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Slop, lies, and radar in the latest @thechinaweek.com: The incoherent Trump doctrine and escalating China-Japan tensions.
The world is in play
U.S. allies reel at Trump's National Security Strategy, and a Chinese jet locks radar on Japanese aircraft.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Slop, lies, and radar in the latest @thechinaweek.com: The incoherent Trump doctrine and escalating China-Japan tensions.
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In the latest @thechinaweek.com:
• ‘How Israel’s embassy lost China’
• A surprise call from Xi Jinping pleases Trump
• China brainrot, from creator schlock to AI propaganda
• Recommended reading and listening
• Important China news from the last week or so
• ‘How Israel’s embassy lost China’
• A surprise call from Xi Jinping pleases Trump
• China brainrot, from creator schlock to AI propaganda
• Recommended reading and listening
• Important China news from the last week or so
How Israel’s embassy lost China, Xi call pleases Trump, and China brainrot
The world is undergoing "great changes unseen in a century" as Xi Jinping likes to say.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In the latest @thechinaweek.com:
• ‘How Israel’s embassy lost China’
• A surprise call from Xi Jinping pleases Trump
• China brainrot, from creator schlock to AI propaganda
• Recommended reading and listening
• Important China news from the last week or so
• ‘How Israel’s embassy lost China’
• A surprise call from Xi Jinping pleases Trump
• China brainrot, from creator schlock to AI propaganda
• Recommended reading and listening
• Important China news from the last week or so
A short essay on awkward Sino-British relations, unusual photos of laughing Xi Jinping, robots for entertainment and last-mile delivery, and more:
Very British China problems
London's awkward relationship with Beijing, laughing Xi, China launches another aircraft carrier, recommended articles and podcasts etc.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A short essay on awkward Sino-British relations, unusual photos of laughing Xi Jinping, robots for entertainment and last-mile delivery, and more:
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Trump's China theatrics of the last nine months have achieved nothing, except for concentrating minds in Beijing on the urgent need for technological and financial independence from the U.S., and maing clear "how much stronger China has become":
The emperor's new deal and the chairman's new tech plan
An extremely underwhelming meeting between Xi and Trump, details on Beijing's drive for tech self-reliance, plus more news and links.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Trump's China theatrics of the last nine months have achieved nothing, except for concentrating minds in Beijing on the urgent need for technological and financial independence from the U.S., and maing clear "how much stronger China has become":
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New @thechinaweek.com:
- The Emperor of Xinjiang
- Art and advertising stunt in Tibet for Arc’teryx goes wrong
- Citizen reporter Zhang Zhan gets another 4 years on trumped up charges
- Links to eulogies for Jerome Cohen
- And more
- The Emperor of Xinjiang
- Art and advertising stunt in Tibet for Arc’teryx goes wrong
- Citizen reporter Zhang Zhan gets another 4 years on trumped up charges
- Links to eulogies for Jerome Cohen
- And more
‘Xinjiang policy is correct, scientific, and effective’ — Xi
Xi Jinping visits the Uyghur heartland, PR stunt gone wrong in Tibet, Jerome Cohen, law of the jungle, big WTO table, green commitments, four more years for citizen journalist.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
New @thechinaweek.com:
- The Emperor of Xinjiang
- Art and advertising stunt in Tibet for Arc’teryx goes wrong
- Citizen reporter Zhang Zhan gets another 4 years on trumped up charges
- Links to eulogies for Jerome Cohen
- And more
- The Emperor of Xinjiang
- Art and advertising stunt in Tibet for Arc’teryx goes wrong
- Citizen reporter Zhang Zhan gets another 4 years on trumped up charges
- Links to eulogies for Jerome Cohen
- And more
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The latest @thechinaweek.com:
TikTok deal touted as China’s snubs U.S. soybeans
A flurry of U.S.-China diplomacy and talk of a deal, AI and returnee tech talents, the Locknet exported, arctic shipping, 'China ditching the dollar,' interesting links, fun stuff, jobs.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The latest @thechinaweek.com:
This week:
• A week of authoritarian pageantry in China
• Troubled U.S.-China trade war pause
• Heart drugs
• Hit animated film
• Brain-computer interface plans
• Zambian Jehovah’s Witnesses leaning Chinese
• And more…
• A week of authoritarian pageantry in China
• Troubled U.S.-China trade war pause
• Heart drugs
• Hit animated film
• Brain-computer interface plans
• Zambian Jehovah’s Witnesses leaning Chinese
• And more…
The Four Horsemen of the New World Order
A week of authoritarian pageantry in China, troubled U.S.-China trade war pause, heart drugs, hit animated film, brain-computer interface plans, Zambian Jehovah’s Witnesses, and more.
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September 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This week:
• A week of authoritarian pageantry in China
• Troubled U.S.-China trade war pause
• Heart drugs
• Hit animated film
• Brain-computer interface plans
• Zambian Jehovah’s Witnesses leaning Chinese
• And more…
• A week of authoritarian pageantry in China
• Troubled U.S.-China trade war pause
• Heart drugs
• Hit animated film
• Brain-computer interface plans
• Zambian Jehovah’s Witnesses leaning Chinese
• And more…
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The latest:
• Soaring markets and another DeepSeek breakthrough
•Putin and Modi to attend military parade
• Trump's crumbling trade war update
• Journalist denied Hong Kong visa
• Youth culture, old consumers
• Soaring markets and another DeepSeek breakthrough
•Putin and Modi to attend military parade
• Trump's crumbling trade war update
• Journalist denied Hong Kong visa
• Youth culture, old consumers
China is bullish on stock market and AI chips
Soaring markets and another DeepSeek breakthrough, Putin and Modi to attend military parade, trade war update, journalist denied Hong Kong visa, youth culture, old consumers.
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August 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The latest:
• Soaring markets and another DeepSeek breakthrough
•Putin and Modi to attend military parade
• Trump's crumbling trade war update
• Journalist denied Hong Kong visa
• Youth culture, old consumers
• Soaring markets and another DeepSeek breakthrough
•Putin and Modi to attend military parade
• Trump's crumbling trade war update
• Journalist denied Hong Kong visa
• Youth culture, old consumers
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New @thechinaweek.com:
• China schmoozes India, Pakistan, Afghanistan
• Xi in Tibet
• U.S.-China trade and tech wars
• Robot games
• New visa to attract scientists
• Short video on broadcast TV
• Nigerian bullet train
• Another diplomat disappears, and more
• China schmoozes India, Pakistan, Afghanistan
• Xi in Tibet
• U.S.-China trade and tech wars
• Robot games
• New visa to attract scientists
• Short video on broadcast TV
• Nigerian bullet train
• Another diplomat disappears, and more
China embraces India, Pakistan, Afghanistan
South Asian moves, Xi in Tibet, U.S.-China trade and tech wars, robot games, new visa to attract scientists, short video on broadcast TV, Nigerian bullet train, another diplomat disappears, and more.
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August 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
New @thechinaweek.com:
• China schmoozes India, Pakistan, Afghanistan
• Xi in Tibet
• U.S.-China trade and tech wars
• Robot games
• New visa to attract scientists
• Short video on broadcast TV
• Nigerian bullet train
• Another diplomat disappears, and more
• China schmoozes India, Pakistan, Afghanistan
• Xi in Tibet
• U.S.-China trade and tech wars
• Robot games
• New visa to attract scientists
• Short video on broadcast TV
• Nigerian bullet train
• Another diplomat disappears, and more
This week's newsletter is out:
• Liu Jianchao detained
• 40% of cars sold in China this year were electric
• Trump chickens out again on trade and tech war
• China Coast Guard ship rams Chinese Navy vessel
• Star banker out of jail
• China's mystery rooms in new U.K. embassy
• Evergrande delisted
• Liu Jianchao detained
• 40% of cars sold in China this year were electric
• Trump chickens out again on trade and tech war
• China Coast Guard ship rams Chinese Navy vessel
• Star banker out of jail
• China's mystery rooms in new U.K. embassy
• Evergrande delisted
Senior diplomat disappears
Liu Jianchao detained, clean energy bonanza, U.S.-China chips and trade truce, China Coast Guard ship rams Chinese Navy vessel, and more.
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August 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This week's newsletter is out:
• Liu Jianchao detained
• 40% of cars sold in China this year were electric
• Trump chickens out again on trade and tech war
• China Coast Guard ship rams Chinese Navy vessel
• Star banker out of jail
• China's mystery rooms in new U.K. embassy
• Evergrande delisted
• Liu Jianchao detained
• 40% of cars sold in China this year were electric
• Trump chickens out again on trade and tech war
• China Coast Guard ship rams Chinese Navy vessel
• Star banker out of jail
• China's mystery rooms in new U.K. embassy
• Evergrande delisted
The China Week for the dog days of August:
• The Party's Beidaihe retreat
• Hong Kong floods
• Free preschool
• Bullying and non-consensual porn
• First arrest under Macau's National Security Law
• NVIDIA under scrutiny in China, and more
• The Party's Beidaihe retreat
• Hong Kong floods
• Free preschool
• Bullying and non-consensual porn
• First arrest under Macau's National Security Law
• NVIDIA under scrutiny in China, and more
The Communist Party's summer holiday
Beidaihe retreat, Hong Kong floods, free preschool, bullying and non-consensual porn, first arrest under Macau's National Security Law, NVIDIA under scrutiny in China, and more.
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August 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The China Week for the dog days of August:
• The Party's Beidaihe retreat
• Hong Kong floods
• Free preschool
• Bullying and non-consensual porn
• First arrest under Macau's National Security Law
• NVIDIA under scrutiny in China, and more
• The Party's Beidaihe retreat
• Hong Kong floods
• Free preschool
• Bullying and non-consensual porn
• First arrest under Macau's National Security Law
• NVIDIA under scrutiny in China, and more
The China Week is up:
• Deadly Beijing floods
• Sex and corruption at Shaolin Temple
• Supplicant Trump goes soft on Beijing
• EU-China talks
• $500 a year to have a baby
• Belt and Road is back.
• Deadly Beijing floods
• Sex and corruption at Shaolin Temple
• Supplicant Trump goes soft on Beijing
• EU-China talks
• $500 a year to have a baby
• Belt and Road is back.
Beijing deluge kills 30
Floods, sex and corruption at Shaolin Temple, supplicant Trump, EU-China talks, $500 a year to have a baby, Belt and Road is back.
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July 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The China Week is up:
• Deadly Beijing floods
• Sex and corruption at Shaolin Temple
• Supplicant Trump goes soft on Beijing
• EU-China talks
• $500 a year to have a baby
• Belt and Road is back.
• Deadly Beijing floods
• Sex and corruption at Shaolin Temple
• Supplicant Trump goes soft on Beijing
• EU-China talks
• $500 a year to have a baby
• Belt and Road is back.
The latest China Week is out:
Can China end the race to the bottom?
The government battles price wars and involution, plus Dalai Lama succession, China-Europe ties, U.S.-China trade and tech wars, foreigners in China, birthrates, bull market, flying cars, and more.
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July 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The latest China Week is out:
A lot of solar power, 100 million Communist Party members, a military drone the size of a mosquito, a lot of hot air from Trump, and more in the latest issue of The China Week:
Staggering solar bonanza, the Tao of the deal, military mosquito drones
Solar energy record, trade war stasis, tiny drones, 100 million Party members, military purges, Iran's defense minister goes to China, annals of repression and assimilation.
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July 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A lot of solar power, 100 million Communist Party members, a military drone the size of a mosquito, a lot of hot air from Trump, and more in the latest issue of The China Week:
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New newsletter, old photo from April 2022 of the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi practicing proper COVID social distancing with China’s now-fallen Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe 魏凤和.
China has no plan for Iran
A brief history of China-Iran relations, podcast and essay recommendations, roundup of noteworthy China news
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June 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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A quiet week full of noise: the latest China Week is out:
Chinese students in the U.S. in the crosshairs
The trade war goes on, quiet June 4, asteroid probe, Uyghurs and Tibetans in the news again, tough talk on Taiwan, military moves in South China Sea
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June 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
A quiet week full of noise: the latest China Week is out:
• China promises new funding for WHO which will partly make up for shortfall from U.S. withdrawal
• BYD crushes Tesla
• Huawei launches Harmony OS laptops
• Turkey and spying on Uyghurs
• New rules for "military-industrial facilities"
• Cool Chengdu
• BYD crushes Tesla
• Huawei launches Harmony OS laptops
• Turkey and spying on Uyghurs
• New rules for "military-industrial facilities"
• Cool Chengdu
China takes over WHO after Trump retreat, BYD crushes Tesla
China is major donor at WHO, BYD is boss, Huawei launches Harmony OS laptops, Turkey and Uyghurs, new rules for "military-industrial facilities," and cool Chengdu.
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May 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
• China promises new funding for WHO which will partly make up for shortfall from U.S. withdrawal
• BYD crushes Tesla
• Huawei launches Harmony OS laptops
• Turkey and spying on Uyghurs
• New rules for "military-industrial facilities"
• Cool Chengdu
• BYD crushes Tesla
• Huawei launches Harmony OS laptops
• Turkey and spying on Uyghurs
• New rules for "military-industrial facilities"
• Cool Chengdu
The China Week May 13 to 20:
• Battery giant CATL raises $4.6 billion
• Xi's sweet potato economy
• New cancer drug
• Hamas “atrocities” are “unforgivable”
• Hungary is more loyal to China than to Trump
• Beijing warns against U.S. Huawei curbs
• Coffee culture and business
• And more…
• Battery giant CATL raises $4.6 billion
• Xi's sweet potato economy
• New cancer drug
• Hamas “atrocities” are “unforgivable”
• Hungary is more loyal to China than to Trump
• Beijing warns against U.S. Huawei curbs
• Coffee culture and business
• And more…
China is the electric superpower
CATL raises billions, Xi's sweet potato economy, new cancer drug, China and Hamas, Hungary loyal to China not Trump, AI and chip madmen, trade war update, coffee, desperate doctors, economy is fine.
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May 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The China Week May 13 to 20:
• Battery giant CATL raises $4.6 billion
• Xi's sweet potato economy
• New cancer drug
• Hamas “atrocities” are “unforgivable”
• Hungary is more loyal to China than to Trump
• Beijing warns against U.S. Huawei curbs
• Coffee culture and business
• And more…
• Battery giant CATL raises $4.6 billion
• Xi's sweet potato economy
• New cancer drug
• Hamas “atrocities” are “unforgivable”
• Hungary is more loyal to China than to Trump
• Beijing warns against U.S. Huawei curbs
• Coffee culture and business
• And more…
The latest China Week:
• Trade war update
• Chinese jets shoot down India's planes
• Xi in Moscow
• Latin America comes to Beijing
• Mixed economic signals
• CATL listing, cars, operating systems, chips
• Trade war update
• Chinese jets shoot down India's planes
• Xi in Moscow
• Latin America comes to Beijing
• Mixed economic signals
• CATL listing, cars, operating systems, chips
China's good wars, in trade and south Asian skies
Trade war update, Chinese jets shoot down India's planes, Xi in Moscow, Latin America comes to Beijing, mixed economic signals, new tech
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May 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The latest China Week:
• Trade war update
• Chinese jets shoot down India's planes
• Xi in Moscow
• Latin America comes to Beijing
• Mixed economic signals
• CATL listing, cars, operating systems, chips
• Trade war update
• Chinese jets shoot down India's planes
• Xi in Moscow
• Latin America comes to Beijing
• Mixed economic signals
• CATL listing, cars, operating systems, chips
The China news you need to know from the last week:
• Labor day travel
• Trade talks this weekend
• Xi goes to Moscow
• PLA Air Force in Egypt
• Laws to protect the private sector
• Hot new tech
• CIA recruitment videos
• Labor day travel
• Trade talks this weekend
• Xi goes to Moscow
• PLA Air Force in Egypt
• Laws to protect the private sector
• Hot new tech
• CIA recruitment videos
A surprising tourism boom
Labor day travel, trade talks this weekend, Xi goes to Moscow, PLA Air Force in Egypt, protecting the private sector, new tech, and CIA recruitment videos.
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May 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The China news you need to know from the last week:
• Labor day travel
• Trade talks this weekend
• Xi goes to Moscow
• PLA Air Force in Egypt
• Laws to protect the private sector
• Hot new tech
• CIA recruitment videos
• Labor day travel
• Trade talks this weekend
• Xi goes to Moscow
• PLA Air Force in Egypt
• Laws to protect the private sector
• Hot new tech
• CIA recruitment videos
This week's newsletter:
• Beijing is ready for a long trade war
• May travel boom
• Xi❤️AI and delivery app wars
• Dueling flags in the South China Sea,
• Transnational repression
• China jobs
• Chinese views on Americans and Indians.
• Beijing is ready for a long trade war
• May travel boom
• Xi❤️AI and delivery app wars
• Dueling flags in the South China Sea,
• Transnational repression
• China jobs
• Chinese views on Americans and Indians.
Preparing for protracted war
Beijing is ready for a long trade war, May travel boom, Xi❤️AI, delivery app wars, dueling flags in the South China Sea, transnational repression, China jobs, Chinese views on Americans and Indians.
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April 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This week's newsletter:
• Beijing is ready for a long trade war
• May travel boom
• Xi❤️AI and delivery app wars
• Dueling flags in the South China Sea,
• Transnational repression
• China jobs
• Chinese views on Americans and Indians.
• Beijing is ready for a long trade war
• May travel boom
• Xi❤️AI and delivery app wars
• Dueling flags in the South China Sea,
• Transnational repression
• China jobs
• Chinese views on Americans and Indians.
The latest @thechinaweek.com is out:
• Xi's not going to dial that phone—my analysis
• Charge your car for five minutes, drive 500 miles, plus sodium-ion batteries, robots, flying taxis
• China's ceasefire team in Burma
• Forced TV confessions are back
• Will China stop illegal fishing?
• Xi's not going to dial that phone—my analysis
• Charge your car for five minutes, drive 500 miles, plus sodium-ion batteries, robots, flying taxis
• China's ceasefire team in Burma
• Forced TV confessions are back
• Will China stop illegal fishing?
This is my offer: nothing
China's in no rush to talk to Trump, five minute charge for long-range electric cars, robots run a half marathon, ceasefire watch in Burma, forced confessions, and more.
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April 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The latest @thechinaweek.com is out:
• Xi's not going to dial that phone—my analysis
• Charge your car for five minutes, drive 500 miles, plus sodium-ion batteries, robots, flying taxis
• China's ceasefire team in Burma
• Forced TV confessions are back
• Will China stop illegal fishing?
• Xi's not going to dial that phone—my analysis
• Charge your car for five minutes, drive 500 miles, plus sodium-ion batteries, robots, flying taxis
• China's ceasefire team in Burma
• Forced TV confessions are back
• Will China stop illegal fishing?
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Tuesday's @thechinaweek.com
• Chinese soldiers in Ukraine—Beijing denies sending cannon fodder to Russia
• Suddenly, everybody ❤️ China
• Trade war: Beijing calls Trump is a bully and a joker
• Another military leader purged
• Tech news: robots, AI adoption by government, low altitude economy, EVs
• Chinese soldiers in Ukraine—Beijing denies sending cannon fodder to Russia
• Suddenly, everybody ❤️ China
• Trade war: Beijing calls Trump is a bully and a joker
• Another military leader purged
• Tech news: robots, AI adoption by government, low altitude economy, EVs
Chinese mercenaries fighting for Russia, Beijing schmoozes the world
Chinese citizens fighting in Ukraine, the latest on the trade war, a general is purged, new tech and AI everywhere
www.thechinaweek.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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