Dropping Growth Target, China Acknowledges Severity of Its Economic Challenges - Under leader Xi Jinping, China has established itself as an increasingly assertive global player. But even as Beijing tightens its grip on Hong Kong and steps up its rhetoric against the U.S., senior leaders bowed to the inevitable. A1
Bruised Businesses Try to Divine Hong Kong’s Fate Under National-Security Law - Markets faltered and businesses braced for more instability as China set out plans for national-security laws to tighten its control over Hong Kong, piling stress on the global finance hub already battered economically by a year of violent demonstrations and the coronavirus pandemic. A10
Coronavirus and the Chernobyl Analogy - Edward Luttwak wrote the book on regime change, and he sees parallels between China’s pandemic response and the Soviet Union’s late years. A13
The Job Market’s Long Road Back - Job losses were sudden and swift. At first, workers and employers thought they would be temporary. For many, that is starting to look like wishful thinking. B1
The Germs That Transformed History - For eons, epidemics have caused mass deaths and social upheaval, with far-reaching effects on politics, trade, migration, colonization and conquest. C1
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