{"podcast":{"title":"Sharp China Podcast","slug":"sharp-china-podcast-5988828","podcast_index_feed_id":5988828,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2/s/40252.rss","website_url":"https://sinocism.com/s/sharpchina","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/2/s/40252/bd04fb13765281c15a8433cfcb72f570.jpg","author":"Bill Bishop","episode_count":157,"summary":"Understanding China and how China impacts the world. Hosted by Andrew Sharp and Bill Bishop.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T18:21:17.441445+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sharp-china-podcast-5988828"},"episode":{"title":"Sharp China: The U.S., China and Iran; A PRC-Pakistan Peace Plan; KMT Chair Set to Visit China; Huawei, Manus and ZXMOTO","slug":"sharp-china-the-u-s-china-and-iran-a-prc-pakistan-peace-plan-kmt-chair-set-to-visit-china-huawei-manus-and-zxmoto","published_at":"2026-04-02T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sharp-china-podcast-5988828/sharp-china-the-u-s-china-and-iran-a-prc-pakistan-peace-plan-kmt-chair-set-to-visit-china-huawei-manus-and-zxmoto","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sharp-china-podcast-5988828","url":"https://sinocism.com/p/sharp-china-the-us-china-and-iran","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192904931/f6bbf558ec3a53fafab5c96c625c5267.mp3","summary":"This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with thoughts on China's response to the war in Iran, including a peace plan co-authored with Pakistan, why the PRC is not necessarily interested in global leadership, how China sees a deepening U.S. rift with NATO countries, and President Trump's visit to Beijing rescheduled for May 14th. From there: Context for the KMT Chair's visit to China later this month, reactions to a Reuters report on Huawei's latest AI chips, while the Financial Times reports that both Manus co-founders have been banned from leaving China. At the end: ZXMOTO steals the show at the World Superbike Championship and Zhang Xue introduces himself to the world. 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: China-Pakistan Iran peace initiative; PBoC monetary committee meeting; US-China; ZXMOTO; Taxes wanted -- Sinocism KMT Chairwoman to visit China; Li Qiang on Xiong’an; March Politburo meeting; Beijing bans drones; WDO, SAMR on involution -- Sinocism China, Pakistan Issue Joint Call for Peace, Reopening Hormuz -- Bloomberg A brief history of China’s X-point plans for the Middle East -- China-Mena Newsletter Will China be the real winner from the Iran war? -- The Economist A blueprint for Chinese global leadership -- Financial Times Secret Codes and Yuan Fees Get Ships Through Iran’s Hormuz Tollbooth -- Bloomberg Chinese analysis on the war in Iran -- China Mena Newsletter Trump plans May visit to China for talks with Xi after Iran war delay -- Reuters Trump-Xi summit: US…","meta_description":"This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with thoughts on China's response to the war in Iran…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3435,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sharp-china-podcast-5988828/episodes/sharp-china-the-u-s-china-and-iran-a-prc-pakistan-peace-plan-kmt-chair-set-to-visit-china-huawei-manus-and-zxmoto/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sharp-china-podcast-5988828/sharp-china-the-u-s-china-and-iran-a-prc-pakistan-peace-plan-kmt-chair-set-to-visit-china-huawei-manus-and-zxmoto.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}