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Lai of the land: Hong Kong’s democrats quashed

The Intelligence from The Economist
The Intelligence from The Economist
Episode • Apr 19, 2021 • 21m

Some of the territory’s most outspoken activists—from media mogul Jimmy Lai to “father of democracy” Martin Lee—have been sentenced. We look at what’s left of Hong Kong’s protest spirit. Scientists have been making hybrid animal “chimeras” for decades, but newly developed human-monkey embryos raise serious ethical questions. And how the Arab world is changing channels as propaganda consumes Egyptian television.

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