# Sharp China: 10 Questions and Modest Expectations With Trump in China to Meet Xi Jinping

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Podcast: [Sharp China Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sharp-china-podcast-5988828)
Published: 2026-05-13T22:03:07+00:00
Episode link: https://sinocism.com/p/sharp-china-10-questions-and-modest
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## Resource

This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill talk through 360 degrees of President Trump's trip to Beijing this week. Topics include: Jensen Huang hitching a ride in Alaska, general expectations for deliverables after limited leaks and hurried advance planning, Trump's reception in Beijing, and the limits of "upper hand" analysis. From there: A coterie of billionaire CEOs make the trip with Trump, a US Chamber of Commerce/Rhodium report warning about the PRC's industrial strategy, and Trump makes overtures about "opening" China. At the end: Questions on Taiwan arm sales and AI cooperation, the expected talks on Ezra Jin and Jimmy Lai, a trillion dollar investment report that went viral eight months later, Xi's calculus before a 21st Party Congress, the Iran question looming over the week's meetings, and big, fat hug speculation. You can listen to the podcast in the app: Or click here for instructions to add the podcast to your preferred player. To subscribe to Sinocism, click here . To subscribe to Stratechery, click here . And if you enjoy this podcast please share it far and wide: Related Readings: Trump China visit; China’s Next Generation Industrial Policy; Standardizing and developing AI agents; No more deflation?; Ding Xuexiang visits Huawei -- Sinocism Jensen Huang hitching a ride -- Emily Goodin on X A weakened Trump arrives at Xi’s court -- FT Trump on Opening China -- Truth Social Trump is taking more than a dozen U.S. executives to China. Jensen Huang isn’t one of them -- CNBC China expanding its industrial dominance, warns US business group -- FT China’s Next-Generation Industrial Policy -- Rhodium Donald Trump demands Xi Jinping ‘open’ China to US business -- FT Xi Is Poised to Press Trump on Arms Sales to…

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