Today’s Essential Eight items:

1. Xi and Putin chat about their new world order

2. Lithuania evacuates its diplomats from Beijing

3. More US restrictions

4. US Uyghur Forced Labor Act to become law

5. Evergrande

6. Didi’s deepening doodoo

7. Outbreak

8. Is Xi a micromanager?

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