Even before last month\u2019s revised religious rules, Afghanistan\u2019s women were being crushed under the Taliban\u2019s thumb. Now they cannot even so much as raise their voices. While other countries try to crimp the flow of cheap Chinese electric cars, Britain is welcoming them\u2014for now (9:55). And why the French have at last come to appreciate \u201cEmily in Paris\u201d (16:12).
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