Therein Lais a tale: Hong Kongs revealing arrests

Published: Aug. 12, 2020, 10:24 a.m.

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The dramatic arrest of Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy newspaper owner, reveals just how enthusiastically Beijing\\u2019s new security law will be deployed to quash any dissent. A reservoir is filling behind an enormous new dam in Ethiopia\\u2014and that has soured relations with Egypt downriver. And why Britain\\u2019s \\u201curban explorers\\u201d may soon have far fewer derelict buildings to conquer.

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