(Preview) Middle East Diplomacy and Reports of a Putin Visit; New Submarines for Australia; A Kamala Harris Beijing Trip?; What Xi Learned from His Father

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Bill Bishop is the author of Sinocism

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A country in flux: Recent and future policy shifts in Chin — Brookings Institute

Premier Li’s first State Council Executive Meeting; National Data Bureau; AUKUS — Sinocism

Two meetings; Xi to Russia; Update on PRC visas; AUKU — Sinocism

Saudi Arabia, Iran Restore Relations in Deal Brokered by China — Wall Street Journal

Exclusive: China's Xi plans Russia visit as soon as next week - sources — Reuters

China’s Xi Plans to Speak With Zelensky for First Time Since Ukraine War Broke Out — Wall Street Journal

Germany and the Netherlands signal weakening of Europe’s China tech ties — Fortune

China looms large as Biden makes submarine moves with UK, Australia — CNN

A Squabble About History Almost Killed Xi Jinping’s Father — Foreign Policy

What Xi Jinping Learned—And Didn’t Learn—From His Father About Xinjiang — The Diplomat

Simple, but not easy: After rejecting basketball for years, Zach Edey's Zen-like approach made him unstoppable — CBS Sports

Let sleeping dogs lie — Tashi the Golden Doodle's Substack