 The company's crackdown on password sharing and the introduction of an advertising-supported subscriber plan propelled Netflix to its second-best first half, trailing only the pandemic-fueled boom in 2020. In New York, Charlie Pellett, Bloomberg Radio. Thank you, Charlie. In Asia, Chinese President Xi Jinping is vowing to make high-quality development the guiding force of his country's economy. That's as one of China's most important economic meetings draws to an end. Bloomberg's Brian Curtis has more from Hong Kong.