One of those days where I do not feel like I have anything particularly insightful to add, so no commentary today.

Today’s Essential Eight:

1. Awards for military-civilian solidarity role models

2. Deep dive into the new Central Committee Work Regulations

3. Sweden says no to Chinese 5G

4. Chip boom

5. Quantum boom coming

6. Countering the West’s Xinjiang narrative

7. US-China

8. Encroaching elephants

Thanks for reading.