Sharp China: Fukushima Outrage Continues; Secretary Raimondo in China; Perfect Timing for a Huawei Launch; TikTok Lobbyists Take a Bow

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On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power facility and the response from PRC authorities, media and consumers. With a ban of an imports of all aquatic products from Japan and additional boycotts proliferating, what measures might be next? And with the IAEA and many governments largely in agreement that Japan’s plan is safe enough, what does this conflict say about Chinese leadership? From there: Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo meets with Party leaders in Beijing, reactions to the early returns from those discussions, and the well-timed launch of a new Huawei phone as the Commerce delegation makes its way through the PRC. At the end: A victory lap for TikTok, memories of high-speed rail, and a few minutes on the most recent measures to stimulate the economy.

Related readings:

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 -- WSJ 

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 -- N.Y. 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 -- N.Y. Times 

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

Communist Party Priorities Complicate Plans to Revive China’s Economy -- WSJ 

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