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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

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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…
Caixin reports that AI chip shortages have forced leading AI firms to ration services. The big firms in the US seem to all have compute shortages as…
 • Bill Bishop
Xi wants Strait of Hormuz opened; NDRC head on security and development; Cake order leads to huge fines; Solar industry involution persists…
In a call Monday with the Saudi Crown Prince, Xi, according to the PRC readout said: China calls for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire, supports…
 • Bill Bishop
Iran war; Q1 GDP growth; Qiushi; Foot and mouth disease
There is an outbreak of foot and mouth disease and so far it has officially appeared in two places, 2400 kilometers apart. The Dim Sums blog, which has…
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