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经济学人377:手握乾坤,制表大师乔治·丹尼尔斯

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经济学人:鸡肉经济:鸡肉为何如此受欢迎(1)

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Nor did the procedure fulfil any unmet medical need. 此程序也未能满足任何未知医疗需求。 For the child whose genome was edited to confer resistance, the claimed benefit is protection from a virus that she may never encounter 对于为产

经济学人:全球自杀率下降的背后(3)

Efforts to curb access to the means to kill oneself can help, too. 限制自杀途径也能有所帮助。 Suicide is surprisingly impulsive. 自杀通常都是意料之外的冲动所致。 A study of young Chinese women who had tried to kill themse

经济学人:全球自杀率下降的背后(2)

Why are these people now less likely to take their own lives? Urbanisation and greater freedom have helped. 为何这三类人自杀几率变低？城市化和更多自由起到了帮助作用。 Accounts of those who attempt suicide, and of the rela

经济学人:全球自杀率下降的背后(1)

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经济学人:鸡肉经济:鸡肉为何如此受欢迎(2)

The intense use of antibiotics means that farmers no longer need to spend much time worrying about their chickens' welfare. 大量使用抗生素，这意味着农民不再需要花太多时间担心鸡的健康。 Before the second world war, most b

经济学人:鸡肉经济:鸡肉为何如此受欢迎(3)

Similarly, the European Union banned the import of chlorinated American chicken in 1997, owing to concern that a chlorine wash allows lower hygiene standards in farms. 同样，欧盟在1997年禁止进口氯化美国鸡肉，因为担心用氯清洗会

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Concerns about the health of livestock have also led the EU to pass some of the worlds strictest animal-welfare laws. 欧盟担忧牲畜健康,这促使其通过了世界上最严格的动物福利法。 Battery cages for egg-laying hens were banned

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经济学人:中国人为何爱看宫斗剧(3)

As years passed market forces joined Communist propaganda chiefs as a second boss. 随着时间的推移，市场力量以二把手的身份加入了宣传。 Early shows were dominated by male characters and mostly watched by men. 早期的电视剧以

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Many Chinese might mock attempts to extract political lessons from Yanxi Palace or other recent Qing dramas drawing huge audiences, such as Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace. 很多中国人可能会嘲笑意图从《延禧攻略》或是最近大热的清

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TAKE a sticker, urges the woman from Ambush Firearms. We are giving away two free guns every day to people wearing them. What your correspondent would do with an semi-automatic rifle, let alone one that also comes in pink, was not obvious. Welcome to

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经济学人388:宝莱坞巨星山米·卡帕尔

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