Today’s Essential Eight items:

1. Census shows population growth near zero

2. New circular to put more Party building into rural revitalization

3. Is Hungary the PRC’s best friend in the EU?

4. AmCham’s 2021 American Business in China White Paper

5. Tesla’s PRC issues worse than they appear?

6. Increasing global discourse power

7. New filing reveals Xinhua’s US spending

8. Amazon has a China fake review problem

Thanks for reading.