Shows / Sharp China Podcast
Sharp China Podcast
Understanding China and how China impacts the world. Hosted by Andrew Sharp and Bill Bishop.
sinocism.com
Episodes
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Five Questions on the Fifth Plenum; Mbappé Hysteria and a Chinese Own Goal; The STAR 50 AI Bubble Has Burst
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with five questions on the Fifth…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: New Export Controls in Multiple Sectors; Q3 GDP and the Fifth Plenum; Europe Presses Forward; OpenAI and Nvidia Chips
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with a raft of proposed export…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Brussels and Beijing Make a Deal; Weak Holiday Spending Data; Xi's Reported Rest Breaks; Peak Dove?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with an extended survey of EU-PRC…
Sharp China PodcastThe Strategic Stalemate Era for the US and China; Xi Welcomes American Young People; Domestic Crackdowns and Economic Concerns
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill talk through Xi Jinping’s trip to Washington last week…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Xi Jinping Comes to Washington; US-China Agenda, Questions and Expectations; The September Politburo Meeting
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill discuss Xi Jinping's visit to the United…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The Limited Potential for a Pacing Deal; MSS on PRC AI Risks; Distillation and Data Security; The Party's Approach to Social Media
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill look at several dimensions of the PRC’s…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: China's Global Strategy; Tragedy on the Nepal-Tibet Border; A 19-1 Vote at the G-20; TikTok Dodges Congress
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with a perspective on PRC strategy under Xi, including…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Five US-China (and Russia) Questions; Cabbage with Formaldehyde; The Continuing Tax Crackdown; Unitree Stock Down 45%
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with a series of questions on the…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Wang Yi Visits South Korea; Remembering Zhu Rongji; US-China Ahead of Xi's Visit; How China Monitors Foreigners
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill with Wang Yi's visit to South Korea this week, including the…
Sharp China PodcastA Memory-Maker Makes History; New Robot Rules; The Open Weights Debate Rages; End of July News and Notes
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with reactions to CXMT's IPO…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Kimi Madness; Xi's AI Vision and US Questions; Trump's Election Data Claims; The Connected Vehicle Security Act
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill focus on the arrival of Moonshot's Kimi…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: K-Shaped Economic Data And Its Implications; Ma Xingrui News; Closing Window for Open Source AI?; The SCS and International Law
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today’s show, Andrew and Bill begin by parsing the economic data released by the…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: A Missile Test and New PLA Generals; The CITIC Plane Crash; America's Taiwan Interests; Guo Wengui Jailed and Ezra Jin Released
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with Monday's SLBM test from the PLA Navy, including…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Party Building and Xi's Dominance; Memory Chips and ASML Accusations; Germany's Puzzling Push for Plaza Accords
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with Xi Jinping Thought on Party…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Xi Goes to North Korea; Inspecting Xinjiang; A $295 Billion AI Buildout; The Pentagon Alleges PLA Links for Alibaba and Others
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with takeaways from Xi's visit to…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Seizing the Commanding Heights; Decoding Shangri-La Dialogue; Europe Moots Trade Policy; The PRC Expels a New York Times Journalist
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with Xi Jinping's call to seize the commanding heights of…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Social Mobility and Hukou Reform; US Halts Taiwan Arms Sales?; Ongoing Pressure on Japan; An American Xinhua Journalist Arrested
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with the news that Beijing moved…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Constructing US-China Stability; Trump's Taiwan Comments and More Summit Takeaways; Putin in China
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill parse the messaging from both sides of…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: 10 Questions and Modest Expectations With Trump in China to Meet Xi Jinping
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill talk through 360 degrees of President Trump's trip to Beijing…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Beijing Kills Meta’s Manus Deal; April Politburo Takeaways; Foreign Forces Afflicting the Youth; US Countermeasures Mounting
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the news that the Meta-Manus…
Sharp China PodcastXi Wants the Strait of Hormuz Reopened; Cakes and An E-Commerce Crackdown; The Next Stage of Decoupling; The MATCH Act in Congress
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill return to discuss the PRC's posture…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: A Ceasefire and Reports of PRC Pressure; Another Politburo Investigation; Mythos, DeepSeek, and a Token Crunch
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with the tentative ceasefire in…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The U.S., China and Iran; A PRC-Pakistan Peace Plan; KMT Chair Set to Visit China; Huawei, Manus and ZXMOTO
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with thoughts on China's response to the war in Iran…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: A Giant Mess with Super Micro; Completely Correct Xiong'an Progress; The PRC's Balancing Act on Iran; Manus, Apple and Router News
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with last week's indictment of…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The War in Iran and the Visit to Beijing; New DNI Assessments on Taiwan; Military Scientists Disappearing From Public View
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the news that President Trump…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The 'Raising a Lobster' Frenzy; Iran and US-China as Trump's Visit Looms; Two Sessions Takeaways
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with the frenzy surrounding…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: All Eyes on Iran; Two Sessions Questions; Alibaba, DeepSeek and Distillation; Another UK Spying Scandal
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the war in Iran and its implications for the PRC…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Pending Taiwan Arms Sales; Jimmy Lai Sentenced; Takaichi Secures a Supermajority; AI Models as Propaganda Vectors
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the reports that the PRC is…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The PLA Purges One Week Later; World Leaders Flock to Beijing; A Trump-Xi Phone Call; Panama Canal Resolution?
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with follow-up thoughts on the purges at the top of the…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: 10 Questions on the Detention of Zhang Youxia, Corruption in the PLA, Rumors, Messaging, and Taiwan
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill react to the news that the rumors were…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Canada and the New World Order; Second Order Questions for the US and EU; More Big Names Purged from the PLA?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with reactions to a new “strategic…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: What’s at Stake for China in Iran; Canada's PM in Beijing; Notes on Chips, Apps, and Drones
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with the instability in Iran…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: China’s Venezuela Calculations; Japan’s Rare Earth Access; A Reported Pause on Nvidia Purchases; The Meta-Manus Deal Under Review
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill return from the holidays and begin with the PRC’s reaction to…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Xi Jinping Thought on Domestic Demand; Political Economy vs. the Actual Economy; The Stories of the Year and Questions for 2026
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with takeaways from the Central…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Trump’s Plan to Sell Advanced Chips to China; U.S. Concessions Piling Up Amid a Push for 'Stability'; Macron and the EU Conundrum
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the news that the US is…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Trump, Takaichi and a Game of Telephone; Japan Jawboning Continues; An Internet Governance Study Session; China Making Trade 'Impossible'
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the call between Trump and Xi last week, a…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: A Maximalist Response to Japan's PM; More Bad Real Estate News; Leaked Warnings on Alibaba; Hasan Piker Touring China
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with a week of escalating rhetoric…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: US-China Follow-Through; New Xi Textbooks and a New Aircraft Carrier; A Wolf Warrior Greets Japan’s PM; More Setbacks for Nvidia
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the implementation of this…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The US-China Deal One Week Later: Why Short-Term Stability Is Likely, Costs and Benefits of Escalation, and More Adventures with Nvidia
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill break down the latest deal between the US and China, beginning…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: A Basic Consensus on Arrangements to Address US-China Concerns; The New Five-Year Plan Sounds Familiar; Nexperia as an Object Lesson
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the looming Trump-Xi meeting…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The Questions Swirling Around the Fourth Plenum; PLA Purges Made Official; The Latest on the Trade War and Nexperia
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with questions surrounding the…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Q&A on the Trade War: Rare Earths Anxiety, PRC Motivations, Mutual Risks, and the Capitulation or Escalation Era
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill react to the PRC’s announcement of…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Official Secrets and a Royal Mess in the UK; Trillion Dollar Rumors in the Trade War; 300,000 Sim Cards in New York and New Jersey
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with a mounting scandal in the UK…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: TikTok in the Clear; Taiwan Questions and Soybean Angst; The K Visa Goes Live; Jensen Huang on China Hawks
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today’s Andrew and Bill begin with President Trump’s executive order authorizing a proposal…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: A Trump-Xi Call and Meetings to Follow; TikTok Details Clear as Mud; Arc'teryx and a Tibetan Fireworks Controversy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with last Friday’s call between…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: A TikTok ‘Framework’ and Lots of Questions; Nvidia Uncertainty and Chip Countermeasures; The PRC Propaganda Strategy on US Platforms
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the news of a “framework,” a…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Five Questions After the 9.3 Parade; A Flurry of US-China Updates; Sports Consumption and the NBA’s Return to China
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin by looking back at last week’s…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Xi Welcomes Putin and Modi at the SCO Summit; Perspective on the India and China Buzz; World War II and a 'Memory War'
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with takeaways from the SCO Summit, including Xi's…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: US-China Talks in DC; Trump Welcomes PRC Students; Cambricon Momentum and H-20s on Ice; What Beijing is Doing in New York City
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with Li Chenggang in Washington…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Two Weeks of Nvidia Angst; Stocks and Real Estate; Warming Relations with India?; Labubu and Soft Power Exports
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with a raft of news on Nvidia that came during the…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: July Politburo Meeting Takeaways and Trump’s Evolving Approach to China
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with July’s Politburo meeting…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Xi on Development and Three-Patting Cadres; PRC Venture Investing; Exit Ban Controversies; H20s and a New Trump Narrative; The "Big Tariff"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with comments from Xi Jinping and…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Nvidia Can Sell H20 Chips to China Again; Trump Softening on China?; A Flurry of Xi Activity; Yang Hansen at NBA Summer League
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with reports that Nvidia will soon…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Wang Yi’s Message on Ukraine; Continued EU Tensions; Deflation and ‘Disorderly’ Competition; Extended Thoughts on Two Months of Xi Rumors
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with a look at tensions between the PRC and the EU ahead…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The PRC and the Past Two Weeks in Iran; Ten Speeches in Taiwan; London Framework Faltering?; All Eyes on the EU
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with PRC perspectives on the past…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: A US-China Trade Framework and Continuing Rare Earth Fun; The PRC and the War in Iran; Challenges in China's Car Industry
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill take stock of the US-China trade…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: US-China Meetings and De-Escalation; Chokepoint Clarity; Embassies in London and Spies in Russia; Xi's Latest Curbs on Party Boozing
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with a call between President…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The Trade War Becomes a Supply Chain War; A Global Rare Earth Emergency; Xu Qiliang and the Xi Rumor Mill
This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with a series of escalatory policies from the U.S. and…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Made in China 2025 and What Comes Next; EV Price Wars; The EU and Its China Dilemmas; Xi and His Rivals
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with reports that next year's…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Chips and the Geneva Consensus; US Policy and the Chinese Century; Controversy Over Solar Power Inverters
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with the Commerce Department's…