GDP; WHO chief keeps lab leak hypothesis alive; New plan for Pudong; PRC Booster shots

Today’s Essential Eight items:

1. GDP data

2. WHO chief keeps lab leak hypothesis alive

3. BioNTech booster shot coming for China

4. New reform plan for Pudong, Shanghai to become the Leading Zone of Socialist Modernization Construction

5. US-China - PRC not on Deputy Secretary of State Sherman’s Asia itinerary

6. Another US military aircraft lands in Taiwan

7. Grassroots governance and control

8. Huawei going after the cloud

Thanks for reading, and hope to see many of you in tomorrow’s weekly discussion.