Blinken on US-China policy; Struggling economy; Testing bills due; South PacificToday’s Essential Eight: A long way from stabilizing the economy - The bureaucracies are starting to push out measures in response to the meeting chaired by Li Keqiang Wednesday, but nothing really matters until the dynamic zero-Covid policy evolves into something less deadly to…
Teleconference on stabilizing the economy; South Pacific; TaiwanToday’s Essential Eight items: Li Keqiang chairs teleconference on stabilizing the economy - The message was grim to the likely 100,000 or so cadres in attendance. There is no way they hit 5.5% GDP growth in 2022, they may not even have growth in Q2, and while there may be…
