Welcome to a new collaboration episode between Baiguan, Zichen Wang of Pekingnology and Johnny Zou of East8’s Newsletter. It has been several weeks now since we shared our thoughts on the important events of the past week.

In this episode, we cover:

[00:41] Robert’s experience of publishing an opinion piece on the New York Times discussing China’s resolve in the trade war.

[06:32] Significance of China halting Boeing deliveries

[8:08] Jensen Huang’s China visit: Is it a slap on Trump’s face, or is Jensen actually the “go-between”?

[17:13] Bloomberg’s story about China’s willingness to talk, with certain preconditions. How true is that?

[19:14] Reshuffling of top China’s trade negotiator: what does it mean?

[21:00] The end of “high-sea fishing”?

[29:05] Xi’s Southeast Asia visit

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Tooting Your Own Horn– Episode 295