The Communist Party's summer holiday

Beidaihe retreat, Hong Kong floods, free preschool, bullying and non-consensual porn, first arrest under Macau's National Security Law, NVIDIA under scrutiny in China, and more.

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News is slow this week, with China’s senior leadership enjoying, or suffering, their annual beach retreat.

—Jeremy Goldkorn