Symposium on the central region; Li Qiang inspection tour; Tim Cook in China; More Huawei restrictions possible; TikTok
Schedule update: There will no newsletter or podcast the week of March 25th. It is our kids’ Spring Break, and as they likely are off to different colleges in the Fall this may be our last Spring Break as a family for a while, so I am going to try to maximize time with them. The newsletter will resume normal publishing April 1. Thanks for your understanding.
Earlier today I published this week’s episode of Sharp China - MSS on Cybersecurity; Will the Senate Kill the TikTok Bill?; Solar Energy and the PRC Playbook; Liu Jianchao on the Global South.
Summary of today’s Essential Eight:
Xi chairs symposium on promoting the rise of the central region in the new era - Xi combined his Hunan inspection tour with a symposium on promoting the rise of the central region in the new era in Changsha, Hunan. The last symposium on this topic was held five years ago. Given the number of senior leaders who attended, this is a big deal. Three other standing committee members participated - Li Qiang, Cai Q…