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Bill Bishop

@billbishop.bsky.social

Writes Sinocism, @niubi on Twitter, https://sinocism.com

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Sharp China: Xi Welcomes Putin and Modi at the SCO Summit; Perspective on the India and China Buzz; World War II and a 'Memory War' Listen now | This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall.

This week's Sharp China: outside the paywall - Xi Welcomes Putin and Modi at the SCO Summit; Perspective on the India and China Buzz; World War II and a 'Memory War' sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

04.09.2025 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Decoding Fox News | Substack I watch all the Fox News you'd never want to. Exposing disinformation and misleading stories on the Fox News Network. Hosted by @JulietJeske graduate @Newmarkjschool

I think I tweet something once an hour that would get me suspended from ABC. Thatโ€™s one reason why Iโ€™m on Substack. substack.com/@decodingfox...

09.06.2025 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 281    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Surprise US-China trade de-escalation; Rare earths; National security white paper; China-Latin America Forum in Beijing Both sides looked to have blinked but I think the US side blinked harder. In addition to the significant reduction of tariffs rates on PRC goods imported into the US for ninety days, the establishment...

Trump suggested he may have a call w Xi Jinping soon. I do not know if that is under active discussion, or if this is another appeal 4 a call, but Chinese side should harness the momentum & arrange a call. Who knows what else Xi might get in a friendly conversation sinocism.com/p/surprise-u...

13.05.2025 10:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sharp China: Trade Talks in Switzerland; Continuing Data Opacity Concerns; Xi Heads to Moscow; The CIA Takes to YouTube Show Notes:ย On todayโ€™s show Andrew and Bill begin with the news that the US and PRC are sending representatives to Switzerland to discuss trade talks this weekend. Topics include: Why expectations sho...

This weekโ€™s Sharp China is outside the paywall - On todayโ€™s show Andrew and Bill begin with the news that the US and PRC are sending representatives to Switzerland to discuss trade talks this weekend. sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

08.05.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Indeed, refuting Taiwan's deep #Austronesian connection is a high priority for the CCP, as noted in a recent report highlighting the United Front propaganda work by the party-sponsored #Substack, DeepChina, which has been attempting to masquerade as neutral academia. buttondown.com/collectivest...

28.04.2025 09:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Sharp China: The Unraveling is Accelerating; Post-Escalation Options for the PRC; Trump Goals and EU Possibilities; Another Maddening TikTok Development On today's show Andrew and Bill return to discuss the intensification of the US-China trade war, including tariffs of 104% beginning on Wednesday, the PRC's options to respond, how companies like Appl...

The weekโ€™s episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall, lots on US-China tariffs and what may be next sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

09.04.2025 13:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

hope so

20.03.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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3.20 Sinocism Live discussion with Jon Czin about US-China, Xi Jinping & other topics Thursday March 20th at 8Pm ET I will host a Sinocism Live conversation with Jonathan Czin, now the Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, and before that was...

I am hosting a Sinocism Live conversation at 8 PM tonight, March 20, w Jonathan Czin, now the Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings, and before that was for many years at the CIA as one of the US intelligence communityโ€™s top China experts sinocism.com/p/320-sinoci...

20.03.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Substack Surges Past 5M Subscribers, Thanks to Video and Trump (Exclusive) Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie says that creators jumping ship from 'mainstream media' like Jim Acosta, Joy Reid and Mehdi Hasan are a big driver of the growth.

Another nice shoutout for the kids at Substack! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

11.03.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 655    ๐Ÿ” 68    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Rehabilitating DeepSeek - China Media Project With DeepSeek-R1 making waves around the world, tech companies are rushing to deploy the model. Some are struggling to remove pro-CCP biases, while others arenโ€™t even bothering.

Rehabilitating DeepSeek โ€“ย China Media Project: โ€˜Chinese propaganda on DeepSeek is subtler than mere censorship.โ€™ โ€˜some [Western] companies are not even bothering to retrain the model.โ€™

05.03.2025 11:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sharp China: Trump's Memorandum on Foreign Investment; 'Reverse Nixon' Realities; Document #1; PLA Drills in the Tasman Sea On today's show Andrew and Bill begin by parsing the White House's memorandum on an America First Investment Policy, President Trump's recent appointees, the latest news from the Commerce Department a...

Sharp China: Trump's Memorandum on Foreign Investment; 'Reverse Nixon' Realities; Document #1; PLA Drills in the Tasman Sea
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26.02.2025 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sharp China: TikTok Fiasco Continues; Breathing Room on Tariffs; The RMB Calculus; Notes on Taiwan and Hollywood On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with the fate of TikTok after a wild week of updates. Topics include: A ByteDance investor who says that TikTok may continue in the U.S. without a full divestitur...

The weekโ€™s episode of Sharp China - TikTok Fiasco Continues; Breathing Room on Tariffs; The RMB Calculus; Notes on Taiwan and Hollywood open.substack.com/pub/sinocism...

24.01.2025 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thread: I found data fraud in multiple clinical trials for generic drugs in China.
I've seen limited coverage outside China of the recent controversy over ้›†้‡‡ โ€” centralized procurement of drugs, especially generics. It is a hugely important issue close to my heart.

23.01.2025 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 131    ๐Ÿ” 52    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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Why did Congress REALLY ban TikToK? My FULL LIVE interview with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)

What is wrong with these politicians. This Dem lawmaker is suggesting the president ignore a law for political reasons. 48 hours before trump becomes president. open.substack.com/pub/lisaremi...

19.01.2025 03:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

here is a recording of the full conversation - Sharp China: Whither TikTok? sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin... outside the paywall

17.01.2025 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am going to do a Substack Live at 330 pm ET with my Sharp China co-host Andrew Sharp to discuss what may be next for TikTok. You can watch and ask questions in the app substack.com/app I am @sinocism over there

17.01.2025 18:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Donald Trump threatened NBC. I won't back down if he comes after me. I'm not afraid. As an independent journalist, I'm not afraid.

NEWS: Donald Trump threatened NBC. I won't back down if he comes after me. I'm not afraid. Read my latest Substack post and please consider subscribing! open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

14.01.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2349    ๐Ÿ” 225    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Sharp China: TikTok and Musk and Xiaohongshu; Xiโ€™s Speech To Top Leaders; New PLA Capabilities for Taiwan; Proposed AI Controls and Continued Hacking Concerns On todayโ€™s show Bill and Andrew begin with multiple reports that Chinese officials have considered working with Elon Musk to find a resolution for TikTok in the U.S., while TikTokโ€˜s users have flocked...

This weekโ€˜s episode of Sharp China is free for everyone - TikTok and Musk and Xiaohongshu; Xiโ€™s Speech To Top Leaders; New PLA Capabilities for Taiwan; Proposed AI Controls and Continued Hacking Concerns sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

15.01.2025 15:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Xi in Qiushi - Comprehensively Advancing the Building of a Strong Country and the Great Cause of National Rejuvenation Through Chinese Modernization The lead essay in the January 1, 2025 issue of the Qiushi Journal is the main part, over 11,000 characters, of a speech Xi Jinping delivered on February 7, 2023, at a study session for new members of ...

Happy New Year! A fun read outside the paywall heading into 2025โ€ฆa translation of the main part of a speech Xi gave to top Party, State and PLA leaders in February 2023, published in the first issue in 2025 of Qiushi Journal sinocism.com/p/xi-in-qius...

02.01.2025 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Sharp China Bonus Episode: TikTok Gets a Hearing at the Supreme Court Listen now | We decided to do a short, free episode to discuss the Supreme Courtโ€™s decision to take up TikTokโ€™s case before the January 19th deadline.

Sharp China Bonus Episode: TikTok Gets a Hearing at the Supreme Court sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin... We decided to do a short, free episode to discuss the Supreme Courtโ€™s decision to take up TikTokโ€™s case before the January 19th deadline.

19.12.2024 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Secrets of the Substack algorithm With our CTO Jairaj

Secrets of the Substack algorithm open.substack.com/pub/cb/p/sec... an interesting discussion about the Substack algorithm, still very much a work in progress

16.12.2024 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of the website Aftermath, with a newsletter signup popover covering the bottom third.

Screenshot of the website Aftermath, with a newsletter signup popover covering the bottom third.

I agree wholeheartedly with the headline, but if you own your website, why would you code it to cover the bottom third of the page, including all article text, with a newsletter signup popover form? I see this on my first visit and I close the tab and move on.

10.12.2024 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 251    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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Tashi likes his substack blanket

15.12.2024 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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LinkedIn becoming an AI-auto comments infested site.

Hereโ€™s a profile that does hundreds of LLM comments per day.

LinkedIn is clearly happy as they see (on paper) user engagement. Yet it quietly destroys the site.

The profile: www.linkedin.com/in/noahswide...

(One of many!)

15.12.2024 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 154    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

This is concerning and wrong. @support.bsky.team @moderation.bsky.app. Sean seanhaines.bsky.social is an experienced journalist and writer. His analysis of the 'Peter Dukes' twitter account - which regularly posts sexist, misogynistic, and homophobic content was a solid piece of journalistic work.

14.12.2024 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 160    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Why Does U.S. Technology Rule? Maybe it's just in the right place

For those who missed it, my Substack has gone live, and I expect to be posting several times a week. Today's entry is (almost) non-political; tomorrow's won't be 1/ open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

12.12.2024 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1059    ๐Ÿ” 159    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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Drones now over Bowie Maryland. Bowie city hall is 19 miles from the White House. If US government does not know what these are how is this not a hair on fire national security issue? www.fox5dc.com/news/mysteri...

12.12.2024 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bill Bishop on Substack โ€œThe invitation to Xi, which was conveyed outside of formal diplomatic channels, took both Beijing and U.S. allies by surprise. Chinese officials who are accustomed to strict protocol and keenly aware...

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12.12.2024 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Sharp China: โ€˜Moderately Looseโ€™ and Cautiously Stimulating; Nvidia Under Investigation; Broadening Export Bans; A TikTok Verdict and a Trump Prayer Listen now (64 mins) | Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with the latest messaging from Beijing on efforts to stimulate the economy in 2025 and beyond. Topics include: Politburo langua...

Sharp China: โ€˜Moderately Looseโ€™ and Cautiously Stimulating; Nvidia Under Investigation; Broadening Export Bans; A TikTok Verdict and a Trump Prayer
sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

11.12.2024 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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