Expectations for Blinken in Beijing; A U.S. General Predicts War by 2025; Xi to Moscow?; The Decline in Chinese Language Study

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Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism

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Outbreak officially peaked; Blinken's PRC visit; War talk; Tech controls; Hu Xinyu — Sinocism

Xi to visit Russia this year?; More on possible Huawei measures; State capitalism; 狂飙 “The Knockout” — Sinocism

How arming Ukraine is stretching the US defence industry — Financial Times

US, China spar in first face-to-face meeting under Biden — AP

How it happened: Transcript of the US-China opening remarks in Alaska — Nikkei Asia

China Urges Common Ground Ahead of Visit by Top US Diplomat — Bloomberg

Air Force general predicts war with China in 2025, tells officers to prep by firing 'a clip' at a target, and 'aim for the head' — NBC News

Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia to be main event in bilateral agenda for 2023 — Tass

China Dismisses US Claims of Support for Russia as ‘Paranoia’ — Bloomberg

Why Are Fewer American Students Going to China? — Asia Society

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson sparks ridicule online with Taiwan restaurant tweet — Hong Kong Free Press

China Publishes, Then Deletes Report of Potential Alien Signals — Gizmodo