(Free) A New Blinken Visit?; US-China Drama in Singapore; The Post-Covid Stimulus Calculus; Travel to the PRC in 2023

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Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism

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Blinken to China?; Xi on desertification; Li Qiang to Germany and France; Economic concerns; Disappearing "Glory to Hong Kong" — Sinocism

Trade data; Waiting for stimulus; EU-China; Gaokao; SOE cadre's career-ending stroll — Sinocism

US Secretary of State Blinken Set to Travel to Beijing for Talks in Coming Weeks — Bloomberg

U.S. and China lock horns at Asia’s top security forum — Washington Post

Statement on Unprofessional Intercept of U.S. Aircraft over South China Sea — USINDOPACOM

Popularity of China’s ‘New Security Initiative’ is inevitable: Global Times editorial — Global Times

Fareed Zakaria — Twitter

Xi urges sustained efforts to curb desertification — Xinhua

China, Mongolia aim to stop spread of shared desert that threatens mining and agriculture on both sides — SMCP

What Engagement With China Has Meant for Me — Wall Street Journal

China Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the Earth — Bloomberg

In a geologic triumph, scientists drill a window into Earth’s mantle — Washington Post

The most shocking photo of Beijing air pollution I’ve ever seen — Washington Post