Baiguan Radio #28: Trade war, Boeing, Jensen Huang, high-sea fishing, Xi's Southeast Asia trip

Welcome to a new collaboration episode between Baiguan,

Zichen Wang

of

Pekingnology

and Johnny Zou of

East8’s Newsletter

. It has been several weeks now since we shared our thoughts on the important events of the past week.

In this episode, we cover:

[00:41] Robert’s experience of publishing an opinion piece on the New York Times discussing China’s resolve in the trade war.

[06:32] Significance of China halting Boeing deliveries

[8:08] Jensen Huang’s China visit: Is it a slap on Trump’s face, or is Jensen actually the “go-between”?

[17:13] Bloomberg’s story about China’s willingness to talk, with certain preconditions. How true is that?

[19:14] Reshuffling of top China’s trade negotiator: what does it mean?

[21:00] The end of “high-sea fishing”?

[29:05] Xi’s Southeast Asia visit