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Bill will be on a virtual Brookings panel Friday morning to discuss “the recent policy shifts within China, their underlying causes, and potential implications for the future”. You can sign up here to attend). Ryan Hass is the moderator and the other panelists are John Culver, Cheng Li and Emily Feng.
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Two meetings; Around 5% GDP growth; Xi's vision; Xi on the private sector — Sinocism)
Government restructuring; Qin Gang's press conference and a warning to the US; Support for private sector; TikTok — Sinocism)
China warns of potential conflict with US over containment strategy — Financial Times)
Washington has succumbed to dangerous groupthink on China — Washington Post)
China to Create New Top Regulator for Data Governance — Wall Street Journal)
At China political meeting, internet bosses are out, chip execs are in — Reuters)
Did China mess with Canada? Trudeau says he has a plan to find out. — Politico)
Magic Weapons: China's political influence activities under Xi Jinping — Wilson Center)
China’s Overseas United Front Work: Background and Implications for the United States — U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission)
Speaker Kevin McCarthy to meet Taiwan’s president in US to avoid China’s ire — Financial Times)
Taiwan's President Tiptoes Around Politics at Cornell — New York Times)
Averting Escalation and Avoiding War: Lessons from the 1995–1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis — National Defense University Press)
What China can teach Latin America about Good and Bad Graft — Bloomberg)
China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption — [Yuen Yuen Ang](The Fugee, the Fugitive and the FBI))
The Fugee, the Fugitive and the FBI — Bloomberg)
