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Xi Jinping turns up the heat on local protectionism
On Tuesday, Qiushi, the Party’s flagship journal, published excerpts of Xi Jinping's remarks at the July meeting of the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs (CCFEA) – the Party’s top economic policymaking body. Some context: Xi used the meeting… Read More »

Top diplomat Wang Yi meets Polish president, foreign minister
On Monday, top diplomat Wang Yi wrapped up his latest Eurotrip in Warsaw, meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski. Some context: Poland is one of Europe's toughest critics of Beijing's relationship with Moscow.… Read More »

US and China reach preliminary deal on TikTok
This week's US-China trade talks in Madrid resulted in the two sides finally reaching a framework agreement on the divestiture of TikTok. That said, we still don't know the exact terms of the deal, which requires sign-off by the leader… Read More »