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Sharp China Podcast
Understanding China and how China impacts the world. Hosted by Andrew Sharp and Bill Bishop.
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Episodes
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Big Picture Questions for 2024; Taiwan and the Philippines and Tentative Stability; Our Favorite Memories from 2023
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today’s show Andrew and Bill talk through questions and key areas to watch during…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The Central Economic Work Conference; More Friction with the Philippines; Hawks and Doves and Kissinger
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with thoughts on the readout from the Central…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China Free Episode: Politico’s Rendering of a Xi ‘Purge’; Finance with Chinese Characteristics; Moody’s Works from Home; Secretary Raimondo Warns Chip Companies
This episode of Sharp China is free for everyone. Show notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin by parsing the claims contained in a controversial piece…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The Foreign Influencer Ecosystem; Money Flowing Out of China; Xi’s Exit Strategy; A Mao YouTube Controversy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with a new generation of foreign influencers…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Xi-Biden at APEC; Xi’s Message to the Business Community; Another ‘Dictator’ Comment; Eyes on Taiwan’s Presidential Election
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 back at a week of news from San…
Sharp China PodcastA Sharp Tech and Sharp China Crossover on the Chip Ban, Taiwan, TikTok and More
Show notes: After one year of Sharp Tech and Sharp China, a summit with Ben Thompson, Bill Bishop and Andrew Sharp to discuss podcasting, the chip ban, the…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: What Should We Expect at APEC?; Foreign Firms Pull $160 Billion Across Six Quarters; Lee Zhang Detained; Australia Relations "on the Right Path"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with Xi Jinping’s trip to San Francisco and a…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Li Keqiang and the Mourning Playbook; Wang Yi in DC and Xi to APEC; Gavin Newsom Goes to China; Rahm Emanuel and Resource Extraction
This episode of Sharp China is free for everyone. Show notes: On today’s show Bill and Andrew begin with the passing of Li Keqiang, the grief that swept China…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Tension Simmering in the South China Sea; The Five Eyes and More Spies; Foxconn and Jon Stewart; The New Yorker on Xi
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 latest confrontation…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Commerce Closes Some Chip Loopholes; What About TikTok?; Putin and Xi in Beijing; The Beginning of Sinocism
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 long-awaited updates to…
Sharp China PodcastXi-Biden Momentum; Calls to Condemn Hamas; The Chip Lobby Fights the Export Controls; Apple and Kyrie Irving
This episode of Sharp China is free for everyone. Show notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with a meeting between Xi Jinping and a congressional…
Sharp China PodcastOngoing Tension with the Philippines; Xi Welcomes Assad; Ambassador Emanuel Continues His Posting; Qin Gang's Fling; Panda Diplomacy and the National Zoo
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 correction to last week’s…
Sharp China PodcastUnanswered Qin Gang Questions; Three Wins for Xi Jinping Economic Thought; US Sources Float New Balloon Details; Huawei Intrigue Continues
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 this week's Wall Street…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Biden and Xi Updates; Lies, Spies and Agatha Christie; Interference Allegations in the UK and Canada; Apple’s Latest Marketing Challenge
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with Xi Jinping's visit to Heilongjiang during…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Xi Skips the G-20 as the MSS Puts APEC in Question; More Fallout from the Huawei FU; Rahm Emmanuel has Takes; Apple Needs VR Help
Show notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the news that Xi Jinping will skip this weekend’s G-20 summit in India, a Ministry of State Security…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Fukushima Outrage Continues; Secretary Raimondo in China; Perfect Timing for a Huawei Launch; TikTok Lobbyists Take a Bow
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the release of treated water from the…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The World Gets Bearish on China; MSS and CIA Spies; US-Japan-South Korea; Complications for Intel and ARM
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show notes: On today's show Bill and Andrew begin with an unexplained absence for Xi…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Flooding Hits Beijing and Hebei Province; The PLA's Rocket Force Shakeup; US-China Updates; Unpacking the Beidaihe Mystique
Click here for instructions to add the podcast to your preferred player. This episode of Sharp China is free for everyone. If you are not a full subscriber and…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Qin Gang ‘replaced and erased’; July Politburo meeting; Semiconductor CEOs and the Biden Administration
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with a hastily called National People's…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Qin Gang Disappears; Kissinger Makes a Surprise Trip to Beijing; Chip Lobbying and Email Hacking in DC; More Worrisome Economic Data
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with the mystery surrounding foreign minister…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: Hollerin’ About Yellen; Gallium and Germanium Warnings; Understanding PRC Domestic Challenges; The Barbie Movie Banned in Vietnam
This week’s episode is outside the paywall so available to everyone. On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with reactions to Secretary of the Treasury Janet…
Sharp China PodcastBiden’s ‘Dictator’ Curveball; Putin’s Latest Mess Validates Xi’s PLA Purge; Huawei Questions Around the World; China and the Fentanyl Crisis
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with recent comments from President Biden that…
Sharp China PodcastBlinken in Beijing; Modest Progress and Unresolved Core Tensions; Too Many Tarmac Takes; More Cuba and Less Balloon
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today's show Andrew and Bill talk through Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: A PRC Spy station in Cuba; Xi and “Extreme” Scenarios; Domestic Stimulus and Foreign Money Exodus; What Beijing Did to Improve Air Quality
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with the latest on Secretary Blinken's visit…
Sharp China PodcastA New Blinken Visit?; US-China Drama in Singapore; The Post-Covid Stimulus Calculus; Travel to the PRC in 2023
On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with reports that Secretary of State Anthony Blinken may visit China sometime "in the coming weeks." Topics include: The…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The Latest Failed Attempt at US-China Defense Dialogue; Beijing’s Misread of Europe; Musk in China; Microsoft Finds Malware in Guam
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the rejected pitch from Secretary of…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The G-7 Summit and the PRC Response; Making Sense of Biden’s China Approach; $23 Trillion in Local Debt; Censorship Domestically and Abroad
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with the strong messaging that emerged from…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China Podcast: US and China Dreaming of Bali; A Changing Risk Profile for Investors; Canada Expels a PRC Diplomat; Plans for Population and Youth Unemployment
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with reactions to the meeting between Qin Gang…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China Podcast: Open for Business (and Raiding Foreign Businesses); Xi Calls Zelenskyy; India, Pakistan and the PRC; Decoupling with an Asterisk
On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with news of more raids on Western corporate intelligence firms, investors losing access to Wind Information Co., a…
Sharp China PodcastMacron and Lula Meetings; 'Surgical' Trade Retaliation; The DOJ Charges Dozens of Chinese Security Officers; Waiting for the FBI's Balloon Report
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today's show Andrew and Bill reunite for their first podcast in nearly a month…
Sharp China PodcastThe Tsai/McCarthy Meeting and China's Reaction, Taiwan's Upcoming Presidential Election, Warren Buffett and TSMC, and China and AI
On today’s show guest host Ben Thompson (Stratechery) and Bill begin with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: The Grim Implications of Xi's Week in Moscow and the Continuing Adventures of TikTok on Capitol Hill
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin withXi Jinping’s visit to Moscow and a week of…
Sharp China PodcastPodcast: Middle East Diplomacy and Reports of a Putin Visit; New Submarines for Australia; A Kamala Harris Beijing Trip?; What Xi Learned from His Father
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with the news that Saudi Arabia and Iran have…
Sharp China PodcastNew Language from Xi and Qin Gang; Competing Thoughts on DC Consensus; Trudeau and the UFWD; Lessons from Lee Teng-hui's 1995 US Visit
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the first few days of the Two Sessions…
Sharp China PodcastEmpty Rhetoric on Ukraine; The Judiciary Under Xi; When Congress Investigates Covid Origins; Updates on Bao Fan
On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with reactions to the PRC’s 12-point plan for a peaceful settlement of the Russian war in Ukraine, including why feigning…
Sharp China PodcastUS-China Meeting in Munich; Biden in Kyiv and Wang Yi in Moscow; Blinken’s Warnings on Weapons; The Disappearance of Bao Fan
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with reaction to the meeting between Wang Yi…
Sharp China PodcastThe Balloon Frenzy Floats Along; Anti-US Propaganda; Xi and the Hardening of the CPC System; ChatGPT in China
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today's show Bill and Andrew begin with the continuing reactions to the balloon…
Sharp China PodcastBiden’s State of the Union; Escalating Rhetoric in Congress; Holes in Hardliner Balloon Theory; What Xi Thinks about Competition
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with a few reactions to Joe Biden’s comments…
Sharp China PodcastA Reconnaissance Balloon Spotted over the Continental U.S. and D.C. Cancels the Visit by Secretary Blinken
This special, short episode is outside the paywall. On today's show Andrew and Bill reconvene for an emergency episode to share their reactions to the news…
Sharp China PodcastExpectations for Blinken in Beijing; A U.S. General Predicts War by 2025; Xi to Moscow?; The Decline in Chinese Language Study
On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with a variety of thoughts in advance of next week's visit to Beijing from Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. Topics…
Sharp China PodcastAdvice for New China Watchers; Belt and Road after 10 Years; Land Bans and Repeat Covid Cases; Taiwan’s Presence in DC
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with news of a jinx on last week's show and…
Sharp China PodcastSharp China: New Talking Points for Private Business; The US-Japan Alliance; More Police Stations Abroad; Marvel Movies Return to China
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with thoughts on the change in tone from…
Sharp China PodcastReciprocal Travel Restrictions; Wolf Warrior Diplomacy; Made in China 2025; Traveling to Xi's China as an American
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On today's show Andrew and Bill begin by talking through the latest news on the…
Sharp China PodcastThe First Month of Reopening; Xi's Credibility; Qin Gang and US-China Relations; TikTok Forfeits the Benefit of the Doubt
On today's show Andrew and Bill reunite after the holiday break and begin with the continued reopening process around China. Topics include: the tragedy of the…
Sharp China PodcastA Head-Spinning Reopening, Questions for Musk, The Latest on the Chip Ban, New Realities for Chinese Big Tech
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com On this week's show Andrew and Bill begin with the landscape in China one week after…
Sharp China PodcastNew Narrative on Covid, Jiang Zemin, Relationships in the Pacific, mRNA Vaccines as a Red Herring
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com To email the show: email@sharpchina.fm Reopening; Shifting the Covid messaging…
Sharp China PodcastA Weekend of Protests Across China: What We Know and What Might Come Next
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com We recorded this episode Tuesday afternoon DC time, and at the end we discuss what…
Sharp China PodcastPreview: The State of Dynamic Zero-COVID and Reactions to that ProPublica Report
COVID lockdowns at Foxconn and elsewhere in China, a survey of the near-daily rumors of a looming policy change, glimpses of what these policies have meant for…
Sharp China PodcastThe State of Dynamic Zero-COVID and Reactions to that ProPublica Report
COVID lockdowns at Foxconn and elsewhere in China, a survey of the near-daily rumors of a looming policy change, glimpses of what these policies have meant for…