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The arctic hosts plenty of scientific research, most of all on how climate change will continue to play out. China's foreign minister wangye is doing a little damage control in pacific island countries. And perhaps no genre of music ap ended the status quo as much as punk,. We look at the truth hind the myth making, and whether it matters.

The country has just one foreign military base, but there are fears it wants to dot the Pacific region with more—and that is, so far, proving tricky. With ties between Western and Russian scientists severed, decades of research in the Arctic, particularly on climate change, are at risk. And a new series further unpicks the mythology of punk music. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer