This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sinocism.com Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with comments from Xi Jinping and renewed emphasis on building more rational marketplaces across key sectors in tech and beyond. Topics include: The implication that not every province has to participate in new growth areas, cadres parsing conflicting guidance from Beijing, and efforts to stimulate a healthy investment ecosystem for startups as U.S. venture investment recedes. From there: Thoughts on two high-profile exit-bans on American citizens traveling in China, why the two cases are different, more chatter that the Trump administration is softening on China, counterpoints to that argument, and a bit more news on "The Big Tariff," Yang Hansen. You can listen to the podcast in the app: Or click here for instructions to add the podcast to your preferred player. Related Readings: PLA to try again to eliminate "toxic influences"; Tibet dam project; Involution; Trump’s softening approach to China; More Americans exit banned -- Sinocism PLA Daily on political cadres; EU-China summit expectations; US-China talks next week; Lab-grown diamonds -- Sinocism Life Atop China’s Car Market Starting to Look Shaky for BYD -- Bloomberg Cover Story: A New Gold Rush Begins in China’s Hard Tech Sector -- Caixin China VC Funds Tap Global Investors for $2 Billion in Comeback -- Bloomberg U.S.-Based Wells Fargo Banker Blocked From Leaving China -- WSJ U.S. citizen who works for Commerce Dept. ensnared in Chinese exit ban -- Washington Post Chinese Officers Questioned U.S. Government Employee About His Army Service -- NYT China says Wells Fargo banker under exit ban is involved in criminal case -- Reuters Post by Desmond Shum -- X As Trump Courts a More Assertive Beijing, China Hawks Are Losing Out -- NYT Navigating the President’s Policy Whiplash on China -- WSJ No joke: Chinese rookie Yang Hansen is the NBA’s biggest summer star -- WaPo To add the Sharp China feed to your preferred podcast player: Click on the "listen on" button and you will see a dropdown with several options. Make sure you are logged into your account when you do it so you get the correct private RSS feed for subscribers. If you have not logged in for a while you can enter your email and then we will send you a login link. The “email link” in the pulldown shown above will send you an email that also makes it easy to set it up in your preferred podcast app on your phone. If you use the Substack app it has a built- in podcast player. Thanks for listening.
