| Hong Kong’s uneasy deal with China Posted: 02 Jul 2017 11:46 AM PDT ![Hong Kong's uneasy deal with China]( "Hong Kong's uneasy deal with China") Hong Kong is part of China, now and forever. Mr. Xi himself visited Hong Kong over the weekend to make the point. A military parade that featured thousands of Chinese government troops, the largest yet staged on the island, added an exclamation point.
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| Ambassadors of smoke Posted: 02 Jul 2017 09:00 AM PDT ![Ambassadors of smoke]( "Ambassadors of smoke") More than 200 white tents are spread out beneath a bluff, where some of the world's best pitmasters have gathered to claim a piece of barbecue immortality – by smoking parts of a hog that they hope will win them recognition at the annual World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. A Bunyan-size man in bib overalls, "Big Moe," as he's called, inspects the blackened piece of meat that has been smoking in a wood-fired cocoon for 12 hours. While Big Moe dotes on the pork, others on his team prepare the final ingredient – the barbecue sauce.
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