s Elderly — Bloomberg
China’s Ghost Cities Are Finally Stirring to Life After Years of Empty Streets — Bloomberg
How We Would Know When China Is Preparing to Invade Taiwan — The Carnegie Endowment
14 min
November 04, 2022 The State of Dynamic Zero-COVID and Reactions to That ProPublica Report
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Rumors of change in Covid policies; Lockdowns; Two Establishes 两个确立 vs. Two Upholds 两个维护 — Sinocism
Xi's message to the PRC's youth; Busy week of foreign visitors; Covid lockdowns — Sinocism
Workers flee China’s Covid restrictions at Foxconn’s largest iPhone factory — Financial Times
Coronavirus: Chinese authorities race to contain new waves of ‘dire and complicated’ outbreaks — South China Morning Post
‘We’re on That Bus, Too’: In China, a Deadly Crash Triggers Covid Trauma — New York Times
Young Chinese Are Despairing of a Zero-COVID Future — Foreign Policy
Chinese city accused of ‘performative lockdown lifting’ — The Guardian
"A Chinese business consultant in a Ted-style talk justified zero-Covid policy by saying that in 10 years the West will be brought to its knees b/c long-Covid" — Twitter: @YanzhongHuang
Visitors to Shanghai Disneyland were blocked from leaving the compound as Chinese authorities imposed a snap lockdown — Twitter: @dw_hotspotasia
COVID-19 Origins: Investigating a “Complex and Grave Situation” Inside a Wuhan Lab — ProPublica
The Lab Leak Hypothesis — N.Y. Mag
1 hr 2 min
October 28, 2022 A New Standing Committee and Mystery Surrounding Hu Jintao
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20th Party Congress; Economic data; Stocks; US indictments and Huawei — Sinocism
20th Party Congress concludes; New Central Committee; Party constitution revisions; Hu Jintao — Sinocism
Xi’s Power Grab Spurs Historic Market Rout as Foreigners Flee — Bloomberg
Resounding victory cements Xi’s dominance — The Lowy Institute
The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers — Amazon
China’s wealthy activate escape plans as Xi Jinping extends rule — Financial Times
A Former Chinese Leader Was Ushered Out, Leaving Many Questions — New York Times
Xi Jinping Exposed — Council on Foreign Relations
11 min