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Ann Wang / Reuters Coronavirus Is Devastating Chinese Tourism
Countries have closed off their borders with China, airlines have slashed flights, and hotels have seen a big drop-off in bookings.
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This is The Atlantic’s weekly email to subscribers—a close look at the issues our writers are watching, just for you.
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Tyrone Siu / Reuters Democracy Drives Labor in a Hyper-Capitalist City
Growing numbers of people are joining unions in Hong Kong to pressure the authorities to respond to their demands.
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Bloomberg / Getty Hong Kong’s Perfect Crisis
The city’s prodemocracy protests and the threat of coronavirus build on common complaints.
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Nicolas Asfouri / AFP via Getty Hong Kong’s Protesters Finally Have (Some) Power
Newly elected representatives are among those trying to turn the demonstrations into a permanent prodemocracy movement.
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Danish Siddiqui / Reuters China Turns to a Failed Plan to Quell Hong Kong’s Protests
The city’s leaders believe a revamped education system will make its people more loyal to Beijing and less likely to protest.
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Adnan Abidi / Reuters Hong Kong Doesn’t Have a Pro-China ‘Silent Majority’
Voters overwhelmingly chose pro-democracy candidates in local elections, putting an end to the notion that a large chunk of the population was against months of protests.
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Bobby Yip / Reuters Meet the Spiritual Leader of the Hong Kong Protests
Edward Leung has barely spoken about the demonstrations from his jail cell, but he has emerged as an unlikely oracle in the eyes of demonstrators.
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Susana Vera / Reuters The Rising Costs of Protest in Hong Kong
When the protests first began, talk of dying for the movement seemed outlandish. Now it is all too real.
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Tyrone Siu / Reuters The Anger of Hong Kong’s Youth
Students are once again at the heart of the city’s protests. They’re not going anywhere.
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Anushree Fadnavis / Reuters The U.S. Is About to Do Something Big on Hong Kong
Protests there have demonstrated the enduring appeal of American values and power. But can Washington live up to that promise?
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Tyrone Siu / Reuters Hong Kong’s Protests Have Cemented Its Identity
Chinese authorities have long sought to sway Hong Kongers, but more and more, residents of the city see it as being distinct from the mainland.
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Tyrone Siu / Reuters Hong Kong’s New Reality
What was once extreme, both in action and in discourse, is becoming the norm.
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Tyrone Siu / Reuters Why These Hong Kong Protests Are Different
Demonstrations in 2014 brought people like Joshua Wong to the attention of the world. These latest rallies are very different.
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Romeo Ranoco / Reuters A U.S. Ally Is Turning to China to ‘Build, Build, Build’
The Philippines is converting a historic American military base into a city. Its key funder? China.
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Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters ‘I Had No Options’: The Rohingya Man Who Smuggled Himself
Myanmar has pushed out Rohingya Muslims for decades. One of them chose to flee within his own country.
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Zhang Wei / China News Service / VCG ... The Blurring Boundaries Between Hong Kong and Mainland China
Chinese investment in Hong Kong’s infrastructure comes at a cost.
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Nguyen Huy Kham / Reuters How Aung San Suu Kyi Lost Her Way
The former champion of democracy and human rights now tours the globe excusing the government’s record of atrocity.
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Sivaram V / Reuters Disinformation Is Spreading on WhatsApp in India—And It’s Getting Dangerous
The spread of hoaxes and doctored photos during massive floods in Kerala showed, yet again, how easily disinformation can spread on messaging platforms like WhatsApp—and how deadly it can be.
