Today’s Essential Eight items:

1. Liu He-Janet Yellen chat

2. Counterattacking the lab leak hypothesis

3. More on the Politburo Study Session on global discourse power

4. EU-China

5. BRICS meeting

6. New Party guidelines and regulations

7. More support for the economy

8. June 4th in Hong Kong, PRC

I occasionally point out good jobs that might interest Sinocism readers. The excellent Rhodium Group is hiring a Director for its China projects team, base in New York or DC, more details here. Full disclosure, I am not paid for posting this or any other opportunities, though in this case the boss is a long-time subscriber.

Thanks for reading.