Trade deal progress; Politburo reports to Xi; Demographics; Confucius Institutes
The official spin cycle is revving up to sell any trade agreement with China as a huge win, even though I am still hearing the mooted deal is far from what the US originally wanted. One of the PR talking points from the Trump Administration seems to be that this is a "process" and the US can't expect to get everything in just one deal.
The Chinese side i…