(Preview) Fukushima Outrage Continues; Secretary Raimondo in China; Perfect Timing for a Huawei Launch; TikTok Lobbyists Take a Bow

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Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism

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Stock market support; Xi in Xinjiang; Real estate; US-PRC Commerce meeting; New Xi Thought book — Sinocism

Mortgage rate cuts; Raimondo meets Li Qiang; Huawei launches 5G phone early; Putin to China — Sinocism

Fukushima: Discharge from Japan nuclear plant safe, tests show — BBC

Chinese consumers punish Japan over Fukushima nuclear water release — Washington Post

Anti-Japanese Feeling Rises in China After Fukushima Water Discharge — Wall Street Journal

China says its ban on Japanese seafood is about safety. Is it really? — CNN

U.S. Does Not Want to ‘Decouple’ From China, Commerce Chief Says — New York Times

Huawei surprises with presales of its latest Mate handset, as it seeks to revive smartphone unit following US sanctions — SCMP

Huawei Building Secret Network for Chips, Trade Group Warns — Bloomberg

TikTok’s U.S. Future Still in Limbo as Commerce Secretary Visits China — New York Times

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo meets with China Premier Li Qiang — CNBC

Communist Party Priorities Complicate Plans to Revive China’s Economy — Wall Street Journal