Editor’s note for Tuesday, November 9, 2021

A note from the editor of today's The China Project Access newsletter.

editor's note for Access newsletter

My thoughts today:

โ€œI can’t and won’t quit China.โ€ That was the title of an email from Axios in my inbox this morning, citing โ€œa prominent U.S. growth equity investor, when I asked if Beijing’s business crackdown was causing him to reconsider his firm’s China strategy.โ€

Thatโ€™s not at all rare. For every George Soros who has sworn off the Peopleโ€™s Republic, thereโ€™s a Ray Dalio, who still canโ€™t get enough of it.

And theyโ€™ll probably be encouraged by this:

โ€œU.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xรญ Jรฌnpรญng ไน ่ฟ‘ๅนณ are scheduled to hold a virtual summit next week, though no specific date has been set, according to people familiar with the matter,โ€ reports Bloomberg.

The exact date of the summit is โ€œstill being negotiated.โ€

Meanwhile, the U.S. State department has announced that โ€œregular visa services will resume at U.S. Embassy Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Shenyang.โ€ฏโ€

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