Lai of the land: Hong Kong’s democrats quashed

The Economist Podcasts

• Episode: Lai of the land: Hong Kong’s democrats quashed
• Website: The Economist Podcasts
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• Duration: 00:21:12
• Published: 2021-04-19 12:16

Some of the territory’s most outspoken activists—from media mogul Jimmy Lai to “father of democracy” Martin Lee—have been sentenced. We look at what’s left of Hong Kong’s protest spirit. Scientists have been making hybrid animal “chimeras” for decades, but newly developed human-monkey embryos raise serious ethical questions. And how the Arab world is changing channels as propaganda consumes Egyptian television.

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