Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get full episodes of Sharp China, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp Tech, Greatest of All Talk, and Dithering. Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism To email the show: email@sharpchina.fm Wang Yi replaces Qin Gang; Is Qin under investigation?; Korean War 70th anniversary; Xi'an protests — Sinocism Politburo meeting on the economy; Qin Gang; Measures to encourage private investment; RIP Gen. Wang Shaojun — Sinocism Replaced, Then Erased: Mystery Deepens Around China’s Former Foreign Minister — Wall Street Journal China’s missing foreign minister loses his job — Economist Elon Musk and the Disappearing Man — @ThisIsWenhao China signals more support for real estate with a ‘big change’ in tone — NBC News Exclusive: Beijing pushes for toning down of China risks in IPO prospectuses — Reuters Sample Letter to Companies Regarding China-Specific Disclosures [1] — Securities and Exchange Commission Chip CEOs Urge US to Study Impact of China Curbs and Take Pause — Bloomberg Kyle Anderson obtains Chinese citizenship — China News Service Mavericks' Kyrie Irving partners with ANTA on new shoe deal — ESPN

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get full episodes of Sharp China, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp Tech, Greatest of All Talk, and Dithering. Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism To email the show: email@sharpchina.fm National conference on ecological and environmental protection; Kerry and Henry Kissinger in Beijing; Qin Gang; Tang poems — Sinocism Weak GDP data; National security "covert front 隐蔽战线"; US export controls; Covid excess deaths — Sinocism Xi Jinping’s foreign minister has vanished from public view. His prolonged absence is driving intense speculation — CNN Where Is China’s Foreign Minister? Beijing Won’t Clear Up the Mystery — New York Times China Blocked Jack Ma’s Ant IPO After Investigation Revealed Likely Beneficiaries — Wall Street Journal Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang made first throw at an NBA game. — YouTube Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang sends New Year greetings at NBA game — YouTube Kissinger Meets China Defense Chief in Pursuing Closer Ties — Bloomberg China’s envoy to US Xie Feng congratulates Henry Kissinger on 100th birthday — SCMP Chip companies, top US officials discuss China policy — Reuters Chinese Hackers Targeted Commerce Secretary and Other U.S. Officials — New York Times China reports second-quarter GDP miss, another record high in youth unemployment — CNBC Looming U.S. Investment Restrictions on China Threaten Diplomatic Outreach — New York Times Canadian Politicians Who Criticize China Become Its Targets — New York Times The “Just Sisters” Defense: China’s Sex-Scandal Surge — The New Yorker

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get full episodes of Sharp China, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp Tech, Greatest of All Talk, and Dithering. Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism To email the show: email@sharpchina.fm 3 Takeaways From Janet Yellen’s Trip to Beijing — New York Times Despite Yellen, U.S.-China Decoupling Has Momentum of Its Own — Wall Street Journal Janet Yellen awkwardly bows to CCP official during Beijing trip: 'Optics the Chinese love' — Fox News Chinese women economists called 'traitors' online for meeting with Yellen — Reuters Column: China flexes critical metals muscles with export curbs — Reuters After China’s Rare Earth Embargo, a New Calculus — New York Times Co-Director of Think Tank Indicted for Acting as Unregistered Foreign Agent, Trafficking in Arms, Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran, and Making False Statements to Federal Agents — Department of Justice ‘Health reasons’: Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang to miss Asean meeting — SCMP Is High-speed Rail in China a "Gray Rhino"? — reading, writing & investing China Travel Advisory — US State Department Studio defends Barbie movie after controversial map prompts Vietnam ban — The Guardian How Do ‘Barbie’ and Blackpink Figure in a Dangerous Territorial Dispute? — The New York Times

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get full episodes of Sharp China, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp Tech, Greatest of All Talk, and Dithering. Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism To email the show: email@sharpchina.fm 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

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get full episodes of Sharp China, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp Tech, Greatest of All Talk, and Dithering. Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism To email the show: email@sharpchina.fm Blinken's Beijing meetings; Byebye spy balloon; Li Qiang in Germany; CYL Congress; Waiting for stimulus — Sinocism Li Qiang in Germany; New report on Cuba-PRC cooperation; New old leadership at Alibaba; Rate cuts — Sinocism Qin Gang Holds Talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken — MoFA President Xi Jinping Meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken — MoFA Biden’s gamble: Delaying sanctions and playing down Chinese espionage will improve relations with Beijing — NBC News Spy balloon 'chapter should be closed’ after China talks, Blinken tells NBC News — NBC News Remarks by President Biden Before Air Force One Departure — The White House Beijing Plans a New Training Facility in Cuba, Raising Prospect of Chinese Troops on America’s Doorstep — Wall Street Journal Buildup resumed at suspected Chinese military site in UAE, leak says — Washington Post Leaked Pentagon documents give insight into China’s secret ‘Project 141’ — India Today When a Huawei Bid Turned Into a Hunt for a Corporate Mole — Bloomberg Messi mania: China embraces pitch-invading fan as millions line up behind ‘punished’ teen who hugged an icon and led security a merry dance — SMCP Full Footage of Messi Reaction to a Chinese Fan Invading the Pitch to Hug Him — YouTube Eveline Chao on Niubi! – a Chinese slang phrasebook — The Beijinger

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get full episodes of Sharp China, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp Tech, Greatest of All Talk, and Dithering. Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism To email the show: email@sharpchina.fm Honduras President in China; Blinken visit to PRC; PRC-South Korea; Valuation system with Chinese characteristics — Sinocism Xi in Inner Mongolia; Extreme circumstances 极端情况; Fentanyl; Monkey laundering; PRC spy base in Cuba? — Sinocism Cuba to Host Secret Chinese Spy Base Focusing on U.S. — Wall Street Journal China Weighs Broad Stimulus With Property Support, Rate Cuts — Bloomberg Xi Prepares China for ‘Extreme’ Scenarios, Including Conflict with the West — Wall Street Journal China’s Local Debt Woes Seen in $700 Fine for Cucumber Dish — Bloomberg U.S. to Allow South Korean, Taiwan Chip Makers to Keep Operations in China — Wall Street Journal South Korea's diplomacy drifting further away from being 'confident': Global Times editorial — Global Times China Reduced Air Pollution in 7 Years as Much as US Did in Three Decades — Bloomberg ‘Extraordinary progress’ – Beijing meets air pollution goals after coal crackdown — Climate Home News China to hold first nationwide village basketball tournament — CGTN Under the Dome (Part 1 of 8) — YouTube

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get full episodes of Sharp China, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp Tech, Greatest of All Talk, and Dithering. Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism To email the show: email@sharpchina.fm 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

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get full episodes of Sharp China, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp Tech, Greatest of All Talk, and Dithering. Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism To email the show: email@sharpchina.fm National Security Commission meets; Politburo study session on education; US-China; Musk in the PRC; More allegations of interference in Canadian politics — Sinocism Xi meets Russian Prime Minister; Wang Huning visits Xinjiang; US-China; Malware — Sinocism China Rebuffs Pentagon Chief, Blunting Push for Rapprochement — Wall Street Journal China turns down US invitation for defence chiefs meeting in Singapore — Financial Times Statement on Unprofessional Intercept of U.S. Aircraft over South China Sea — US Indo-Pacific Command In China’s words, it’s open for business. In actions, not so much. — Washington Post Nathaniel Sher — Twitter Europe Rebuffs China’s Efforts to Split the West in Pushing Ukraine Cease-Fire — Wall Street Journal Xi urges accelerated efforts to modernize national security system, capacity — Xinhua Elon Musk meets Chinese foreign minister, who calls for ‘mutual respect’ in U.S. relations — NBC News China’s C919 Takes Maiden Commercial Flight—and First Bite From Boeing — Wall Street Journal China’s COMAC: An Aerospace Minor Leaguer — CSIS Chinese Malware Hits Systems on Guam. Is Taiwan the Real Target? — New York Times Why do planes get water salutes? — YouTube Elon Musk pulls off dance moves at Tesla's Shanghai plant — YouTube

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get full episodes of Sharp China, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp Tech, Greatest of All Talk, and Dithering. Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism To email the show: email@sharpchina.fm G-7 on China; PRC response; Biden says a thaw coming in US-China relations; Micron ban; Covid second wave — Sinocism G7 issues strongest condemnation of China as it intensifies response to Beijing — Financial Times Flaring tensions over G7 and Micron show limits to US-China reset — Financial Times Biden Sees Coming ‘Thaw’ With China, Even as He Rallies Allies Against Beijing — New York Times Why the US delayed China sanctions after shooting down a spy balloon — Reuters China’s $23 Trillion Local Debt Mess Is About to Get Worse — Bloomberg Cover Story: China’s Effort to Move Mountain of ‘Hidden Debt’ Faces Uphill Climb — Caixin Global Chinese comedian arrested after joke about army — BBC Nigel Ng — Twitter ESPN Has Reportedly Pulled Notable Sports Documentary — The Spun K Tse — Twitter Iconic Moments: Chang vs Lendl - Roland Garros 4th Round, 1989 — YouTube

Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to get full episodes of Sharp China, plus Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Sharp Tech, Greatest of All Talk, and Dithering. Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism To email the show: email@sharpchina.fm Sinocism Podcast: Tu Le of Sino Auto Insights on the rise of the China vehicle industry — Sinocism CCFEA on industrial system on population; Canada expels a diplomat; Details of the Capvision investigation; Qin Gang meets US Ambassador — Sinocism Chinese FM meets U.S. ambassador — Xinhua Biden Administration Tamps Down Talk of US-China Decoupling — Bloomberg US, China spar in first face-to-face meeting under Biden — Associated Press China Signals Spying Fears Amid Probe of Consulting Firms — Wall Street Journal U.S. Think Tank Reports Prompted Beijing to Put a Lid on Chinese Data — Wall Street Journal Why leaked spy docs have sent China and Canada’s fraught relationship to a new low — NBC News Two high-level memos allege Beijing covertly funded Canadian election candidates — Global News China Focus: China pursues high-quality population development to support modernization — Xinhua America’s Bad Bet on India — Foreign Affairs The Chip Ban Seven Months Later, China's Response, More on Intel and Tower Semiconductor — Sharp Tech An Interview with Chip War Author Chris Miller — Stratechery Interviews Entrapment (1999) — YouTube