Holiday announcement: There will be the regular weekly open thread tomorrow, and then I will be on Holiday, or at least try to be until early in 2022. Omicron and the outbreak at our kids’ school has scrambled plans, so I will now be on a “staycation”, which means you will probably hear from me before the end of the year if something really interesting happens.

Today’s Essential Eight items:

1. Peaceful China Initiative

2. EU-PRC annual summit delayed?

3. More US restrictions

4. Golden shares that are really red shares

5. Another Korean War movie hits the screens

6. Farewell, Hu Xijin

7. Investor Wang Chaoyong detained

8. Outbreak

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