Maura Elizabeth Cunningham

I only have a few stories to share in today’s post, but there’s a hefty collection of links to check out in last Tuesday’s edition if you haven’t seen that yet. This light coverage is partially due to my disinclination to read anything with a headline containing the words “tariffs” or “trade war” last week. It’s also partially due to my decision to binge-watch first Say Nothing and then The Pitt on the nights when I wasn’t watching the Phillies lose. #priorities

Thanks for joining me this week.

New Goodreads Review

Recommendations

China Stories

China Unofficial Archives, “Ten Years After ‘Ten Years’: How Should We Read Hong Kong’s Prophecy?”

Tiffany May, with photographs by Billy H.C. Kwok, “Where Bruce Lee Practiced on the Roof, a Shrine to Old Hong Kong Rises”

Paul Staniland, “USIP, the Wilson Center, and the Politics of Wrecking”

Wanderings Around the World

Jasmine Garsd, “Wrong turn leads to hundreds of immigrant arrests at the Detroit-Canada border bridge” (audio)

Standout Story

Every war in Afghanistan’s modern history has left an ecological footprint that will endure long after the last bullets have been fired. The use of depleted uranium munitions has left behind radioactive waste. The destruction of irrigation networks has crippled agriculture. Rising respiratory diseases and cancer rates, linked to exposure to hazardous materials, are only beginning to be understood.

— Tanya Goudsouzian and Zekria Barakzai, “Left behind, Afghanistan is now an environmental hellhole”

Featured photo: Persian Chandelier by glass artist Dale Chihuly, Flint Museum of Art, November 6, 2021.