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Beijing's Backdoor and Iraq's Christians: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing

The highlights from seven days of reading about the world
Source: Marko Djurica / Reuters

Bhavya Dore | “Tennis is largely a sport for the affluent. There are few, if any, public courts in the country, equipment and uniforms are expensive, and private club membership is costly. And yet, closely bound up in this rich person's game are young men for whom tennis starts as a source of income and becomes a means of self-respect and dignity, a means to better circumstances. In an elite

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