Hello! Welcome to the 3rd episode of the on-and-off podcast that has been tentatively named “Peking Playbook,” mainly featuring me and Robert Wu, of Baiguan and China Translated, just talking about recent news.
In the following half-hour conversation recorded on Sunday morning ET, February 23, 2025, we touched on
Timeline:
[01:14] Chinese leaders’ symposium with private entrepreneurs
[15:49] Market rallies in Hong Kong and China ADRs
[21:29] New White House memo on restricting Chinese investment
[27:22] U-turn of U.S. policy on Ukraine
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