Sharp China Podcast

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.comOn this week's show Andrew and Bill begin with the landscape in China one week after the widespread elimination of covid restrictions. Topics include: Early reports from Beijing and other major cities, best and worst case scenarios for case numbers, what Westerners can and can’t know, and how this process (and the protests) might change perceptions of t…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.comTo email the show: [email protected]; Shifting the Covid messaging; Jiang Zemin; CEWC; Saudi Arabia — Sinocism Reopening; Jiang Zemin; Xi to Saudi Arabia; TikTok — Sinocism Rocky road to re-opening; Downplaying Omicron; Jiang Zemin, Xi meets Michel; Zhao Lijian — Sinocism 60 Minutes Archives: An interview with China's Jiang Zemin — YouTube

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.comWe recorded this episode Tuesday afternoon DC time, and at the end we discuss what might happen when Jiang Zemin died, given the recent rumors, but before the official announcement today that he has passed. To email the show: [email protected]; PCR testing troubles; Protests and cracking down; Huawei -- Sinocism Protests; Covid; Xi's diplomacy; N…

COVID lockdowns at Foxconn and elsewhere in China, a survey of the near-daily rumors of a looming policy change, glimpses of what these policies have meant for Chinese citizens, and reactions to the latest report seeking clarity as to COVID-19’s origins. To listen the full episode go to https://sinocism.com/s/sharpchina***To email the show: [email protected]***Rumors of change in Covid policies; Lockdowns; Two Establishes 两个确立 vs. Two Upholds 两个维护 — [Sinocism]Xi's message to the PRC's youth; Busy week of foreign visitors; Covid lockdowns — [Sinocism]Workers flee China’s Covid restrictions at Foxconn’s largest iPhone factory — [Financial Times]Coronavirus: Chinese authorities race to contain new waves of ‘dire and complicated’ outbreaks — [South China Morning Post]‘We’re on That Bus, Too’: In China, a Deadly Crash Triggers Covid Trauma — [New York Times]Young Chinese Are Despairing of a Zero-COVID Future — [Foreign Policy]Chinese city accused of ‘performative lockdown lifting’ — [The Guardian]"A Chinese business consultant in a Ted-style talk justified zero-Covid policy by saying that in 10 years the West will be brought to its knees b/c long-Covid" — Twitter: @YanzhongHuangVisitors to Shanghai Disneyland were blocked from leaving the compound as Chinese authorities imposed a snap lockdown —COVID-19 Origins: Investigating a “Complex and Grave Situation” Inside a Wuhan Lab — [ProPublica] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sinocism.com/subscribe

COVID lockdowns at Foxconn and elsewhere in China, a survey of the near-daily rumors of a looming policy change, glimpses of what these policies have meant for Chinese citizens, and reactions to the latest report seeking clarity as to COVID-19’s origins. To email the show: [email protected]***Rumors of change in Covid policies; Lockdowns; Two Establishes 两个确立 vs. Two Upholds 两个维护 — [Sinocism]Xi's message to the PRC's youth; Busy week of foreign visitors; Covid lockdowns — [Sinocism]Workers flee China’s Covid restrictions at Foxconn’s largest iPhone factory — [Financial Times]Coronavirus: Chinese authorities race to contain new waves of ‘dire and complicated’ outbreaks — [South China Morning Post]‘We’re on That Bus, Too’: In China, a Deadly Crash Triggers Covid Trauma — [New York Times]Young Chinese Are Despairing of a Zero-COVID Future — [Foreign Policy]Chinese city accused of ‘performative lockdown lifting’ — [The Guardian]"A Chinese business consultant in a Ted-style talk justified zero-Covid policy by saying that in 10 years the West will be brought to its knees b/c long-Covid" — Twitter: @YanzhongHuangVisitors to Shanghai Disneyland were blocked from leaving the compound as Chinese authorities imposed a snap lockdown —COVID-19 Origins: Investigating a “Complex and Grave Situation” Inside a Wuhan Lab — [ProPublica] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sinocism.com/subscribe