20th Party Congress; VIEs; PRC students in US; SOEchat; Marching orders for US Business; Macau

Lots of commentary in several of the Essential Eight items below.

Today’s Essential Eight items:

1. 20th Party Congress prep

2. Challenges for PRC students on US college campuses

3. Another report claiming the impending demise of some VIEs

4. SOEchat

5. Vice Foreign Minister gives US business groups marching orders

6. Abe angers Beiijng

7. Macau junket king case just getting started

8. WTA suspends tournaments in the PRC over Peng Shuai

Thanks for reading.