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Sharp China: Beijing Kills Meta’s Manus Deal; April Politburo Takeaways; Foreign Forces Afflicting the Youth; US Countermeasures Mounting

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Politburo study session; Australian FM in Beijing; More on the Manus mess and AI; Chongqing corruption
Caixin has a long story titled “Prominent Female Lawyer Goes Missing: The Intersection Point of Chongqing’s Anti-Corruption Storm”. It is only available…
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April Politburo meeting; Manus mess; Hostile foreign forces encouraging "lying flat"; New US semiconductor restrictions?
The Wall Street Journal reports that Meta is planning to comply with the order to undo the Manus acquisition. Maybe they are happy to get a mulligan for…
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Managing new employment groups; NDRC wants Manus deal unwound; US-China AI discussion; Alleged MSS hacker extradited to US
Meta generates well over $10B USD a year in revenue selling ads to PRC firms for marketing globally ex-China, and while those firms buy those ads…
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Evaluation and Assessment Measures for Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality; Crackdown on Cambodian scam centers?; AI distillation; US as a…
On Thursday the government publicly released the “Comprehensive Evaluation and Assessment Measures for Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality…
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Xi Wants the Strait of Hormuz Reopened; Cakes and An E-Commerce Crackdown; The Next Stage of Decoupling; The MATCH Act in Congress
Listen now | Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill return to discuss the PRC's posture amidst the ongoing war in Iran. Topics include: Xi's call…
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Earth Day document on "Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Work"; Reactions to Takaichi's Yasukuni Shrine offering; BHP's deal with…
On Wednesday, Earth Day, the General Offices of the CCP Central Committee and State Council released a new energy conservation and carbon reduction…
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More foreign visitors meet Xi; Service sector boost; Countering improper foreign conduct; Youth unemployment; AI chip shortage; More…
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