Introduction

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Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism

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Li Keqiang; Financial Work Conference; Xi on women; US-China; Xiangshan Forum — Sinocism

Xi meets California Governor Newsom; Biden warns on Second Thomas Shoal; Aricle 23 coming to Hong Kong; Xi Thought on Culture — Sinocism

Central Financial Work Conference; Biden and Xi to meet; Li Keqiang — Sinocism

‘Other leaders are corrupt’: Li Keqiang mourning poses challenge for Beijing — Financial Times

Post by Wenhao on X — @ThisIsWenhao

U.S.President Joe Biden Meets with Wang Yi — MoFA

Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with People’s Republic of China Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi — The White House

If China is forced to resolve the Taiwan question through the use of force, it will be a legitimate and just war: Lieutenant General — Global Times

Beijing’s top spy agency cracks down on illegal foreign weather stations amid push to stop data leaving China — South China Morning Post

California Gov. Gavin Newsom plows into child while playing basketball in China — KTLA

China’s Xi Welcomes Gavin Newsom in Beijing With Eye on U.S. Visit — Wall Street Journal

Geopollutical Warfare — Doomberg

Post by Rahm Emanuel on X — @USAmbJapan

Post by Rahm Emanuel on X — @USAmbJapan

Exclusive: US military bulk buys Japanese seafood to counter China ban — Reuters

NBA 'first class' in China despite past conflicts, Yao Ming says — ESPN

Personal exchanges cited as key for bilateral ties — China Daily

Gala Dinner 2023 — National Committee on U.S.-China Relations