Understanding China and how China impacts the world. Hosted by Andrew Sharp and Bill Bishop. sinocism.com
Sharp China Free Episode: Politico’s Rendering of a Xi ‘Purge’; Finance with Chinese Characteristics; Moody’s Works from Home; Secretary Raimondo Warns Chip Companies
67 hours 29 mins; December 08, 2023
Sharp China: The Foreign Influencer Ecosystem; Money Flowing Out of China; Xi’s Exit Strategy; A Mao YouTube Controversy
17 mins; November 29, 2023
Sharp China: Xi-Biden at APEC; Xi’s Message to the Business Community; Another ‘Dictator’ Comment; Eyes on Taiwan’s Presidential Election
15 mins; November 21, 2023
A Sharp Tech and Sharp China Crossover on the Chip Ban, Taiwan, TikTok and More
64 hours 19 mins; November 16, 2023
Sharp China: What Should We Expect at APEC?; Foreign Firms Pull $160 Billion Across Six Quarters; Lee Zhang Detained; Australia Relations "on the Right Path"
12 mins; November 08, 2023
Sharp China: Li Keqiang and the Mourning Playbook; Wang Yi in DC and Xi to APEC; Gavin Newsom Goes to China; Rahm Emanuel and Resource Extraction
65 hours 50 mins; November 01, 2023
Sharp China: Tension Simmering in the South China Sea; The Five Eyes and More Spies; Foxconn and Jon Stewart; The New Yorker on Xi
25 mins; October 25, 2023
Sharp China: Commerce Closes Some Chip Loopholes; What About TikTok?; Putin and Xi in Beijing; The Beginning of Sinocism
10 mins; October 19, 2023
Xi-Biden Momentum; Calls to Condemn Hamas; The Chip Lobby Fights the Export Controls; Apple and Kyrie Irving
63 hours 27 mins; October 11, 2023
Ongoing Tension with the Philippines; Xi Welcomes Assad; Ambassador Emanuel Continues His Posting; Qin Gang's Fling; Panda Diplomacy and the National Zoo
12 mins; September 27, 2023
Unanswered Qin Gang Questions; Three Wins for Xi Jinping Economic Thought; US Sources Float New Balloon Details; Huawei Intrigue Continues
9 mins; September 21, 2023
Sharp China: Biden and Xi Updates; Lies, Spies and Agatha Christie; Interference Allegations in the UK and Canada; Apple’s Latest Marketing Challenge
11 mins; September 13, 2023
Sharp China: Xi Skips the G-20 as the MSS Puts APEC in Question; More Fallout from the Huawei FU; Rahm Emmanuel has Takes; Apple Needs VR Help
71 hours 48 mins; September 06, 2023
Sharp China: Fukushima Outrage Continues; Secretary Raimondo in China; Perfect Timing for a Huawei Launch; TikTok Lobbyists Take a Bow
11 mins; August 30, 2023
Sharp China: The World Gets Bearish on China; MSS and CIA Spies; US-Japan-South Korea; Complications for Intel and ARM
10 mins; August 23, 2023
Sharp China: Flooding Hits Beijing and Hebei Province; The PLA's Rocket Force Shakeup; US-China Updates; Unpacking the Beidaihe Mystique
60 hours 7 mins; August 04, 2023
Sharp China: Qin Gang ‘replaced and erased’; July Politburo meeting; Semiconductor CEOs and the Biden Administration
9 mins; July 27, 2023
Sharp China: Qin Gang Disappears; Kissinger Makes a Surprise Trip to Beijing; Chip Lobbying and Email Hacking in DC; More Worrisome Economic Data
10 mins; July 19, 2023
Sharp China: Hollerin’ About Yellen; Gallium and Germanium Warnings; Understanding PRC Domestic Challenges; The Barbie Movie Banned in Vietnam
67 hours 59 mins; July 12, 2023
Biden’s ‘Dictator’ Curveball; Putin’s Latest Mess Validates Xi’s PLA Purge; Huawei Questions Around the World; China and the Fentanyl Crisis
11 mins; June 28, 2023
Blinken in Beijing; Modest Progress and Unresolved Core Tensions; Too Many Tarmac Takes; More Cuba and Less Balloon
11 mins; June 21, 2023
Sharp China: A PRC Spy station in Cuba; Xi and “Extreme” Scenarios; Domestic Stimulus and Foreign Money Exodus; What Beijing Did to Improve Air Quality
10 mins; June 14, 2023
A New Blinken Visit?; US-China Drama in Singapore; The Post-Covid Stimulus Calculus; Travel to the PRC in 2023
65 hours 27 mins; June 08, 2023
Sharp China: The Latest Failed Attempt at US-China Defense Dialogue; Beijing’s Misread of Europe; Musk in China; Microsoft Finds Malware in Guam
8 mins; May 31, 2023
Sharp China: The G-7 Summit and the PRC Response; Making Sense of Biden’s China Approach; $23 Trillion in Local Debt; Censorship Domestically and Abroad
10 mins; May 24, 2023
Sharp China Podcast: US and China Dreaming of Bali; A Changing Risk Profile for Investors; Canada Expels a PRC Diplomat; Plans for Population and Youth Unemployment
12 mins; May 10, 2023
Sharp China Podcast: Open for Business (and Raiding Foreign Businesses); Xi Calls Zelenskyy; India, Pakistan and the PRC; Decoupling with an Asterisk
62 hours 49 mins; May 03, 2023
Macron and Lula Meetings; 'Surgical' Trade Retaliation; The DOJ Charges Dozens of Chinese Security Officers; Waiting for the FBI's Balloon Report
12 mins; April 19, 2023
The Tsai/McCarthy Meeting and China's Reaction, Taiwan's Upcoming Presidential Election, Warren Buffett and TSMC, and China and AI
58 mins; April 13, 2023
Sharp China: The Grim Implications of Xi's Week in Moscow and the Continuing Adventures of TikTok on Capitol Hill
11 mins; March 24, 2023
Podcast: Middle East Diplomacy and Reports of a Putin Visit; New Submarines for Australia; A Kamala Harris Beijing Trip?; What Xi Learned from His Father
13 mins; March 15, 2023
New Language from Xi and Qin Gang; Competing Thoughts on DC Consensus; Trudeau and the UFWD; Lessons from Lee Teng-hui's 1995 US Visit
11 mins; March 08, 2023
Empty Rhetoric on Ukraine; The Judiciary Under Xi; When Congress Investigates Covid Origins; Updates on Bao Fan
55 mins; March 01, 2023
US-China Meeting in Munich; Biden in Kyiv and Wang Yi in Moscow; Blinken’s Warnings on Weapons; The Disappearance of Bao Fan
10 mins; February 22, 2023
The Balloon Frenzy Floats Along; Anti-US Propaganda; Xi and the Hardening of the CPC System; ChatGPT in China
8 mins; February 16, 2023
Biden’s State of the Union; Escalating Rhetoric in Congress; Holes in Hardliner Balloon Theory; What Xi Thinks about Competition
9 mins; February 09, 2023
A Reconnaissance Balloon Spotted over the Continental U.S. and D.C. Cancels the Visit by Secretary Blinken
27 mins; February 03, 2023
Expectations for Blinken in Beijing; A U.S. General Predicts War by 2025; Xi to Moscow?; The Decline in Chinese Language Study
61 hours 50 mins; February 03, 2023
Advice for New China Watchers; Belt and Road after 10 Years; Land Bans and Repeat Covid Cases; Taiwan’s Presence in DC
12 mins; January 26, 2023
Sharp China: New Talking Points for Private Business; The US-Japan Alliance; More Police Stations Abroad; Marvel Movies Return to China
12 mins; January 19, 2023
Reciprocal Travel Restrictions; Wolf Warrior Diplomacy; Made in China 2025; Traveling to Xi's China as an American
11 mins; January 12, 2023
The First Month of Reopening; Xi's Credibility; Qin Gang and US-China Relations; TikTok Forfeits the Benefit of the Doubt
60 hours 18 mins; January 06, 2023
A Head-Spinning Reopening, Questions for Musk, The Latest on the Chip Ban, New Realities for Chinese Big Tech
14 mins; December 14, 2022
New Narrative on Covid, Jiang Zemin, Relationships in the Pacific, mRNA Vaccines as a Red Herring
2 mins; December 07, 2022
A Weekend of Protests Across China: What We Know and What Might Come Next
2 mins; November 30, 2022
Preview: The State of Dynamic Zero-COVID and Reactions to that ProPublica Report
2 mins; November 04, 2022
The State of Dynamic Zero-COVID and Reactions to that ProPublica Report
