Politburo; New Development Stage; Running out of ways to punish Australia; G-7

Today’s Essential Eight items:

1. G-7 foreign ministers statement

2. Politburo meeting and study session

3. Xi on the “New Development Stage”

4. PRC running out of ways to punish Australia

5. US-China

6. Hong Kong

7. Muddled EU messaging on the PRC

8. Chips

Thanks for reading.