Sharp China with Bill Bishop Podcast Transcripts
Andrew Sharp and Sinocism’s Bill Bishop · 157 episodes with transcripts
Understanding China and how China impacts the world. Hosted by Andrew Sharp and Bill Bishop.
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(Preview) New Export Controls in Multiple Sectors; Q3 GDP and the Fifth Plenum; Europe Presses Forward; OpenAI and Nvidia Chips
October 21, 2026
Andrew Sharp (0:04)
Hello, and welcome to Sharp China. I'm Andrew Sharp, and you are listening to a free preview of today's episode.
Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Sharp China. I'm Andrew Sharp, and on the other line, Bill Bishop. Bill, how are you doing?
Bill Bishop (0:21)
I'm doing well. Hello, everybody.
Andrew Sharp (0:23)
It's good to be back. Here we are rolling through October.
We've got some boring machine news later in the episode speaking of rolling, but we will begin with all kinds of different export controls, including on boring machines, but more notably on AI and all sorts of AI related technologies. Bloomberg wrote last week, China proposed adding artificial intelligence…
- (Preview) New Export Controls in Multiple Sectors; Q3 GDP and the Fifth Plenum; Europe Presses Forward; OpenAI and Nvidia Chips
- (Preview) Brussels and Beijing Make a Deal; Weak Holiday Spending Data; Xi’s Reported Rest Breaks; Peak Dove?
- The Strategic Stalemate Era for the US and China; Xi Welcomes American Young People; Domestic Crackdowns and Economic Concerns
- (Preview) Xi Jinping Comes to Washington; US-China Agenda, Questions and Expectations; The September Politburo Meeting
- (Preview) The Limited Potential for a Pacing Deal; MSS on PRC AI Risks; Distillation and Data Security; The Party’s Approach to Social Media
- Wang Yi Visits South Korea; Remembering Zhu Rongji; US-China Ahead of Xi’s Visit; How China Monitors Foreigners
- (Preview) Kimi Madness; Xi’s AI Vision and US Questions; Trump’s Election Data Claims; The Connected Vehicle Security Act
- (Preview) K-Shaped Economic Data And Its Implications; Ma Xingrui News; Closing Window for Open Source AI?; The SCS and International Law
- A Missile Test and New PLA Generals; The CITIC Plane Crash; America’s Taiwan Interests; Guo Wengui Jailed and Ezra Jin Released
- (Preview) Party Building and Xi’s Dominance; Memory Chips and ASML Accusations; Germany’s Puzzling Push for Plaza Accords
- Seizing The Commanding Heights; Decoding Shangri-La Dialogue; Europe Moots Trade Policy; The PRC Expels a New York Times Journalist
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