From Oil Tanker Attacks to Xi's Woes in China: Weekend Reads

As Chinese leader Xi Jinping faced mounting headaches, from mass protests in Hong Kong to the U.S. trade war, tensions rose in the Persian Gulf after the U.S. accused Iran of being behind attacks on two oil tankers, and Conservatives in the U.K. began choosing a successor to Theresa May as prime minister.Read about those topics and more in this edition of Weekend Reads, and click here for some of Bloomberg’s most compelling political images from the past seven days. Xi Assailed on all Fronts as Hong Kong Adds to Trump PressureFor most of the past six years, Xi Jinping has had free rein to define his presidency.

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