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On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with takeaways from Tuesday’s phone call between President Biden and President Xi, including the PRC rhetoric surrounding US trade and tech policies, and messages to both domestic audiences and allies. From there: Janet Yellen’s visit to China and her evolving stance on PRC exports, the March Politburo meeting comes and goes without plenum news, Xi meets with U.S. business leaders, and Harvard’s Graham Allison emerges as a potential Henry Kissinger successor. At the end: Escalating rhetoric and the latest confrontation between the PRC and the Philippines, Tesla’s latest sales numbers and structural challenges in the PRC, and the debut of 3 Body Problem on Netflix.
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Xi-Biden call; More US tech controls coming?; NDRC on equipment and consumer upgrades; Another Justice Minister goes down — Sinocism)
March Politburo meeting; PRC-Philippines tensions; Xi's meeting with US VIPs — Sinocism)
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping have ‘candid’ phone call in first engagement since November — Financial Times)
US and EU officials talk China in Belgium — Politico EU)
Janet Yellen Missed the First ‘China Shock.’ Can She Stop the Second? — Wall Street Journal)
China's Xi meets American CEOs in bid to boost confidence in ailing economy — NBC News)
Thread by Graham Allison — X: @GrahamTAllison)
Professor Graham ‘Thucydides Trap’ Allison’s Three-Body Problem — China Heritage)
'China and US are inseparable, conjoined Siamese twins:' Graham Allison — Global Times)
Post by Joseph Morong — X: @Joseph_Morong)
Tesla’s Shrinking China Market Share Compounds Global Woes — Bloomberg)
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