Today’s Essential Eight items:

1. Data, cybersecurity, and a desire to keep IPOs closer to home

2. Xi’s July 1 speech

3. Time to study Xi’s 7.1 speech

4. EU-China

5. World Peace Forum

6. PRC policymakers see opportunities and risks in Afghanistan

7. 4 new generals

8. Taiwan is a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan

Thanks for reading.