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After a five-month hiatus, violence has returned to the northern region of Tigray\\u2014but that is just one of the conflicts threatening to pull the country to pieces. China\\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative has made it a prominent developing-world lender. How will it deal with so many of its loans souring? And our obituaries editor reflects on Issey Miyake\\u2019s fashion-for-the-masses philosophy.

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