Sharp China: Seizing the Commanding Heights; Decoding Shangri-La Dialogue; Europe Moots Trade Policy; The PRC Expels a New York Times Journalist

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The episode discusses China's strategic focus on technology and industry, reactions to US defense remarks, and recent geopolitical tensions involving Europe and media freedom.

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 science, technology, and industry across six industries of the future, as well as the State Council's move to release a 34-article law that will implicate domestic firms, foreign businesses and potentially foreign governments, as well as PRC financial institutions and individual investors. From there: Reactions to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's remarks at the 2026 Shangri-La Dialogue, why an absence of Taiwan mentions in his main speech is not necessarily seen in Beijing as a shift in policy, and questions regarding U.S. partnerships elsewhere in the region. At the end: The looming trade tensions between Europe and China, the expulsion of New York Times journalist Vivian Wang, the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacres, and Steph Curry's new endorsement deal with Li-Ning. 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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Bill Bishop, Andrew

Topics covered

• China's technology policy
• Shangri-La Dialogue
• US-China relations
• European trade policy
• media freedom
• Taiwan policy

Keywords

• Xi Jinping
• Shangri-La Dialogue
• trade tensions
• New York Times
• Taiwan
• technology policy
• media freedom

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, Li-Ning

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