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Politics

Hongkongers are sharing photos of their feet (we can explain)

by Viola Zhou

Photo: SCMP/Sam Tsang

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Society

‘There are no rioters’: Chinese fighter breaks ranks to defend Hongkongers

by Qin Chen

Photo: SCMP/Tom Wang

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Opinion

How the Hong Kong protests can be defused

by Wang Xiangwei

Photo: SCMP/Robert Ng

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Food

World’s biggest pork eaters are exploring other options

by Eric Ng

Photo: AP Photo

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Arts

‘My safety has been threatened’: director backs down from defying Beijing

by Phoebe Zhang

Photo: Handout

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China

Beijing’s last ‘ghost market’

by Tom Wang

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