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One year after protests shook China, participants ponder the meaning of the brief flare of defiance

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BEIJING — A year ago, Li Houchen was on the streets of Shanghai, hollering “Freedom!” to protest China’s harsh “zero COVID” policy and growing authoritarianism. He was one of thousands of people demonstrating across China in what came to be called the White Paper movement, after the blank sheets of paper protesters used to represent … Read more

Visitors will be allowed in Florence chapel’s secret room to ponder if drawings are Michelangelo’s

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Just four at a time, visitors soon will be allowed access to a long-hidden space inside Florence’s Medici Chapel where delicate charcoal drawings sketched on the walls have been attributed by some experts to Michelangelo ByLUIGI NAVARRO Associated Press October 31, 2023, 8:50 AM Delicate charcoal drawings that some experts have attributed to Michelangelo are … Read more