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View allSharp China: Constructing US-China Stability; Trump's Taiwan Comments and More Summit Takeaways; Putin in ChinaListen now | Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill parse the messaging from both sides of last week's US-China summit in Beijing. Topics include…May 21 • Bill Bishop30259:20Putin's China visit; More from MOFCOM on US-China outcomes; Action plan for stabilizing employment; Nvidia in China; Safeguarding mineral…Russian President Putin is already on his way back home after meeting with Xi on Wednesday. It appears he did not get the deal he has most coveted, the…May 20 • Bill Bishop61Putin arrives in Beijing; US indicts PRC container firms and executives; Developing Party members; Tracking foreignersThe US Department of Justice today announced indictments of seven Chinese executives and four of the world’s largest shipping container manufacturing…May 19 • Bill Bishop102US-China summit outcomes; Constructive relationship of strategic stability; Taiwan; Putin to Beijing; Li and Ding on AIThe entry of the China-US strategic contest into a new phase of strategic stalemate is the second logical premise for our consideration of the correct…May 18 • Bill Bishop10517Trump meets Xi; The new vision of building a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability; AIThe first day of President Trump’s visit to Beijing had impressive optics and lots of warm, positive energy, at least in the public reporting. Specific…May 14 • Bill Bishop1139Trump arrives in Beijing; Xi's busy Tuesday; Fair competition and unified markets; Action plan for AI and EnergyUS President has arrived in Beijing.May 13 • Bill Bishop11Sharp China: 10 Questions and Modest Expectations With Trump in China to Meet Xi JinpingThis episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall.May 13 • Bill Bishop47151:02:01See allTop postsSharp China: Big Picture Questions for 2024; Taiwan and the Philippines and Tentative Stability; Our Favorite Memories from 2023Dec 21, 2023 • Bill Bishop and Andrew Sharp6136Trump delays China visit because Iran war likely will not be over by March 31; US-China trade talks; Xi on marine economy; Stabilizing…Mar 16 • Bill Bishop9635Sharp China: The Taiwan Status Quo; Markets and GDP Go Opposite Directions; China and the Red Sea; Cannabis; Soccer CorruptionJan 19, 2024 • Bill Bishop and Andrew Sharp3621Wang Yi at the UN; Fu Zhenghua sentenced; Nvidia China salesSep 22, 2022 • Bill Bishop3551Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping's China by John GarnautJan 17, 2019 • Bill Bishop134207Subscribe

Unified national market; PRC-Russia; Arms sales to Taiwan; Fiscal spending; EU-China; "Dear You 给阿嬷的情书"In response to a question at a Thursday press conference about the European Commission drafting a new trade instrument to address overcapacity, Ministry…May 21 • Bill Bishop921Sharp China: Constructing US-China Stability; Trump's Taiwan Comments and More Summit Takeaways; Putin in ChinaListen now | Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill parse the messaging from both sides of last week's US-China summit in Beijing. Topics include…May 21 • Bill Bishop30259:20Putin's China visit; More from MOFCOM on US-China outcomes; Action plan for stabilizing employment; Nvidia in China; Safeguarding mineral…Russian President Putin is already on his way back home after meeting with Xi on Wednesday. It appears he did not get the deal he has most coveted, the…May 20 • Bill Bishop61Putin arrives in Beijing; US indicts PRC container firms and executives; Developing Party members; Tracking foreignersThe US Department of Justice today announced indictments of seven Chinese executives and four of the world’s largest shipping container manufacturing…May 19 • Bill Bishop102US-China summit outcomes; Constructive relationship of strategic stability; Taiwan; Putin to Beijing; Li and Ding on AIThe entry of the China-US strategic contest into a new phase of strategic stalemate is the second logical premise for our consideration of the correct…May 18 • Bill Bishop10517Trump meets Xi; The new vision of building a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability; AIThe first day of President Trump’s visit to Beijing had impressive optics and lots of warm, positive energy, at least in the public reporting. Specific…May 14 • Bill Bishop1139Trump arrives in Beijing; Xi's busy Tuesday; Fair competition and unified markets; Action plan for AI and EnergyUS President has arrived in Beijing.May 13 • Bill Bishop11Sharp China: 10 Questions and Modest Expectations With Trump in China to Meet Xi JinpingThis episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall.May 13 • Bill Bishop47151:02:01Trump China visit; China’s Next Generation Industrial Policy; Standardizing and developing AI agents; No more deflation?; Ding Xuexiang…The PRC confirmed that President Trump will meet with Xi this week. He will arrive May 13 and depart after lunch Friday. According to the PRC, “Chinese…May 11 • Bill Bishop10353Suspended death sentences for two former defense ministers; Trump's China trip; Iran war; Beijing Auto Show; Nukes Low expectations but big business entourage for Trump’s China trip - Semafor confirmed the rumors that many CEOs will join Trump on his trip to Beijing…May 7 • Bill Bishop1624Iran FM in China; Trump China visit next week; EU losing patience?; DeepSeek; Xi on basic research; MU5735 crash investigation All signs point to Trump traveling Beijing next week to meet Xi. Late last week Wang Yi and Marco Rubio had a call, as did He Lifeng and Scott Bessent…May 6 • Bill Bishop111Triangles and Chokepoints | Sinification: April 2026Global Order | US-China | Europe | Russia | East Asia | Trade and Resource Security | Economics | Artificial IntelligenceMay 4 • James Farquharson, Thomas des Garets Geddes, and Jacob Mardell282

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Bill BishopMay 21, 2026∙ Paid302ShareShow Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill parse the messaging from both sides of last week's US-China summit in Beijing. Topics include: What the PRC means by "a constructive relationship of strategic stability," why the US side adopted the framing as well, a relative absence of tangible deliverables, and why "a calculated stalling tactic from both sides designed to manage risk" may be a more accurate rendering of the status quo. From there: Trump's various comments on Taiwan spark concern and questions, plus notes on Rubio, Ratner, an indictment of Chinese shipping magnates, and an Iran ceasefire Xi calls "imperative." At the end: Vladimir Putin's visit to Beijing, questions for the EU, and more bad news for Nvidia in China.
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Unilateral coercion, hegemonism, bloc confrontation, and undercurrents of neo-colonialism are surging. International law and the basic norms of international relations are repeatedly being trampled upon. Many global governance institutions face growing difficulty in coordinating action among states and mediating international disputes, and are struggling to function effectively. World peace and development face new risks and challenges, and there is a danger of the international community fragmenting and regressing back to the law of the jungle. - Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Advocating Global Multipolarity and a New Type of International RelationsToday’s top items:1. No new gas pipeline for Putin? - Russian President Putin is already on his way back home after meeting with Xi on Wednesday. It appears he did not get the deal he has most coveted, the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline. The two sides did sign twenty cooperation documents and i…
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