Military reform; Frustrated EU businesses; UN; Drought
Summary of the Essential Eight:
PLA reform - The CMC held a seminar of the reform on national defense and the armed forces. From the CCTV report it does not look like Xi appeared at this meeting (in quarantine?) but rather issued an instruction that was read out. PLA reform is one of the major successes of Xi's ten years in power. He was able to push thr…