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How Israel’s embassy lost China, Xi call pleases Trump, and China brainrot

The world is undergoing "great changes unseen in a century" as Xi Jinping likes to say.

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Jeremy Goldkorn
Nov 29, 2025
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In this week’s edition:

  • ‘How Israel’s embassy lost China’

  • A surprise call from Xi Jinping pleases Trump

  • China brainrot, from creator schlock to AI propaganda

  • Recommended reading and listening

  • Important China news from the last week or so

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