Sharp China with Bill Bishop (Preview) Biden’s ‘Dictator’ Curveball; Putin’s Latest Mess Validates Xi’s PLA Purge; Huawei Questions Around the World; China and the Fentanyl Crisis
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Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism
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Weak holiday consumption; PRC-Russia; US-China; Patriotic education; Heat wave; Covid origins — Sinocism
Biden on the balloon, dictators and surprises; Fentanyl and Taiwan; Local debt survey again ; PRC-Cuba; Jack Ma — Sinocism
Biden labels China’s Xi Jinping a dictator — Politico
Biden calling China’s leader a ‘dictator’ opens new rift just after Blinken’s tensions-easing trip — Associated Press
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson’s Remarks on the Wagner Group Incident — MoFA
Xi Jinping vows to fight 'tigers' and 'flies' in anti-corruption drive — The Guardian
Xi cages big tiger in anti-corruption drive — BBC
Xi Jinping has more tigers, foxes and flies in his sights — Nikkei Asia
U.S. Tracked Huawei, ZTE Workers at Suspected Chinese Spy Sites in Cuba — Wall Street Journal
When a Huawei Bid Turned Into a Hunt for a Corporate Mole — Bloomberg
Who Owns Huawei? — Christopher Balding and Donald Clarke
Who Really Owns Huawei? A response to Professors Balding and Clarke — Pekingnology
Secretive Chip Startup May Help Huawei Circumvent US Sanctions — Bloomberg
U.S. files first-ever charges against Chinese fentanyl manufacturers — Nikkei Asia
China’s role in the fentanyl crisis — Brookings
What is the Indo-Pacific region and why does the US keep using this term? — SCMP