Ballot blocks: the squeeze on Hong Kong

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The territory’s elections have been postponed, its activists barred from running—police are even targeting them abroad. <a href="https://www.economist.com/china/2020/08/01/many-hong-kongers-are-considering-emigration?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What next</a> for the democracy movement? We ask whether the global protests about race will affect <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/07/23/bigotry-against-black-people-poisons-the-arab-world-too?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rampant discrimination</a> in Arab countries, most of which host a minority black population. And the solution to a <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/07/02/a-pests-genome-reveals-its-past?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">viniferous mystery</a> that dates back a century and a half. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>