Celebrities need more civilizing; Media forums and disinformation; Peng Shuai; US-China

The newsletter will be off Wednesday and Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US. It will be back in modified form on Friday. For those readers celebrating this holiday, Happy Thanksgiving!

Today’s Essential Eight items:

1. Premier Li in Shanghai

2. More small real estate softening signals

3. Celebrities need more civilizing

4. Media forums and disinformation

5. Peng Shuai

6. New Era Civilization Practice Centers

7. US-China

8. Granary problems?

Thanks for reading.