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China
Jimmy Lai has scant hope, barring a Trump intervention, of regaining his freedom
Martin Vander Weyer
Beijing has wound back its promises and launched a repressive crackdown on what was once one of Asia’s freest and most open cities
Benedict Rogers
The flurry of hostile moves can be seen in part as a response to intensifying US sanctions against Chinese companies
Ian Williams
Xi has given Assad strong diplomatic and political support, while offering to help him rebuild his war-torn country
The two scientists involved are Lord (Martin) Rees, former president of the Royal Society, and Steven Pinker, the Harvard linguist
Matt Ridley