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1. Beidaihe meeting signals start of summer break for China’s political elite
The appearance of President Xi Jinping’s chief of staff at the Beidaihe resort on Sunday indicates that senior Chinese leaders have started their annual summer break.
2. ‘It’s all changed’: how the trade war turbocharged an American rare earth mine
USA Rare Earth is receiving a surge… South China Morning Post