Xi has a birthday chat with Putin; Xi on human rights; State Council calls for more support for private sector; Wang Yang talks Common Prosperity
Today’s Essential Eight:
Beijing and Shanghai outbreaks - More tests, more cases from the Beijing bar superspreader event, still no return to normalcy in either of the PRC’s most important cities. But the government is making it easier for family members of some foreigners to get visas to go to China. There are no signs of any pivot away from the dynamic…