Sharp China: The U.S., China and Iran; A PRC-Pakistan Peace Plan; KMT Chair Set to Visit China; Huawei, Manus and ZXMOTO

About this episode

The episode discusses China's response to the Iran war, a peace plan with Pakistan, and various developments involving Huawei and ZXMOTO.

This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with thoughts on China's response to the war in Iran, including a peace plan co-authored with Pakistan, why the PRC is not necessarily interested in global leadership, how China sees a deepening U.S. rift with NATO countries, and President Trump's visit to Beijing rescheduled for May 14th. From there: Context for the KMT Chair's visit to China later this month, reactions to a Reuters report on Huawei's latest AI chips, while the Financial Times reports that both Manus co-founders have been banned from leaving China. At the end: ZXMOTO steals the show at the World Superbike Championship and Zhang Xue introduces himself to the world. 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: China-Pakistan Iran peace initiative; PBoC monetary committee meeting; US-China; ZXMOTO; Taxes wanted -- Sinocism KMT Chairwoman to visit China; Li Qiang on Xiong’an; March…

People in this episode

Host: Bill Bishop

Guest: Andrew

Topics covered

• China's response to Iran war
• China-Pakistan peace plan
• U.S.-China relations
• KMT Chair visit to China
• Huawei AI chips
• ZXMOTO at World Superbike Championship

Keywords

• China
• Iran
• Pakistan
• Huawei
• KMT
• ZXMOTO
• U.S.
• World Superbike Championship
• AI chips

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Huawei, Manus, ZXMOTO, KMT

Places: China, Iran, Pakistan, U.S.

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