I am on the hunt fo happy news but am having a hard time finding any. Some of the big issues today include:

• The US Treasury will expand review of foreign investments into US companies, with China of course as the focus;

• US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says the value of the RMB is part of trade discussions. The US should be careful what it wishes for, an unmanaged RMB would probably be a lot lower against the USD;

• The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China issued its 2018 Annual Report;

• The Xinjiang legislature issued revised rules "legalizing" re-education camps;

• Today is National Day in Taiwan and President Tsai's speech is worth a read;

• Bloomberg is doubling down on its hardware hack story as Apple CEO Tim Cook visits China.

For readers in DC there are two interesting events tomorrow, Thursday October 11:

1. Conference - 8th Annual Jamestown China Defense and Security Conference - Jamestown 

2. China’s Turbulent Aircraft Sector: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects | Center for Strategic …