Sharp China: 10 Questions and Modest Expectations With Trump in China to Meet Xi Jinping

About this episode

The episode discusses President Trump's trip to Beijing, covering various topics related to US-China relations and expectations from the meetings.

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 this week. Topics include: Jensen Huang hitching a ride in Alaska, general expectations for deliverables after limited leaks and hurried advance planning, Trump's reception in Beijing, and the limits of "upper hand" analysis. From there: A coterie of billionaire CEOs make the trip with Trump, a US Chamber of Commerce/Rhodium report warning about the PRC's industrial strategy, and Trump makes overtures about "opening" China. At the end: Questions on Taiwan arm sales and AI cooperation, the expected talks on Ezra Jin and Jimmy Lai, a trillion dollar investment report that went viral eight months later, Xi's calculus before a 21st Party Congress, the Iran question looming over the week's meetings, and big, fat hug speculation. You can listen to the podcast in the app: Or click here for instructions to add the podcast to your preferred player. To subscribe to Sinocism, click here . To subscribe to Stratechery, click here . And if you enjoy this podcast please share it far and wide: Related Readings: Trump China visit; China’s…

People in this episode

Host: Bill Bishop

Guest: Andrew

Topics covered

• Trump's trip to Beijing
• US-China relations
• industrial strategy
• AI cooperation
• Taiwan arm sales
• billionaire CEOs

Keywords

• Trump
• Xi Jinping
• Beijing
• China
• industrial strategy
• AI
• Taiwan
• Iran
• billionaire CEOs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US Chamber of Commerce, Rhodium

Places: China, Beijing, Taiwan, Iran

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