Friday, August 3, 2018

Dear reader,

There is a lot of fun stuff in the world of China news today, from the KMT Youth Department’s alarming choice of new mascots (in Chinese) to the hashtag #阿metoo佛, a pun on a Buddhist chant that internet users have adopted to talk about the sexual harassment scandal at Longquan Temple in Beijing.

We’ll cover the above in today’s Access member newsletter and much more, including a look at the China connections of Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos. She became Africa’s richest woman while her father was president, but he no longer rules Angola and her fortune is at risk.

Political news we’re watching today: Has the Party senior leadership’s annual, secretive retreat at the coastal resort town of Beidaihe begun? Political newsletter Trivium believes Xi and his top cadres are at the beach.

For more on all of the above, please subscribe to SupChina Access.

If you’re a member, I’ll be back in your inbox in several hours with a complete report!

—Jeremy Goldkorn and the SupChina team