The Winter Olympic Games briefly became prominent, particularly when Eileen Gu won a dramatic gold medal in the free skier Big Air event. News about China as a whole attracted 70 million hours of readers time lost year and was 8th most red subject. The protests against the oppressive regime in Iran were the biggest since the revolution in the late 70s. But I would say, as ever, political events were pretty significant last year, too.
Iran’s protests may have gone quiet for the moment, but that does not mean they’ve been defeated. Beneath a calmer surface, Iranians are seething and biding their time. India’s pharma sector is huge, but has long been dogged by concerns about quality control. And we reveal last year’s most newsworthy subject.
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