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Article snippet: (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • In China, all eyes were on the new lineup of the Politburo Standing Committee, the Communist Party’s top rung. No new member has the background to become the heir apparent to President Xi Jinping. Challenging Mr. Xi could now amount to ideological heresy, as the party’s revised Constitution effectively puts him on par with Mao. Globally, Mr. Xi has positioned his country as a stable alternative to an increasingly inward-looking U.S. Domestically, his unease with the rise of outspoken entrepreneurs could end up hurting economic growth. Separately, the fate of a Chinese-born Swedish publisher who disappeared in Thailand two years ago and reappeared in a Chinese jail took another strange twist: he’s missing. _____ • In Washington, feuds between President Trump and Senate Republicans dominated the news cycle. Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona strongly criticized “the coarseness of our leadership” in a much-noted speech, in which he announced that he would not run for re-election. Also, the Senate approved a $36.5 billion package to aid recovery efforts from recent hurricanes and wildfires. A month after Hurricane Maria hit the island, Puerto Ricans are still being forced to get creative to survive. Mr. Trump signed an executive order resuming the admission of refugees to the United States under tighter security screening. _____ • The Clinton campaign and the Democratic... Link to the full article to read more