The China Week

The world is in play U.S. allies reel at Trump's National Security Strategy, and a Chinese jet locks radar on Japanese aircraft.

Slop, lies, and radar in the latest @thechinaweek.com: The incoherent Trump doctrine and escalating China-Japan tensions.

How Israel’s embassy lost China, Xi call pleases Trump, and China brainrot The world is undergoing "great changes unseen in a century" as Xi Jinping likes to say.

In the latest @thechinaweek.com:

• ‘How Israel’s embassy lost China’
• A surprise call from Xi Jinping pleases Trump
• China brainrot, from creator schlock to AI propaganda
• Recommended reading and listening
• Important China news from the last week or so

Very British China problems London's awkward relationship with Beijing, laughing Xi, China launches another aircraft carrier, recommended articles and podcasts etc.

A short essay on awkward Sino-British relations, unusual photos of laughing Xi Jinping, robots for entertainment and last-mile delivery, and more:

The emperor's new deal and the chairman's new tech plan An extremely underwhelming meeting between Xi and Trump, details on Beijing's drive for tech self-reliance, plus more news and links.

Trump's China theatrics of the last nine months have achieved nothing, except for concentrating minds in Beijing on the urgent need for technological and financial independence from the U.S., and maing clear "how much stronger China has become":

‘Xinjiang policy is correct, scientific, and effective’ — Xi Xi Jinping visits the Uyghur heartland, PR stunt gone wrong in Tibet, Jerome Cohen, law of the jungle, big WTO table, green commitments, four more years for citizen journalist.

New @thechinaweek.com:

- The Emperor of Xinjiang
- Art and advertising stunt in Tibet for Arc’teryx goes wrong
- Citizen reporter Zhang Zhan gets another 4 years on trumped up charges
- Links to eulogies for Jerome Cohen
- And more

TikTok deal touted as China’s snubs U.S. soybeans A flurry of U.S.-China diplomacy and talk of a deal, AI and returnee tech talents, the Locknet exported, arctic shipping, 'China ditching the dollar,' interesting links, fun stuff, jobs.

The latest @thechinaweek.com:

The Four Horsemen of the New World Order A week of authoritarian pageantry in China, troubled U.S.-China trade war pause, heart drugs, hit animated film, brain-computer interface plans, Zambian Jehovah’s Witnesses, and more.

This week:

• A week of authoritarian pageantry in China
• Troubled U.S.-China trade war pause
• Heart drugs
• Hit animated film
• Brain-computer interface plans
• Zambian Jehovah’s Witnesses leaning Chinese
• And more…

China is bullish on stock market and AI chips Soaring markets and another DeepSeek breakthrough, Putin and Modi to attend military parade, trade war update, journalist denied Hong Kong visa, youth culture, old consumers.

The latest:

• Soaring markets and another DeepSeek breakthrough
•Putin and Modi to attend military parade
• Trump's crumbling trade war update
• Journalist denied Hong Kong visa
• Youth culture, old consumers

China embraces India, Pakistan, Afghanistan South Asian moves, Xi in Tibet, U.S.-China trade and tech wars, robot games, new visa to attract scientists, short video on broadcast TV, Nigerian bullet train, another diplomat disappears, and more.

New @thechinaweek.com:

• China schmoozes India, Pakistan, Afghanistan
• Xi in Tibet
• U.S.-China trade and tech wars
• Robot games
• New visa to attract scientists
• Short video on broadcast TV
• Nigerian bullet train
• Another diplomat disappears, and more

Senior diplomat disappears Liu Jianchao detained, clean energy bonanza, U.S.-China chips and trade truce, China Coast Guard ship rams Chinese Navy vessel, and more.

This week's newsletter is out:

• Liu Jianchao detained
• 40% of cars sold in China this year were electric
• Trump chickens out again on trade and tech war
• China Coast Guard ship rams Chinese Navy vessel
• Star banker out of jail
• China's mystery rooms in new U.K. embassy
• Evergrande delisted

The Communist Party's summer holiday Beidaihe retreat, Hong Kong floods, free preschool, bullying and non-consensual porn, first arrest under Macau's National Security Law, NVIDIA under scrutiny in China, and more.

The China Week for the dog days of August:

• The Party's Beidaihe retreat
• Hong Kong floods
• Free preschool
• Bullying and non-consensual porn
• First arrest under Macau's National Security Law
• NVIDIA under scrutiny in China, and more

Beijing deluge kills 30 Floods, sex and corruption at Shaolin Temple, supplicant Trump, EU-China talks, $500 a year to have a baby, Belt and Road is back.

The China Week is up:

• Deadly Beijing floods
• Sex and corruption at Shaolin Temple
• Supplicant Trump goes soft on Beijing
• EU-China talks
• $500 a year to have a baby
• Belt and Road is back.

Can China end the race to the bottom? The government battles price wars and involution, plus Dalai Lama succession, China-Europe ties, U.S.-China trade and tech wars, foreigners in China, birthrates, bull market, flying cars, and more.

The latest China Week is out:

Staggering solar bonanza, the Tao of the deal, military mosquito drones Solar energy record, trade war stasis, tiny drones, 100 million Party members, military purges, Iran's defense minister goes to China, annals of repression and assimilation.

A lot of solar power, 100 million Communist Party members, a military drone the size of a mosquito, a lot of hot air from Trump, and more in the latest issue of The China Week:

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Huawei isn't going away People's Daily interview with Ren Zhengfei, EVs, the boring Trump-China trade war, no tariffs for Africa, global income tax crackdown, corrupt judge.

New @thechinaweek.com:

Chinese students in the U.S. in the crosshairs The trade war goes on, quiet June 4, asteroid probe, Uyghurs and Tibetans in the news again, tough talk on Taiwan, military moves in South China Sea

A quiet week full of noise: the latest China Week is out:

China takes over WHO after Trump retreat, BYD crushes Tesla China is major donor at WHO, BYD is boss, Huawei launches Harmony OS laptops, Turkey and Uyghurs, new rules for "military-industrial facilities," and cool Chengdu.

• China promises new funding for WHO which will partly make up for shortfall from U.S. withdrawal
• BYD crushes Tesla
• Huawei launches Harmony OS laptops
• Turkey and spying on Uyghurs
• New rules for "military-industrial facilities"
• Cool Chengdu

China is the electric superpower CATL raises billions, Xi's sweet potato economy, new cancer drug, China and Hamas, Hungary loyal to China not Trump, AI and chip madmen, trade war update, coffee, desperate doctors, economy is fine.

The China Week May 13 to 20:

• Battery giant CATL raises $4.6 billion
• Xi's sweet potato economy
• New cancer drug
• Hamas “atrocities” are “unforgivable”
• Hungary is more loyal to China than to Trump
• Beijing warns against U.S. Huawei curbs
• Coffee culture and business
• And more…

China's good wars, in trade and south Asian skies Trade war update, Chinese jets shoot down India's planes, Xi in Moscow, Latin America comes to Beijing, mixed economic signals, new tech

The latest China Week:

• Trade war update
• Chinese jets shoot down India's planes
• Xi in Moscow
• Latin America comes to Beijing
• Mixed economic signals
• CATL listing, cars, operating systems, chips

A surprising tourism boom Labor day travel, trade talks this weekend, Xi goes to Moscow, PLA Air Force in Egypt, protecting the private sector, new tech, and CIA recruitment videos.

The China news you need to know from the last week:

• Labor day travel
• Trade talks this weekend
• Xi goes to Moscow
• PLA Air Force in Egypt
• Laws to protect the private sector
• Hot new tech
• CIA recruitment videos

Preparing for protracted war Beijing is ready for a long trade war, May travel boom, Xi❤️AI, delivery app wars, dueling flags in the South China Sea, transnational repression, China jobs, Chinese views on Americans and Indians.

This week's newsletter:

• Beijing is ready for a long trade war
• May travel boom
• Xi❤️AI and delivery app wars
• Dueling flags in the South China Sea,
• Transnational repression
• China jobs
• Chinese views on Americans and Indians.

This is my offer: nothing China's in no rush to talk to Trump, five minute charge for long-range electric cars, robots run a half marathon, ceasefire watch in Burma, forced confessions, and more.

The latest @thechinaweek.com is out:

• Xi's not going to dial that phone—my analysis
• Charge your car for five minutes, drive 500 miles, plus sodium-ion batteries, robots, flying taxis
• China's ceasefire team in Burma
• Forced TV confessions are back
• Will China stop illegal fishing?

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Chinese mercenaries fighting for Russia, Beijing schmoozes the world Chinese citizens fighting in Ukraine, the latest on the trade war, a general is purged, new tech and AI everywhere

Tuesday's @thechinaweek.com

• Chinese soldiers in Ukraine—Beijing denies sending cannon fodder to Russia
• Suddenly, everybody ❤️ China
• Trade war: Beijing calls Trump is a bully and a joker
• Another military leader purged
• Tech news: robots, AI adoption by government, low altitude economy, EVs

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Taiwan flashpoint. Targeted Chinese scientists in the U.S. will flee. The People's Liberation Army "closes in" on Taiwan; Xi Jinping boosts science and welcomes CEOs; China snuggles up to Europe, Japan, South Korea; etc.

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