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The handshake lasted 82 seconds, almost awkwardly long, and the smiles were stretched for the cameras too. On Nov. 7, on the neutral ground of...
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Lee Kuan Yew gave the city-state prosperity, at the cost of freedom
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A TIME editor and lifelong Hong Konger reflects on a turbulent month of protest, backlash — and hope
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