Last September, the Pew Research Center did a poll in China of the top concerns of Chinese citizens. The top three concerns were corruption, pollution, and inequality. The three issues come as no great surprise, although some might have expected the slowing economy in China to rank higher. I was also surprised to see crime as a major issue, although it probably is difficult to separate that issue form the issue of corruption.
Rami Jarrah is a Syrian journalist who has been posting photos on Instagram of the devastation of the civil war around the city of Aleppo. The photos are significantly more powerful than words in conveying the both the horrors of the war as well as the deep, deep humanity of the Syrian people. The notes he keeps of his photos are sensitive and reveal the extent to which he is only an observer of a great crime.
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