Xi in Hebei; PBoC on Common Prosperity; Xi Thought in schools; Entertainment industry needs rectification

Today’s Essential Eight Items:

1. Xi on Hebei inspection tour

2. PBoC weighs in on Common Prosperity

3. Xi Jinping Thought for the 2021-22 school year

4. Hunan TV rape allegations as meeting calls for morality cultivation and soul construction in literature and art

5. Hong Kong, PRC

6. US VP Harris in Southeast Asia

7. Afghanistan

8. US government Covid origins review due this week

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