💬 Quoted… ​​ “In the next five years, Beijing will unremittingly grasp the normalization of epidemic prevention and control.”

• Authorities in Beijing published a notice yesterday that implied China’s stringent zero-Covid policy would remain in place for the next five years, though the reference to “five years” was later removed and a related social media hashtag was deleted.

🚘 Stats of the Day: Electric vehicle registrations in the US doubled over the past year to 5% of new cars, per a new analysis from Axios. Overall, 61% of America’s registered EVs are Teslas.

🤯 Did You Know?... The deep scattering layer (pictured above) is a densely-packed zone of living organisms – usually fish – that gather deep below the surface in many ocean areas.

• It was first discovered by ships using sonar, but they would often mistake it for the ocean floor – until scientists realized the “seabed” would rise and fall dozens of meters each day.

📖 Worth a Read: Bidding Wars Overheated the Home-Buyer Market, Now They’re Coming for Renters → (WSJ)