American Democracy’s Safety Nets Are Now Snares
The US’s two-party system is accelerating extremism, Hong Kong is staging a comeback and one Australian smelter is a test case for combating China.
Illustration: Derek Abella for Bloomberg
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The US just got its first outpost of China’s biggest coffee chain, whose name comes from something represented in China by the number 8. Which chain is it? Test your knowledge with the Pointed quiz.