25 years ago to day, britain handed hong kong back to china. To mark the anniversary, president c jin ping has been visiting the city. It is his first trip outside the mainland since the start of the pandemic. With the full support of the motherland, mister c said the practice of one country, two systems had been successful. But in recent years, that model has moved relentlessly closer to the one employed on the mainland.
America’s Supreme Court has essentially shorn the Environmental Protection Agency of its agency in making national policy. We ask what that means for the climate-change fight. Hong Kong is marking 25 years since its handover from Britain to China; the promised “one country, two systems” approach is all but gone already. And why moustaches are back in Iraq.
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