News Snapshot:
Chinese social media users on the country’s Twitter-like platform, Weibo, are in an uproar over [a letter Evergrande chairman Xu Jiayin sent to employees](https://www.businessinsider.com/evergrande-real-estate-chairman-full-letter-to-employees-read-2021-9) on September 21. Xu, the head of the beleaguered Chinese real-estate giant, penned the company-wide letter on the [Chinese Mid-Autumn festival](https://www.google.com/search?q=mid+autumn+festival+chinarlz=1C5CHFA_enSG942SG942ei=TXBJYbKCKO3R1sQPhIKHyAQoq=mid+autumn+festival+chinags_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyCwgAEIAEELEDEIMBMgsIABCABBCxAxCDATILCAAQgAQQsQMQgwEyCwgAEIAEELEDEIMBMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEOgcIABBHELADOgcIABCwAxBDOgoILhDIAxCwAxBDOgoIABCxAxCDARBDOgQIABBDOggIABCxAxCDAUoFCDgSATFKBAhBGABQmC5Y8zFgmDNoAXACeACAAUiIAZcCkgEBNpgBAKABAcgBC8ABAQsclient=gws-wizved=0ahUKEwjy3POurY_zAhXtqJUCHQTBAUkQ4dUDCA4uact=5#:~:text=Mid-Autumn%20Festival%20(Mooncake,chinahighlights.com%20%E2%80%BA%20Chinese%20CultureE2%80%BA%20Chinese%20Culture) , calling on his 123,276 employees to unite and work hard in the face of adversity. In the memo, Xu said the company would soon “walk out of the darkness.” [Chinese state-linked financial news outlet National Business Daily](https://m.weibo.cn/1649173367/4683816247233113) posted the letter on Weibo. Within 30 minutes of posting, Evergrande became a trending topic on the...
