President Biden and General Secretary Xi may have a call in the next few hours, per Bloomberg journalists: I am not surprised, as I mentioned in Monday’s newsletter the long Blinken-Yang call likely paved the way for a call in the near future. Today's Essential Eight items:
New Year's banquet; Biden-Xi call imminent?; WHO investigation; "Evil wolves"; Happy Year of the Ox
China must be celebrating the impeachment debacle -- my take https://dianefrancis.substack.com/p/american-un-exceptionalism