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The key events this week are the Chuck Schumer-led U.S. senator delegation to China, and various diplomatic visits to Taiwan around its \u201cDouble Ten\u201d National Day.<\/p>\n
The Party Central Committee is expected to hold a quinquennial plenary session<\/strong> to map out economic reforms for the years ahead this month.<\/p>\n U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) landed in Shanghai<\/strong> on Saturday with a delegation of five other senators. They will depart on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell<\/strong> is expected to visit China sometime this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin <\/strong>will meet Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu (\u674e\u5bb6\u8d85 L\u01d0 Ji\u0101ch\u0101o) as part of a three-day visit to the city starting on Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n China and Saudi Arabia will hold “Blue Sword-2023,”<\/strong> joint naval drills started on October 7<\/a>, and are set to continue for three weeks.<\/p>\n The IMF and World Bank are holding their annual meetings<\/strong> on October 9\u201315<\/a>. The meetings will be held in Marrakesh, the first time in 50 years these meetings have been held in Africa.<\/p>\n Taiwan is celebrating its \u201cDouble Ten\u201d National Day<\/strong> on October 10.<\/p>\n Former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison will travel to Taiwan<\/strong> on October 11\u201312<\/a> to attend the seventh edition of the Yushan Forum<\/a> organized by the Taiwanese foreign ministry and the NGO Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF).<\/p>\n Forty-three members of the Japan-ROC Diet Members’ Consultative Council are also in Taiwan<\/strong> until October 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Republic of Nauru\u2019s President Russ Joseph Kun<\/strong> and First Lady will lead a delegation to Taiwan on October 8\u201312<\/a>.<\/p>\n Several United Nations events are happening this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n The High Level Meeting of the Archipelagic and Island States<\/strong> (AIS) Forum, which will take place on October 10\u201311<\/a> in Bali, will call for archipelagic and island countries to strengthen solidarity in overcoming common problems in the maritime sector.<\/p>\n The third Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit<\/strong> will take place in Beijing sometime in October<\/a>, likely toward the end of the month. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n An initial hearing for the case to ban TikTok in Montana<\/strong> will take place on October 12<\/a>.<\/p>\n Data releases:<\/strong><\/p>\n IPOs<\/strong><\/p>\n Academic and think-tank events this week include:<\/p>\n UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy: Lessons for the Global Contest Between Autocracy and Democracy<\/a>, October 9, 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n Stimson Center: Cooperative Threat and Risk Reduction in a New Global Context<\/a>, October 10, 9 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n CSIS: Implementing Competitive Endurance: Space Intelligence<\/a>, October 10, 3 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n CSIS: Chinese Assessments of De-risking<\/a>, October 11, 10 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n Wilson Center: The Arms of the Future | Book Launch with Dr. Jack Watling<\/a>, October 11, 10:30 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n Stanford APARC: China\u2019s BRI and Southeast Asia: Separating Fact from Fiction<\/a>, October 11, 11 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n NCUSR: CHINA Town Hall: Nicholas Burns<\/a>, October 11, 7 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n Asia Society: China Books Review Launch<\/a>, October 12, 6:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n Asia Society: Brothers Forever: Unpacking China-Russia Relations<\/a>, October 13, 8:30 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n Brookings: Competing visions? American, Chinese, and European perspectives on the future of the international system<\/a>, October 13, 10 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n\n
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