Hello! Welcome to the 9th episode of the podcast “Peking Playbook,” featuring me (Zichen Wang), Robert Wu of Baiguan and China Translated substacks, and Johnny Zou of East8.

[00:41] Robert’s experience of publishing a guest essay 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 could the Nvidia be some sort of “go-between”?

[17:13] Bloomberg’s scoop about China’s willingness to talk, with certain preconditions. How to take it?

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

[21:00] The end of Chinese law enforcement’s domestic “high-sea fishing”?

[29:05] Xi’s Southeast Asia visit

The episode was recorded around 9:30 am ET, Saturday, April 19, 2025. At the time of recording, I’m in Princeton, New Jersey.

Robert Wu’s guest essay in The New York Times: Trump Has Botched His Tariff War With China

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