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Lessons of the Cold War – and the hot one in ancient Greece – are not lost on China and the US Bernard Chan China and the US may not become the best of friends, but they also need not be the bitterest of enemies. Photo: Reuters
This week, novelist John le Carre passed away at the age of 89. He was known to readers around the world for his political espionage thrillers, many of which became terrific movies: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and The Man Who Came in from the Cold. Le Carre, who was himself a spy for Britain, was cynical about the profession, and even more so about the Cold War that kept the spy business going.
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Pop queens of Covid-19, ranked: Blackpink, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga and 11 more divas who kept us dancing through the pandemic, making 2020 the best era of pop music in decades Andre Neveling Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga, Blackpink and Miley Cyrus saved our 2020 with some of their best work yet. Photos: Handouts, @lalalalisa m/Instagram
For many of us, 2020 has been a year we will remember forever for all the wrong reasons, but we also have a lot to be grateful for. Because in the worst year of our lifetime, our existences were somehow enriched with the best era of pop music.
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Giant steps by China in science another reason for its rise SCMP Editorial Staff members load the return capsule of China s Chang e-5 probe to a truck in Siziwang Banner, north China s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Photo: Xinhua
Any doubts about China s ambition to be the world s pre-eminent scientific powerhouse should have been laid to rest by recent events. Capping achievements in just the past few weeks, the Chang e 5 lunar mission successfully returned to Earth on December 17, landing in Inner Mongolia with its 2kg haul of rocks and dust, making the nation only the third to attain such an accomplishment.